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Anne Frank

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by Francine Prose


  preface by Eleanor Roosevelt, 85–87, 185

  prose style, 91, 130

  published in the Netherlands as Het Achterhuis, 78–79

  publishing history, 77–88, 180–81, 218

  read by prisoners, 19

  relationship of Anne and her mother in, 4, 92, 105–8, 109–10

  repressive measures against Jews in, 97

  revisions of original writings made on loose sheets (“b” ver

  sion) and, 14–15, 18–19, 128, 134 romance with Peter, 4, 16, 104, 113, 114–16, 119, 125, 139, 197

  sex and sexuality in, 125–26, 265

  teaching the diary and use in the classroom, 9, 19, 21, 154, 171, 253–77

  technical proficiency, 5

  tedium of life in the annex, 100–101

  transformation of child to adult in, 93, 109–10, 139, 154–55, 215

  U. S. edition, 80–88

  vision of Lies (Hanneli) and Anne’s grandmother, 28, 109, 216

  who the diary is addressed to, 90–91

  wish to become a writer in, 6, 7, 12–13, 15, 68, 106

  “witless barbarity” of fascism indicted by, 78

  women, treated as inferior, 108–9

  as work of art, 8

  Diary of Anne Frank, The: The Revised Critical Edition (1986, 2001) “a” version (original draft of diary), 16–17, 129–56

  authenticity of the diary and, 247–48

  “b” version (revisions of original writings made on loose sheets), 10, 13, 14–15, 16, 17, 18–19, 79, 128, 130, 131, 133, 135–53, 154–55

  beginning the diary, 132–33

  bells of Westertoren, 51

  blocks of added information to clarify daily rituals and quarters, 149

  blowup over reading of a controversial work, comparison of versions, 146–47

  “c” version (book produced by Otto Frank by combining Anne’s drafts), 16 (see also Diary of Anne Frank, The) call-up order for Margot, clarification of, 150–51

  comparisons of first entries and second draft, analysis of, 135–53

  concerns about betrayal depicted in, 52

  description of deterioration of Dutch civil society, 140–41

  development of Anne’s spirituality, 149–50

  diary entry of January 22, 1944, 154–55

  diary entry of June 20, 1942, 32, 39, 42, 132, 134

  diary entry of June 21, 1942, 132–33

  diary entry of March 12, 1944, 136

  diary entry of November 27, 1943, 150

  diary entry of September 21, 1942, 141–42

  difficulty of following three narratives of, 154

  “Do You Remember” written about her Lyceum days, 37 final revision made in March 1944, 137

  forensic handwriting analysis of Anne’s work, 14, 16, 129, 242, 247–48

  Frank family arrives at secret annex, 50

  Franks’ walk to the hiding place, clarification of, 151–53

  illnesses of Franks’ helpers and stoicism of, 70

  list of birthday gifts (omitted from The Diary), 130–31

  lists of teachers (omitted from The Diary), 131

  Miep’s recovery and safe-keeping of Anne’s diary and writings, 70–71, 73

  on Nazi repression, 32

  outline for ending of Cady’s Life, 106–7

  passage on women’s rights cut by Otto Frank, 108

  on people’s urge to destroy and kill, 256

  photographs of Anne’s printing and handwriting, 129

  Diary of Anne Frank, The (cont.) on preparation of the secret annex, 47–48

  restored passage critical of Miep and description of lack of food, 24–25

  revelation of trick the Franks used to make others thing they escaped Holland, 148–49

  revision of early conversation on “modesty,” 142–46

  style and voice of, 17, 91, 130

  “suppressed” five pages, about parents’ marriage absent from first edition, 76, 154

