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Frank, Ann (1929-1945)

A young Jewish girl named Anne Frank, her parents and older sister moved to the Netherlands from Germany after Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power in 1933 and made life increasingly difficult for Jews. In 1942 Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in a secret apartment behind her father's business in German-occupied Amsterdam. The Franks were discovered in 1944 and sent to the concentration camps; only Anne's father Otto survived. 

Anne Frank's diary of her family's time in hiding, first published in 1947, has been translated into almost 70 languages and is one of the most widely read accounts of the Holocaust.

'Anne Frank' 2008, History

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On the shelves

The Diary

  • Anne Frank's diary. This is the original edition translated from the Dutch by B.M Mooyaart-Doubleday and published in English for the first time in © 1952. It was first published in © 1947 by Contact, Amsterdam.
  • The Diary of Anne Frank; translated by Susan Massotty; with an introduction Elie Wiesel. First published © 1995
  • The Diary of a young girl: Anne Frank ; edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler ; translated by Susan Massotty. Publication dates: © 1991, © 1997, and © 2000.

Biography

Illustrated books

  • Anne Frank by Josephine Poole, illustrated by Angela Barrett

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On the shelves

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Study notes

Teacher's guides

General

Criticism and interpretation of Anne Frank's diary

Other resources

  • Eva Schloss: is the step-daughter of Otto Frank, and was a playmate of Anne before they went into hiding from the Nazis. She is a holocaust memoirist and co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust, UK.
  • Imperial War Museums: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
  • Miep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family. It was Miep Gies that saved Anne Frank's diaries and returned them to Otto Frank after the war.

Translator

Barbara Mooyaart-Doubleday was the original translator of Anne Frank's diary. She received the Wallenberg Centennial Medal for her lifetime dedication to keep the memory of the Shoah alive.

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