why did the diary of Anne Frank considered to be more ethnic
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After the success of the Dutch edition, Otto Frank found publishers in West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany) and in France willing to publish Het Achterhuis. Both translations were published in 1950. A first edition of 4,600 copies was printed in Germany, but the book was not a bestseller. However, when Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank was published as a cheap pocket in 1955, it became a hit. And when the play (see below) was also a success in the Federal Republic of Germany, a total of 700,000 copies were printed. The success of the play led to the publication of an edition in the GDR (East Germany) in 1957.
Success in the US after review in The New York Times (1952)
In 1950, after reading the French edition, Meyer Levin first wrote about Het Achterhuis in an article on 'the attitude of American publishers towards books of Jewish content' for Congress Weekly magazine. He called Anne Frank a 'highly gifted writer’ and her diary 'a work about the unfolding of the nature of a young girl absolutely pure in candor and at the same time in delicacy.’
Otto had a hard time finding a publisher in the United States. After the manuscript had been turned down by 10 publishers, Doubleday publishers decided to acquire the rights. The publication of Anne's diary in America in 1952 had a cautious start. Five years after the book was first published in the Netherlands, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was launched in a modest edition of 5,000 copies.
Doubleday did not hold high expectations and hardly spent any money on additional advertising. Sales did not go well. But after an enthusiastic review by Meyer Levin in The New York Times Book Review (15 June 1952), sales began to pick up. A second print run of 15,000 copies was issued, followed within days by a third of 45,000 copies. Before long, print run after print run sold out in rapid succession and millions of Americans read the book.
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When Anne Frank was given a diary on her thirteenth birthday, she wrote down the details of her life, which unknown to her went on to becaome an importannt piece of history. Like any teenager, she had difficulty confiding her inner-most thoughts. Through the diary we get acquainted with two sides of her personality; one side deals with her day-to-day problems as a teenager and other is a deep philosophical side which ponders about her existence in a war-torn land. In the first year, Anne spoke about the problems related to her struggles with the adults in the Annex. She is curious by nature and tries to make sense out of her existence. In her final entries, Anne grows into a mature person who comes to terms with her situation. She ponders about her role in the changing world and her identity as a Jewish person. Her youthful optimism along with her mature understanding regarding the gravity of her situation makes her endearing.
The crucial years of Anne’s life was marked by many problem, the biggest being anti-semitic conditions which existed during Anne’s times. The diary gives the readers a one hand experience of the nightmare called Holocaust. The Holocaust conditions caused her and her family to go into hiding. It also talks about survival, intolerance and values of human compassion even in dreaded times. Her entire diary can be summarized in terms of the following:
a)Isolation and loneliness- Anne faced problems of isolation and loneliness in hiding. She coped with it by maintaining a dairy and writing down the accounts of her daily life. She considered her diary to be her best friend and even gave it a name.
b) Growth of a person from childhood to adolescence -During the most important years of her life, she was locked away in a hideout. Anne’s constant questioning of herself led to her evolution as a mature person. At the end of the diary, she came to terms with who she has become and was sympathetic towards the helpless situation.
c) Family relationships- Anne’s admiration for her father instilled a great sense of security in her as she trusts everything he did. Though she felts a sense of disconnect with her mother, she valued her family over everything else.
d) Selfishness- Anne faced conflicts with Mrs. Van Daan who criticized her over her behaviour ways and her relationship with her son. However, Ann, being a mature person, she found her more approachable than her mother.
e. fear of being caught, uncertainty of future- The fear of being caught loomed over the lives of the people in the annex. Anne also questioned it many times and felt guilty about their compatriots who had died. Since she was optimistic, she tried to be cheerful despite impending doom.