  “terrible fright” passage revised, 147–48

  trip to an ice-cream parlor (omitted from The Diary), 131

  witnessing Jews being taken away, 51

  Diary of Anne Frank, The: Definitive Edition (Pressler, ed., 1995), 10, 219

  Anne’s discourse on female genitalia in, 153

  content and comparison to diary, 13–14

  foreword, 154

  length of, 6

  media attention to, 153

  restorations of cut passages in, 6, 18

  slower pace of, 154

  Diary of Anne Frank, The (film), 9, 19, 75–76, 225–38

  Arnold Newman’s score for, 233

  arrest fictionalized in, 116

  casting of, 228–31

  depiction of Anne, 233–34

  ending of, 168, 231, 236–37, 238

  George Stevens as director, 229–30, 231–37

  Oscar nominations and awards, 235

  scene with Peter wanting to burn his yellow star, 235

  screenplay by Goodrich-Hackett, 227

  Shelley Winters as Petronella van Daan (Auguste van Pels), 145

  trailer, 231

  universality of, 232, 235

  war scenes added to, 231–32

  why Jews had to suffer changed, 235–36

  William Mellor as cinematographer, 227

  Diary of Anne Frank, The (play), 9, 19, 46, 75–76, 177–223

  arrest fictionalized in, 116

  beginning and ending of, 58–59

  books about, 177–78

  casting of, 207–8

  critics’ evaluation of, 213, 216–18, 221–22

  depiction of Anne, 196, 208, 212–16, 220, 221–23

  directors, 192, 208–9, 219

  distressing moments in, 212–13, 266–67

  effect of play on audiences and continuing popularity, 218–19

  ending of, 168, 198, 205, 220–21

  exit of Anne smiling, 209–10

  Hamburg performance (1976), 244

  humor in, 193

  as Jewish play, 189–90, 192, 211–14

  Meyer Levin and, 177, 178–99

  need to be commercial, 193–94, 199 205–6

  new adaptation (1997), 219–23, 248

  New York Times interview with Kanin, 209–10

  opening in Germany, 218

  opening night, 210

  problem of creating dramatic tension in, 197, 205

  producers, 190–91, 192, 194, 200, 205–6, 219–21

  prologue of, 211–12

  rehearsals, 208–9

  research of the secret annex for, 206

  staging by Tina Landau (2007), 221

  success of and awards won, 210

  teaching of/use in the classroom, 262

  theatrical adaptation, writer for, 186, 188, 191–92, 193, 194, 199–207

  universal as antonym of Jewish and, 184, 199

  Diary of Anne Frank, The: A Song to Life (musical), 21, 163

  Diary of Anne Frank—Is It Authentic? (Faurisson), 244

  Did Six Million Really Die? The Truth at Last (Harwood), 243

  Doubleday Publishers, 82–88, 178 cover photo chosen, 84–85

  dramatic rights and, 181

  editor of The Diary, 83–88

  theatrical adaptation and commission, 186–87, 188, 190, 194

  “Drama for Junior High School: The Diary of Anne Frank” (Mapes), 262

  Dresden, Sam, 170

  Dubbelman, Jan Erik, 164

  Dutch government in exile: national archive for war documents called for, 11

  Echoes of the Past (documentary), 208, 231, 235

  Egyedi, Käthe “Kitty,” 91

  Eichmann, Adolf, 40, 41, 43

  Elder, Donald B., 85

  Elias, Bernd (cousin), 163

  Elias, Erich (uncle), 27

  Eva’s Story (Geiringer-Schloss), 29

  Exit Ghost (Roth), 22

  Faurisson, Robert, 244

  Felderer, Ditlieb, 244–47, 261, 265

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nbsp; Ferrer, Mel, 228

  Flanner, Janet, 82, 180

  Frank, Anne

  arrest of, and arresting officer, 63–67, 116

  arrives at secret annex, 50

  beginning the diary (“a” version), 4, 9–10, 23–24

  birth, as Annelies Marie, 24

  Bolkestein’s broadcast as personal directive, 11, 12, 79, 134, 139–40

  briefcase containing writings, fate of, 68–69

  checked diary and exercise books, 10, 131

  death of, 4, 50, 56, 160, 170

  desire for book to be read, 10, 12, 13, 24, 79

  development of spirituality, 149–50

  diary as struggle against isolation, 134–35

  diary read by other occupants of the annex, 11

  emigration to Holland, 26–27

  fate after discovery in annex, 53–58

  films and docudramas about, 20–21

  grandmother’s death, 39

  home at 37 Merwedeplein, 27, 36 home movie of, 31–32, 44

  as iconic figure, 9

  identity of betrayer of, 51–52

  includes family background in diary, 23–24

  Jewish identity of, 189–90

  at the Jewish Lyceum, 36–37

  lists anti-Jewish laws that most affected her, 39

  literary growth of, 131–32, 135–53, 154–55

  literary talent of, 7–8, 9, 199

  memorial plaque at house in Frankfort, 218

  message of, and ways the diary has been received, 167–75

  Miep’s wedding and, 44

  Frank, Anne (cont.) in Montessori school, 28, 36

  moral consciousness of, 168

  as movie fan, 162, 206, 225–26

  Nazi invasion and occupation of Amsterdam and, 34

  new revelations, excitement about, 20

  people inspired by, 162, 173

  personality and self-image, 28–30, 213–14, 223, 230

  Pfeffer put in same room and Anne’s dislike of him, 117, 118

  photographs of, 84–85

  power of, 175

  pseudonyms for annex occupants and helpers, 15

  reasons for writing, 11–12

  revisions of original writings made on loose sheets (“b” version) and, 10, 13, 14–15, 16, 17, 18–19, 79, 128, 130, 131, 133, 135–53, 154–55

