I haven't written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think
about my diary. It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary;
not only because have never done so before, but because it seems to me
that neither 1 - nor for that matter anyone else - will be interested in
the unbosoming of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Still, what does that
matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all
kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.-Anne Frank Anne
Frank's world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to
1944, when her family were hiding in Amsterdam from German Nazis. The
diary begins just before the family retreated into their 'Secret
Annexe.' Anne Frank recorded mostly her hopes, frustrations, clashes
with her parents, and observation of her companions. Its first version,
which appeared in 1947, was edited by Anne's father, Otto Frank. The
book has received widespread critical and popular attention worldwide
ever since.