Behind the Publication of Anne Frank’s Diary
The Anne Frank Diary is a legacy for humanity. Almost half of the world have read and learned about of the story of three families who had to hide in a secret annex in a factory because they were Jews, and they were being persecuted by the Nazis in the Holocaust. However, not everybody knows how hard was to publish this amazing book, Anne’s wishes to become in author, and the big role of her father, Otto Frank, and Miep Gies to help to this book had been published.
Otto Frank began to consider of having the diary published moved by Anne´s repeated wish to be an author. Miep Gies gave Otto Frank the diary and a bundle of loose notes that she had saved in the hope of returning of Anne. But, in July, 1945, the Red Cross confirmed the death of the Anne Frank. Otto Frank later commented that he had not realized Anne had kept such an accurate and well-written record of their time in hiding. He described the painful process of reading the diary, recognizing the events described and recalling that he had already heard some of the more funny episodes read aloud by his daughter. He saw for the first time the more private side of his daughter, and those sections of the diary she had not discussed with anyone. Otto Frank told to a group of Jewish friends about the diary, and one of them was really touched about it. He asked to Otto if he could lend the diary to the historian Jan Romein to read, a good friend of his. Otto Frank hesitated, but was finally persuaded. Jan Romein was also much impressed by the diary, and he wrote an article about it for the daily newspaper Het Parool. He also asked to Otto Frank to consider having the diary published. His article attracted attention from publishers, and Otto Frank agreed the diary was published in the Netherlands after as Het Achterhuis in 1947, followed by a second run in 1950.
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