Anne and her family were found when they were betrayed by someone-anonymous to this day-who knew where they were hiding. Early letters were also addressed to Conny, Marianne, Emmy, and Pop. Not all of the diary was addressed to Kitty, by the way. Egyedi, who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp, later said that she did not believe the letters were meant for her. Others disagree, believing that Anne borrowed the name from her favorite book series, Joop ter Heul, in which the title character’s best friend was named Kitty. Some believe “Kitty” refers to Anne’s prewar friend, Käthe 'Kitty' Egyedi. Anne wrote most of her diary in the form of letters to a person named “Kitty.” She switched to two notebooks after the autograph book was full, and finally resorted to about 360 pages of loose leaf paper.

The aspiring writer decided it would be better used as a journal. The “diary” Anne received for her 13th birthday was actually an autograph book. If you haven’t read The Diary of a Young Girl in a while (or even if you have), here are 10 things you should know about the book and its author, who-along with her family-was captured by the Nazi Gestapo on August 4, 1944. Her diary has since sold more than 30 million copies and has been translated into 67 languages. But they weren’t so everyday: they were the thoughts of Anne Frank, a 13-year-old in a unique position to help the world understand what it was like to have to hide your entire existence in exchange for a mere chance at surviving the Nazi regime. In 1947, the seemingly everyday, innocent thoughts of a teen girl were published.

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