Anne Fra a diary from June 12, 1942, to August 1, 1944. Initially, she wrote it strictly for herself. Then, one day in 1944, Gerrit Bolkestein, a member of the Dutch gover in exile, announced in a radio broadcast from London that after the war he hoped to collect eyewitness ats of the suffering of the Dutch people uhe German occupation, which could be made avaible to the public. As an example, he specifically mentioned letters and diaries.Impressed by this speech, Anne Frank decided that when the war was over she would publish a book based on her diary. She begaing aing her diary, improving oext, omitting passages she didnt think were iing enough and adding others from memory. At the same time, she kept up her inal diary. In the schorly work The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition (1989), Annes first, ued diary is referred to as version a, to distinguish it from her sed, edited diary, which is known as version b.The st entry in Annes diary is dated August 1, 1944. On August 4, 1944, the eight people hiding in the Secret Annex were arrested. Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, the two secretaries w in the building, found Annes diaries strewn allover the floor. ,Miep Gies tucked them away in a desk drawer for safekeeping. After the war, when it became clear that Anne was dead, she gave the diaries, unread, to Annes father, Otto Frank.After long deliberation, Otto Frank decided to fulfill his daughters wish and publish her diary. He selected material from versions a and b, editing them into a shorter version ter referred to as version c. Readers all over the world know this as The Diary of a fauna Girl.In making his choice, Otto Frank had to bear several points in mind. To begin with,the book had to be kept short so that it would fit in with a series put out by the Dutch publisher. In addition, several passages dealing with Annes sexuality were omitted; at the time of the diarys initial publication, in 1947, it was not ary to write openly about sex, aainly not in books for young adults. Out of respect for the dead, Otto Frank also omitted a number of unfttering passages about his wife and the other residents of the Secret Annex. Anne Frank, who was thirteen when she began her diary and fifteen when she was forced to stop, wrote without reserve about her likes and dislikes.When Otto Frank died in 1980, he willed his daughters manuscripts to the hernds State Institute for War Dotation in Amsterdam. Because the authenticity of the diary had been challenged ever sis publication, the Institute for War Dotation ordered a thh iigation. Ohe diary roved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be ge ublished in its ey, along with the results of an exhaustive study. The Critical Edition tains not only versions a, band c, but also articles on the background of the Frank family, the circumstances surrounding their arrest aation, and the examination into Annes handwriting, the dot and the materials used.The Anne Frank-Fonds (Anne Frank Foundation) in Basel (Switzernd),. which as Otto Franks sole heir had also ied his daughters chts, then decided to have anew, expanded edition of the diary published feneral readers. This ion in no way affects the iy of the old one inally edited by Otto Frank, which brought the diary and its message to millions of people. The task of pthng the expanded edition was given to the writer and transtor Mirjam Pressler. Otto Franks inal sele has now been supplemented with passages from Annes a and b versions. Mirjam Presslers definitive edition, approved by the Anne Frank-Fonds, tains approximately 30 pert more material and is inteo give the reader more insight into the world of Anne Frank.In writing her sed version (b), Anne ied pseudonyms for the people who would appear in her book. She initially wao call herself Anne Aulis, and ter Anne Robin. Otto Frank opted to call his family by their own names and to follow Annes wishes with regard to the others. Over the years, the identity of the people who helped the family in the Secret Annex has bee on knowledge. In this edition, the helpers are now referred to by their real names, as they so justly deserve to be. All other persons are named in accordah the pseudonyms in The Critical Edition. The Institute for War Dotation has arbitrarily assigned initials to those persons wishing to remain anonymous.The real names of the other people hiding in the Secret Annex are:THE VAN PELS FAMILY(from Osnabriick, Germany):Auguste van Pels (borember 9, 1890)Hermann van Pels (born March 31, 1889)Peter van Pels (born November 8, 1926)Called by Anne, in her manuscript: Petronel, Hans and Alfred van Daan; and in the book: Petronel, Hermann aer van Daan.