In August 1998, five previously unknown pages from Anne Frank's diary were made public in Amsterdam. Apparently, her father, Otto Frank, had not authorized the publication of these passages, which contain critical remarks by Anne about her parents. Now, after verifying their authenticity, they are being made accessible to the public and included in all authorized editions of the diary worldwide.

Anne Frank's diary was first published in a German translation in 1950; in 1955, it was released as a paperback by S. Fischer Verlag. In 1986, a complete critical edition was published, prepared on behalf of the Dutch National Institute for War Documentation, which appeared in Mirjam Pressler's translation at S. Fischer Verlag in 1988. An authorized version by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler, sanctioned by the Anne Frank Fund in Basel, followed in 1991. This edition is now supplemented by the previously unpublished pages and presented in a beautifully designed hardcover edition.

For Anne Frank, her diary served as a substitute for a friend and conversation partner in the confines of hiding, a release for worries and outbursts of frustration, as well as a training ground for her writing talents. For us, it remains the most poignant and moving document of the persecution of Jews during National Socialism.