Anne Frank kept a diary from June 12, 1942, to August 1, 1944. Initially, se it strictly for  Bolkestein, a member of tc in exile, announced in a radio broadcast from London t after to collect eyeness accounts of tcion, ioned letters and diaries.

    Impressed by t ing ext, omitting passages s teresting enoug time, s up ical Edition (1989), Annes first, unedited diary is referred to as version a, to distinguis from ed diary, which is known as version b.

    t entry in Annes diary is dated August 1, 1944. On August 4, 1944, t people  Annex ed. Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, taries reucked ter t became clear t Anne to Frank.

    After long deliberation, Otto Frank decided to fulfill ers erial from versions a and b, editing to a ser version later referred to as version c. Readers all over the Diary of a fauna Girl.

    In making to Frank o bear several points in mind. to begin h,

    to be kept s so t it  in  out by tcion, several passages dealing y ted; at time of tial publication, in 1947, it  customary to e openly about sex, and certainly not in books for young adults. Out of respect for tto Frank also omitted a number of unflattering passages about s of t Annex. Anne Frank, op, e  reserve about her likes and dislikes.

    to Frank died in 1980, ers manuscripts to tate Institute for ar Documentation in Amsterdam. Because ticity of ts publication, titute for ar Documentation ordered a tigation. Once t, to be genuine, it irety, along s of an exive study. tical Edition contains not only versions a, band c, but also articles on tances surrounding t and deportation, and tion into Annes ing, t and terials used.

    tion) in Basel (Szerland),. ion in no s tegrity of ted by Otto Frank, s message to millions of people. task of comption o ter and translator Mirjam Pressler. Otto Franks original selection ed ive edition, approved by tains approximately 30 percent more material and is intended to give t into the world of Anne Frank.

    In ing ed pseudonyms for tially ed to call er Anne Robin. Otto Frank opted to call o folloity of t Annex ion, to by tly deserve to be. All otical Edition. titute for ar Documentation rarily assigned initials to to remain anonymous.

    t Annex are:

    thE VAN PELS FAMILY

    (from Osnabriick, Germany):

    Auguste van Pels (born September 9, 1890)

    hermann van Pels (born March 31, 1889)

    Peter van Pels (born November 8, 1926)

    Called by Anne, in : Petronella, ronella, er van Daan.