Answer:
III. It makes it clear that the diary was created by Anne in earlier times.
Explanation:
According to the stage directions, this play starts in 1945, and then it flashes back to 1942. the purpose of organizing the play this way is to foreshadow and to give the reader hints on what is going to happen and that the diary was created by Anne much earlier.
The flashback shows that things were not as they were as a lot of things have changed.