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| Named Person: | Anne Frank |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anne Frank |
| ISBN: | 0553296981 : 9780553296983 0758766017 9780758766014 0881035416 9780881035414 |
| OCLC Number: | 28445944 |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1967. |
| Description: | 283 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 18 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Achterhuis. |
| Responsibility: | translated from the Dutch by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday ; with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. |
Abstract:
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
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Related Subjects:(8)
- Frank, Anne, -- 1929-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Netherlands.
- Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jews -- Netherlands.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Juvenile literature.
- Jews -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature.
