Written while she was in concealing during World War II , Anne Frank’sDiary of a Young Girlis one of the most intimate bill we have of life for European Jews during the Holocaust . It ’s also the journal of an average puerile girl — one who dreamed about crushes , was rummy about her physical structure , and made jokes about sex . As theChicago Tribunereports , unexampled analytic thinking from Dutch researchers give away two Page of what Frank discover in her journal as " dirty jokes " that had been impossible to interpret until now .
A 13 - class - older Anne Frank filled the pages on September 28 , 1942 while living with her family in a secret wing in the Nazi - occupied Netherlands . Even under those nerve-wracking circumstances , she was capable to keep her common sense of humor . She wrotejokeslike , " Do you cognize why the German Wehrmacht girls are in Holland ? As mattresses for the soldiers . " And , “ A man had a very surly wife and he did n’t want to have sexual congress with her . One evening he came home and then he saw his supporter in layer with his wife , then the man tell : ` He cause to and I have to ! ! ! " '
On the same pages as the sordid gag , she included thoughtfulness on intimate development , prostitution , and contraceptive method . She write that a young woman ’s first point is " a polarity that she is ripe to have relation with a man but one does n’t do that of trend before one is married . "
At some pointedness during her two years in the annex , Anne decided to record browned adhesive paper over the passages , presumptively to save herself embarrassment in case anyone found her diary . It was n’t until 75 years afterward that researchers at the Anne Frank museum were finally capable to decipher the text hidden beneath the screening . To do so , they photograph the back - unhorse pages and scanned them with image - swear out package .
" Anne Frank writes about sexuality in a disarm way . Like every teen she is rummy about this subject , " Anne Frank House executive director director Ronald Leopold said in astatement . He said that the texts " bring us even closer to the lady friend and the writer Anne Frank . "
The first edition of Anne Frank ’s diary was published by her father in 1947 , two years after she died in a Nazi concentration camp . It ’s since sell more than30 million copiesand has been translate into 67 nomenclature . Due to copyright subject , it ’s unclear if the newly revealed textual matter will make it into next editions .
[ h / tChicago Tribune ]
