Anne Frank: Her Life and Legacy

Anne Frank: Her Life and Legacy

Anne Frank is the most well-known victim of the Holocaust.

In 1945, at the age of fifteen she died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, becoming one of the six million Jews who were murdered in Europe under the Nazi regime.

But through her writing her memory lives on.

Her â€˜Diary of a Young Girlâ€™ remains one of the most widely read non-fiction books in the world and was described as â€˜one of the greatest books of the last centuryâ€™.

Anne started keeping a diary shortly before she went into hiding with her family in 1942, and over the course of two years she honed her craft as a writer, documenting the details of their daily lives alongside her personal reflections, fears, and aspirations.

By chance, the majority of her writings were saved after the family was arrested and in 1947, after much deliberation, her father, Otto, oversaw the publication of the first edition of her diary in the Netherlands.

Within a decade, it had become an international bestseller. First adapted for both stage and screen in the 1950s, awareness and readership of Anneâ€™s diary continued to grow and its author became a household name, gradually acquiring something of a symbolic status.

70 years on â€˜The Diary of a Young Girlâ€™ still resonates just as powerfully with young and old readers alike.

Jemma Saunders goes beyond Anneâ€™s diary to fill in the gaps about her family history, her life before she went into hiding, and her final months at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

A sobering tale, Anne Frankâ€™s story is one that will continue to inspire generations of readers for decades to come.

Jemma J Saunders works at the University of Birmingham. She is also the author of â€˜The Holocaust: History in an Hourâ€™.
Country USA
Manufacturer Lume Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-09-28
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lume Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-09-28
Format	Kindle eBook