From the Book - [First edition, U.S.A.].
Dedication / Otto Frank --
Preface / Henri van Praag --
1. Historical background : Hitler's bid for power / Marc de Klijn, Henri van Praag --
The origin of the diary / Prof. Louis de Jong --
A child's voice / Prof. Jan Romein --
The handwriting of Ann Frank / Erhard W. Friess, Elisabeth Becker --
2. The bok that started a chain reaction : Ideas are dynamite / Henri van Praag --
The legends and art of Anne Frank / Prof. Henri F. Pommer --
Prefaces to the diary / Eleanor Roosevelt, Annie Romein-Verschoor, Daniel Rops, Albrecht Goes --
The story of the diary on the stage and on the screen / Henri van Praag --
Later reactions by contemporaries --
The Anne Frank Village founded by Père Pire --
3. Unpublished writings by Anne Frank : The nightwatchman's family --
The seven characteristics of beauty --
4. Anne Frank and the youth of today : The diary as a challenge to education / Henri van Praag --
The diary's impact on the lives of young people --
Anne Frank and the post-war German youth / Henri van Praag --
Anne Frank and Japan after Hiroshima / Henri van Praag --
Anne Frank and the Israelian youth of today / M. Meelker-Van Tijn --
The diary in American schools / Henri van Praag --
5. The Anne Frank house : The history of the house on the Prinsengracht / Anna G. Steenmeijer --
The Annex and its visitors --
The Anne Frank Foundation and the International Youth Center / Henri van Praag --
Facts and figures : Schools, havens, documentation centers, bibliography.
