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Jan Romein

Dutch historian

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“The Diary of a Young Girl”

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    In The Diary of a Young Girl: Diary: compilation and publication

    …work was given to historian Jan Romein, who was so impressed that he wrote about the diary in a front-page article for the newspaper Het Parool in 1946. The resulting attention led to a publishing deal with Contact, and Het Achterhuis was released on June 25, 1947. An immediate best…

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