Book Review : The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

Hello all, I am Himanshi Parmar. Here i am sharing book review of 'The Diary of a Young Girl' - Anne Frank.

Book Review - The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

'The Diary of a Young Girl' is a diary written by thirteen year old girl Anne Frank and Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler. Her father and stepmother. The diary was translated by Susan Massotty. Anne Frank, a young girl in the Netherlands who got a diary as her thirteenth birthday gift and started writing in it two days later. The diary later witnessed great injustice happening with Jews at that time by Adolf Hitler. Hitler had launched his aggressive campaign against the jews of continental Europe. So when the Germans entered the Netherlands, Anne and her family went into hiding along with one more family of Van Daans and an aged doctor called Mr.Dussel. Because they all were jews, Hiding was the only way they thought that could save them.

Anne Frank Started writing diary on June 12, 1942 at the age of Thirteen. The very beginning lines of the diary are; 'I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.' On July 8, 1942 they moved to 'Secret Annexe' located in her father's office. After they went there she wrote everything about their everyday life in the Annexe, problems they are facing there, fear of being caught, the things and people they left behind, about the activities they do to kill their boredom, War news telecasted by BBC in Radio, the books they read, availability of food, about all those hungry nights in which they had nothing to eat, and the days and nights they passed by sitting at one place so that they don't make any noise which may cause them caught by Germans.

Anne's diary witnessed one of the most horrific periods of human history, and her struggle to survive. She became one of the victims of the second world war. She was an incredibly positive, cheerful girl even though she was living in the worst condition. She was ambitious and wanted to be a Journalist and a writer after liberation. 'The Diary of a Young girl' is not just a suffering story but also a cute friendship and later love story between Anne and Peter van Daan, a son of Mr. And Mrs.Van Daan. It shows two innocent teenagers trying to find their comfort in each other and trying to detach themselves from the fear of what is happening around them. Their souls pinning for the outdoor world,outdoor games, nature, school, friends and a pretty fearless walk in open wide streets. They urged for everything which they lost a long ago.

The diary also depicts the pitiful death of Anne Frank (at the age of 15) and her sister Margot Frank, the granddaughters of a millionaire Bank owner. Death of all seven people in hiding except Anne's father Otto Frank. Otto Frank was the only one of the eight to survive the concentration camps. On the morning of August 4,1944, around ten and ten - Thirty they all were arrested along with two of their Christian helpers Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman.Germans sent them apart and they died separately.

Death of an ambitious, cheerful, innocent girl will surely melt our hearts. While reading the diary one will surely feel that it is bad to be born in wartime, but worse to be ambitious and visionary.

I hope you will find it interesting. Thank you!