Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that had been omitted from the original edition. These passages, which constitute 30 percent more material, reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted about, and tried to cope with, her own emerging sexuality. Like many young girls, she often found herself in disagreement with her mother. And like any teenager, she veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult. Anne emerges more human, more vulnerable, and more vital than ever.
Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse for two years. She was thirteen when the family went into the Secret Annex, and in these pages she grows to be a young woman and a wise observer of human nature as well. With unusual insight she reveals the relations between eight people living under extraordinary conditions, facing hunger, the everpresent threat of discovery and death, complete estrangement from the outside world, and above all, the boredom, the petty misunderstandings, and the frustrations of living under such unbearable strain, in such confined quarters.
A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation. The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to bring to life this young woman, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world had seen - and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human throughout her ordeal. For those who know and love Anne Frank, The Definitive Edition is a chance to discover her anew. For readers who have not yet encountered her, this is the edition to cherish.

Tannenbaum nasce in Austria nel 1893, ma emigra giovanissimo negli Stati Uniti dove si dedica all'attività giornalistica e alla ricerca su temi di grande rilievo sociale, dalla condizione di vita dei penitenziari, alla situazione delle tribù primitive nelle regioni messicane. Questo volume è del 1951, ma immutata è la sua carica provocatoria, introdotta dall'affermazione iniziale: il sindacalismo è il movimento conservatore del nostro tempo. Questa affermazione paradossale costituisce il motivo conduttore di tutto il libro. L'incipit è solo un efficace paradosso, oppure l'inizio di una ricostruzione storica sul significato e sulle funzioni del movimento sindacale nell'età industriale, e sulle sue radici nel medioevo e nelle società antiche?

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.

'Sai che il mio più caro desiderio è di diventare un giorno giornalista e poi scrittrice...' scrive Anna Frank nel maggio 1944. Per questa ragione, dopo aver redatto una prima versione del suo Diario segreto, decide di preparare un libro per il grande pubblico che racconti 'come noi ebrei abbiamo vissuto, ci siamo nutriti e abbiamo discusso qui', nell'Alloggio Segreto, dove la famiglia Frank, con altri quattro clandestini, si nascose per circa due anni. La presente edizione ripropone il testo integrale della seconda redazione del diario con alcuni passaggi della prima. Si avvale anche della ricostruzione, a mezzo testimonianze, degli ultimi mesi di vita di Anna e della sorella Margot.