Anne, you are (and always will be) regarded as a voice for the oppressed, the lonely, the hopeful and the young.
in the way that only a young person can, Anne describes with meticulous detail and precision, her like in The Secret Annexe, daily tribulations between it’s inhabitants, and her growing maturity and reasoning throughout the almost 2 years in which she wrote. there is a reason this collection of complied diary entries is considered a ‘must read’ for every young person, because it really is marvelous.
the first 75% i read from my second hand (never used) paper back edition, originally bought by it’s previous owner from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Holding this book in my hands, i felt as if i were holding a real piece of Anne’s annexe life, an incredible feeling.
Anne’s diary ends in a peaceful yet abrupt way, wherein she finished her last entry with no knowledge that it would be so. Anne survived several more months in concentration camps before presumably contracting typhus and are now believed to lay at rest in mass graves. The only surviving Annexe member, Anne’s father Otto Frank, has dedicated his life to the preservation of Anne’s messages of hope, love and honesty. Anne wrote openly in her diary, more raw and truthful than she ever spoke to any live person, and to see into this part of her world, the inner turmoil of a young woman, set against the turmoil of World War II, is something that fiction cannot fathom to fabricate. 5/5 stars
★★★★★
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