  Roth’s praise of, 136

  school friends (Anne, Hanne, and Sanne), 29

  self-concept as a writer, 6, 7, 12–13, 15, 68, 106

  style, changes in, 17, 130

  threat of burning of diary, 68

  title of Het Acherhuis, 12, 13, 264

  view of human nature, 168, 169–70, 198, 220, 256, 274

  wish to live after her death, 276–77

  Frank, Edith Hollander (mother), 44

  Anne’s conflicts with, 4, 92, 105–8, 109–10

  appearance, 76

  arrest of, 64

  arrives at secret annex, 50

  bathing arrangements, 101

  brothers in U.S. willing to sponsor family’s emigration, 41

  character and personality, 29, 105, 107

  childrearing ideas and parenting, 28, 34–35, 190

  death at Auschwitz, 56

  emigration to Holland, 27

  fate after discovery in annex, 55, 56

  game, fantasies of liberation, 102

  marriage depicted in The Diary, 99

  marriage to Otto Frank, 24, 26, 76

  mealtimes, 101

  passages about cut by Otto Frank, 6

  portrayal of in diary, 92

  prayer book, 160

  response to deficient diet, 103

  scene in Diary on “modesty,” 142–46

  youth of, 24

  Frank, Elfriede. See Geiringer-Schloss, Fritzi Frank, Herbert (uncle), 25, 26

  Frank, Margot (sister), 4, 48, 65, 108, 136, 190

  arrives at secret annex, 50

  bathing arrangements, 101

  birth, 24

  death at Bergen-Belsen, 56

  desire to read the diary, 11

  emigration to Holland, 27

  fate after discovery in annex, 55, 56

  game, fantasies of liberation, 102

  mealtimes, 101

  portrayal in The Diary, 119–21, 215

  response to deficient diet, 103

  work summons arrives for, 49–50, 150–51

  Frank, Michael (grandfather), 24, 25

  Frank, Otto (father)

  accusation of tax evasion, 87

  in America, working at Macy’s, 25

  American editor of Diary and, 83–88

  Anne Frank Museum and, 160

  appearance, 29, 76, 77, 208

  application for exit visa, 41–42 arresting officer remembered

  by/refusal to prosecute, 65, 66 arrest of, 63, 116

  arrives at secret annex, 50

  bathing arrangements in the annex and, 101

  on betrayer of family, 52–53 birth, 24

  change of status in the annex, 26

  channels profits from Diary into human rights causes, 84

  Charlotte Kaletta and, 117–18

  childrearing ideas, 28–29, 34–35

  compassion of and visiting the sick, 50, 102

  descriptions of, 4

  dramatic rights to The Diary and, 181

  edit and deletions of the diary by, 6, 13, 15–16, 17, 74–76, 78, 89, 96, 105–6, 108, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 139, 154, 223

  emigration to Holland, 34 family bank and, 26

  family in Basel, 55

  fate after discovery in annex, 53, 55, 60

  film version of The Diary and, 227, 228–29, 231

  game, fantasies of liberation, 102

  as gifted businessman, 26

  Judaism and, 189–90

  Laureen Nussbaum and, 18

  lawsuits against Stielau and Buddeberg, 241–42

  lawsuit by Levin against, 207, 210–11, 241, 243

  lawyer for, 191, 207

  learns of his wife’s and daughters’ deaths, 73

  letters seeking asylum in U.S. or Cuba, 20, 41

  life in the annex, 99

  likeability, 29

  marriage depicted in The Diary, 99

  marriage to Edith Hollander, 24, 26, 76, 106

  marriage to Fritzi Geiringer-Schloss, 29, 46, 83, 200

  mealtimes, 101

  message of Anne Frank and, 173–74

  Meyer Levin and, 180, 182, 185, 186–87, 200, 202, 204, 210–11

  Miep Gies and, 43–44

  nervous breakdown, 87

  Opekta spice and pectin business, 6, 27, 39–40

  parenting by, 190

  Pectacon business, 27, 39–40

  plans to go into hiding, 40

  portrayal in The Diary, 103–5

  post-war life and finances, 187–88

  publishing of the diary, 77–84

  reading of Anne’s diary, 73–74

  relationship with Johannes Kleiman, 46

  response to deficient diet, 103

  response to letters from readers, 172

  ruse to make neighbors think the Franks had escaped from Holland, 148–49

 

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