The publication comes as a dispute still swirls around the diary. She planned to publish this book about her time in the secret annex after the war. Anne frank diary of a young girl complete and unabridged. The diary of a young girl in its full, uncensored form in classrooms in northville. At issue for horalek is a section detailing annes exploration of her own genitalia, material originally omitted by annes father, otto frank, when he. The franks were discovered, arrested and transported to auschwitz on august 4th 1944. Each edition of the book revealed more explicit entries. Now, thanks to a new and unedited edition of anne frank. Anne franks censored diary pages have been revealed, and. Found in the collection of anne frank house museum, amsterdam. Anne frank s writing have caused some controversy over the year, but not for the reasons you might think. Was anne franks famous diary the real story she intended for us to read. This is the pornographic anne frank excerpt thats causing a fuss. The sexist editing of anne franks diary of a young girl medium.
Researchers uncover two hidden pages in anne franks diary. The diary of a young girl is often banned and challenged. From 20 may 1944 onwards, anne rewrote a large part of her diary. Anne frank s censored diary pages have been revealed, and theyre not what we expected. Why did anne franks father edit and censor her diary. When anne frank was arrested in the secret annex she and her family had. The things that anne was really frank about the independent. Then, in 1995, an even less censored version, including a passage on.
G ail horalek, the mother of a 7thgrade child in michigan in the us, has made international headlines by complaining that the unabridged version of anne frank s diary is pornographic and should. Out of these two versions, otto created the first published form of the diary, known as version c, which became wellknown to the world as a diary of a young girl. Hidden pages in anne franks diary deciphered after 75 years. Amsterdam anne frank tried to cover up two pages of writing in. By european law, written works enter the public domain 70 years. The public is to be given its first chance to read the unedited version of anne frank s diary in a move by her cousin to halt her. Otto frank died in 1980, and willed anne frank s manuscript to the netherlands state institute for war documentation.
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