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EAN: 9780330107372 Edition: New Impression Format: Import ISBN: 0330107372 Label: Pan Manufacturer: Pan Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 1968 Publisher: Pan Studio: Pan Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Treatment of the Jews: WW IIThe Jews of Europe are being rounded up to be sent to prison camp. If they are very young children, they are killed immediately! Others can stay alive as long as they can work hard on little food. But they, too, will eventually follow the younger children. It is for this reason Anne Frank and others are hiding in a secret attic. This book, Anne's surviving personal diary, is an account of her experriences in the attic: the problems, small joys, and fears. But their hideout DIDN'T last. The ... Read More Rating:  - DAHThis book was received in a timely manner. My grand daughter was happy with it. Rating: - Intriguing Account of the HolocaustFor a person first picking up this book, it may appear from the cover and summary that this is a diary written by a girl describing the Holocaust and how it pertains to her. However, the focus of this book is much more subtle than that. Anne Frank is a thirteen year old living during the time of WW II and the Holocaust. When her family has to go in hiding to avoid persecution and capture by German soldiers, Anne records their experiences in this diary. Most of the time it deals with trivial ... Read More Rating: - Great Book!! We complain about our lives so many times a day.. And most of the times it's not even something really serious. This book shows you a girl that even going through such hard times, she faces it all in a peculiar way.. Of course she has her outbreaks as everyone (specially in confinement) would have but it's so... Try it! It's a must-read for all ages, but particularly for the young people. Rating: - The Face of the FacelessAfter I visited the building in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and her family had to hide during WWII, I finally decided to read her famous diary for myself. And I have to say: I was impressed. The book works very well on a variety of levels: As History This is an important historical witness of how the daily life of a teenager was restricted and finally squashed by the Nazi regime in Amsterdam. The humanity of Anne's daily thoughts - free-flowing and turbulent - make for a stark contrast to ... Read More |
