How did Anne Franks diary get published?
On June 3, 1945 Otto Frank arrived in Amsterdam and he went straight to the home of Miep and Jan Gies. Almost two months later Otto received word that both his daughters had died. As it was now certain Anne was dead, Miep got out the diaries and gave them to Otto. Otto started reading them immediately and was moved and astonished. He had never realized that Anne had recorded everything that happened in the Secret Annex so well and accurately. Otto typed large parts of the diary in German and sent them to his Mother in Switzerland. Later he let other people read parts of the diary. They urged him to look for a publisher, but no one wanted to publish it so soon after the war. Anne Frank’s diary was published in an edition of 1,500 copies in the summer of 1947.
