"Anne Frank, Het Achterhuis." Anne Frank's diary. Dutch, Amsterdam, 1947. First, rare edition

"Anne Frank, Het Achterhuis." Anne Frank's diary. Dutch, Amsterdam, 1947. First, rare edition
The Diary of Anne Frank. First edition printed in Dutch, published contact Amsterdam at the end of the war, 1947. Very rare. Included with: Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary with pictures and historic explanations. New York, 1995. 
[253, 1, IX] pages, 19 cm.
The first printing of the book that became one of the most popular and widely read works in the world. It was published in sixty countries and translated into 70 languages. This book topped the international bestseller list for more years than any other work. This edition preceded the English translation by five years. It was published in a limited edition of only 1500 copies. Anne Frank's diary, originally entitled The Secret Annex, is the personal diary of Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (1929-1945), a Jewish girl from Frankfurt who received a diary for her 13th birthday. Her family fled from Frankfurt to Holland in the wake of the Nazi persecution. A month after receiving the diary, in July 1942, when the persecution of the Jewish population intensified, the Frank family went into hiding in a secret apartment at the top floor of a building in Amsterdam where Otto Frank, Anne's father, used to work. On August 4, 1944, someone informed on the family, the hiding place was found, and the Frank family was deported to Westerbork and then Auschwitz - on the last train from Holland to the camp. Anne and her family - except for her father - died in the camps.For over two years, Anne shared her private feelings with her diary: loneliness, love, adolescence, frustrations, fear of the war, and her relationship with her parents. After the war, her father returned to the secret apartment and found Anne's diary. He published it in 1947 in this Dutch edition. The open, touching manner in which it was written turned this diary into a symbol of the Holocaust. It enables its readers to identify with this young girl and the events of the time, and it became one of the most important works of the 20th century.
The diary of anne frank is the best-selling personal diary of all time, the biggest bestseller in the Dutch language, one of the most important literary work about the Holocaust, and one of the most famous literary work written by a Jew in the 20th century..Included with this original work is Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary with pictures from Anne's childhood, historic background about the war, and other interesting information. 113 pages, 23.5 cm. New York, 1995.
Original cardboard binding. Without the jacket. Includes pictures and facsimiles. Very fine condition.