ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Anne wrote in Dutch. On occasion, she used German or English words. The diary Anne receives for her 13th birthday. Photo collection: Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam.

Detailed explanation-2: -What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne’s diary different? The diary was written in Dutch language. Anne’s diary is different in a way that she considers it a real person and in fact a friend in whom she can confide everything.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dutch first edition of Anne Frank’s Diary titled Het achterhuis : Dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 – 1 August 1944.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anne Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929. Anne’s sister Margot was three years her senior. Unemployment was high and poverty was severe in Germany, and it was the period in which Adolf Hitler and his party were gaining more and more supporters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: While Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish girl, she spent the majority of her life in the Netherlands, where her father moved the family after the Nazis gained control over Germany. As a result, she spoke Dutch, her diary was also written in Dutch.