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Anne Frank in the World

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This resource for fans of Frank's Diary is a photo essay of over 225 black and white photos, many never before published, compiled by the Anne Frank House for a travelling exhibition. Images in the book are dedicated to preserving the history of not only Frank but the Holocaust and how its issues affect contemporary life: images thus are gleaned from the extent of the war and its aftermath and detail not just Frank's life but the experiences of all sides.

More a photographic history of the times than a book about Anne Frank herself, only a small fraction of the 233 photos in this book are photos of Anne and her fellow residents of the Secret Annex. Instead, there are a number of photos from Germany of the 1920's through the end of the second world war. There is also a considerable amount of text, again concentrating mostly on the history of the period instead of Anne's history. If you are not already familiar with Anne's story, you won't learn much of it here.

And therein lies the crux of the problem for me: though there is some interesting text and fascinating photos in this book, if you don't already know Anne's story and the story of the period, it is difficult to learn much from this. Different facets of Nazism and the Frank story are told in a couple paragraphs per page when some of these topics covered in a page have had entire volumes of history written about them. I fear that a young reader would have difficulty understanding things and could be misled if this book is the only source of information.

On the other hand, for someone already familiar with the period, this book can make a very good supplement. I just would not let this book be the first one about the Franks I put in my child's hands.

Brittany Williams

The book I did my biography on is about Anne Frank. It was very interesting learning a few things about her that i didn't know.
Anne Frank was born on June 12,1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was the youngest out of all her brothers abnd sisters. Annes full name is Annelies Marie. Annes dad Otto Franj would always take pitures of her and Margot and friends out in the street playing, when thye were little. On Anne's 13th birthday ahe recieved a Dairy and she named it "kitty" ahe like her dairy the most out of all her presents she got from her family and friends. Right around her 13th birthday the Nazis were taking over Amsterdam anad making the Anti-Jewish rules and Anne Frank was Jewish. Anne went to Montessori school. Then because Anti-jewish laws, she moved into a Jewish Lyceum where she auickly started to adjust.
After 2 years of hiding the Frank family was found and put into a Concentration Camp. Anne Frank died in Bergen Belsen at the Concentration Camp os typhus and so did her sister Margot. Her mother died of starvation and her father was the only one who survived. Anne Frank died at the age 15. She left behind a dariy that she wrote during the Holocaust which has be translated into 55 different languages and more than 15 million copies have been sold around the world.

Anne Frank in the World is an amazing book that tells you tons of information about Anne frank and her difficult life she faced. She was born on June 12, 1929 in a town called franfurts in Gremany. Sh had a sisiter, mom, and dad. She was living at the time where Hilter was ruling and taking over Gremany. The main charactors where Anne Frnak, Hilter , her mom, and her dad. Anne Frank lived in Gremany and her and her family where jewish so her and her family had to wear the "star of david" where ever they went. It was an exellent book that tells about her life.