Anne Frank’s diary more relevant than ever, 75 years on

Anne Frank's 'The Diary Of A Young Girl' has become one of the world’s most-read books, selling 30 million copies and being translated into more than 70 languages. Photo: AFP

A lifetime ago, a Jewish girl confided in her diary as she spent two years in isolation from the outside world in a doomed attempt to escape mortal danger.

Anne Frank, a teenager from Amsterdam, wrote of her hopes, fears and dreams as she and her family hid from the Nazis in a secret annexe behind a canal-side house.