Reader's Companion to the Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank: New Translation Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler: The Definitive Edition

This companion volume accompanies the definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary, a new translation prepared under the supervision of her father, Otto H. Frank, and the translator Mirjam Pressler. It offers background to help readers understand the world in which Anne wrote: the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, the persecution of Jewish families, and the hiding place in an Amsterdam building where the Frank family and others lived in concealment. It also gives information about Anne herself, the people who shared the annex, and the story of how the diary was preserved and published. Short and accessible, it is intended as a guide for readers approaching the diary for the first time or returning to it.