In the first edition of his daughter's diary, Otto Frank deemed it appropriate to remove certain passages, which he judged, for various reasons, should not be published. After his death, the Anne Frank Foundation of Basel, as his general heir, decided to publish the diary without any cuts, as Anne herself would have wanted. This book is the definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary, without cuts and with some additions and changes that she made herself, a few months before her arrest, when she heard on the radio that writings like hers would be published after the war as testimonies of ordinary people about their lives under German occupation in the Netherlands. But "The Diary of Anne Frank" is not only a record of the daily tragedy of the victims of Nazism. It is also the expression of the dreams and fears of a girl, which do not differ from the dreams and concerns of teenagers of any era and any country. And Anne Frank is not only a witness to the atrocity of man, but also a symbol of faith in his fundamental goodness and humanity. For these two reasons, "The Diary of Anne Frank" will continue to be a valuable document for many years to come, a warning and a message of hope. [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]