Knowra The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl The published diary of Anne Frank, written while she and others hid from Nazi persecution in occupied Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944. It records daily life in hiding alongside her reflections on identity, fear, and hope.
Anne Frank House : The Amsterdam museum preserved in the building where Anne Frank and seven others hid during the Nazi occupation. The Secret Annex setting survives as a museum, linking the diary’s scenes to a historical place.
Anne Frank : A German-born Jewish diarist who hid from Nazi persecution in Amsterdam and died at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Her voice and experiences are the diary’s source.
Holocaust : The genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. Anne’s hiding and eventual deportation occurred within the Holocaust.
Holocaust literature : Writing that documents, interprets, or responds to the persecution and genocide of Jews under Nazi rule. The diary is among the best-known first-person works of Holocaust literature.
The Secret Annex : The concealed rooms behind a business office where Anne Frank, her family, and four others hid from 1942 to 1944. Anne’s entries describe the cramped rooms and routines where she wrote.
Otto Frank : Anne Frank’s father and the sole survivor among the eight people who hid in the Secret Annex. He recovered Anne’s papers and oversaw their first publication.
Nazi persecution of Jews : The escalating exclusion, dispossession, deportation, and murder of Jews under Nazi rule. The persecution made the Frank family’s concealment necessary.
Holocaust testimony : First-person accounts that document experiences of Nazi persecution and the Holocaust. Anne’s entries preserve a young person’s account of persecution before deportation.
The Diary of Anne Frank (play) : A 1955 stage adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The play reshaped the diary into a drama for audiences beyond its readers.
Anne Frank's manuscripts : The surviving notebooks, loose sheets, and rewritten pages on which Anne Frank recorded her diary. Their distinct versions provide the textual basis for editions of the diary.
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