Holocaust and Women’s History Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl 1952 First American Edition with Eleanor Roosevelt Introduction

Anne Frank

First Edition

Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl, 1952, records the experiences of a Jewish teenager in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, providing a first-person account of persecution, confinement, and daily life under conditions of systematic anti-Jewish policy during World War II. Written between 1942 and 1944 while Anne Frank and her family were concealed in Amsterdam, the diary documents the psychological and material realities of hiding, including fear of discovery, limited food, and restricted movement, alongside reflections on identity, adolescence, and moral conviction. Anne Frank died in 1945 at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and the publication of her writings introduced a widely read personal testimony of the Holocaust. The American edition includes an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, who framed the diary as a significant document of wartime experience and human resilience.

Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1952. First American edition, later impression issued the same year as the first printing. Octavo volume, 285 pages, bound in publisher’s original black cloth boards.

Published in the immediate postwar period, the diary became a foundational text in Holocaust literature and education, shaping public understanding of Nazi persecution through an individual narrative rather than official documentation. Its continued circulation in early American printings reflects the rapid international recognition of the text’s historical and literary importance. The work remains central to discussions of memory, testimony, and the role of youth voices in documenting atrocity. Dust jacket shows wear at extremities with chipping at head and foot of spine; binding sound, with covers and interior pages well preserved; overall very good condition.

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