Anne Frank's Diary REFLECTION:
Anne Frank's Diary In 2018, previously concealed passages from Anne Frank’s diary were unveiled, shedding light on the lesser-known aspects of this remarkable document. These hidden pages, discovered during an examination of Anne’s original red-checked diary, had been obscured by adhesive brown paper. Advances in photo-imaging software allowed researchers to decipher the words beneath the paper without compromising the fragile document1. The two pages, which Anne Frank had scribbled out more than two months into her two year hideaway from the Nazis in the secret annex behind her father’s business in Amsterdam, contained a mix of “dirty” jokes and discussions about sexual matters. Anne began one entry dated September 28, 1942, by stating, “I’ll use this spoiled page to write down ‘dirty’ jokes.” She proceeded to share a couple of ribald quips, including one about German girls in the Netherlands serving as “mattresses” for soldiers. Another joke involved a man finding a naked str