True Diary- Jon Slavinskas

Researchers Uncover Two Hidden Pages in Anne Frank’s Diary - The New York Times
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 — Anne Frank tried to cover up two pages of writing in her diary that contained dirty jokes and a description of what she referred to as “sexual matters,” pasting brown paper over the pages in her red-and-white plaid notebook.


“I sometimes imagine that someone might come to me and ask me to inform him about sexual matters,” Frank wrote in Dutch. “How would I go about it?” She attempts an answer, addressing an imaginary listener with a lofty tone, using phrases such as “rhythmical movements” to describe sex, and “internal medicament,” to refer to contraception.
She also touches on menstruation, “a sign that she is ripe,” and prostitution: “In Paris they have big houses for that.”

When asked about the privacy of Frank, a scientist said:  “It’s not always good to follow the wish of an author,” she said. “It’s important sometimes for scientific research and also good to know for the public what she didn’t want to publish.”



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Anne Frank's diary (and her book, "The Secret Annex") are revolutionary for a myriad of reasons- one of the most notable being the raw truth behind a real, live teenage girl hiding away during quiet possibly the most memorable event in history. There has never been anything like it, and for the sake of humanity let's hope there aren't anymore. Though Anne deserves respect and privacy, the minute she decided to write those pages she chose to have them possibly somehow discovered. There is no way the event of her family being captured and her diaries being tossed into the unknown streets of Amsterdam did not cross her mind; In fact, I can prove that via her diary.  Of course, the problematic nature stems from scientists and historians recovering works Anne herself thought to be as good as evaporated. Anne did intend herself to be famous, and from the personality I can gather from her writings I feel she would be a little embarrassed, but not enraged at the attention she is still getting. It's a small price to pay for her immortality.