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My friend Anne Frank

the inspiring and heartbreaking true story of best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds
2023
"In this . . . memoir, Hannah [Pick-Goslar] shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a . . . look at what countless children endured at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate . . . portrait of the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.
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Anne Frank

witness to history!
2021
". . . is the biography--in graphic novel format--of the courageous girl who hid with her family from Nazi occupants in Amsterdam, living for two years in a secret annex behind a bookcase. The story begins with the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and chronicles the events of the 1930s and 1940s that led to World War II and the Holocaust. Every day spent in hiding brought new anxieties to Anne and her family, until the day they were discovered and sent to concentration camps"--Provided by publisher.
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When we flew away

a novel of Anne Frank, before the diary
2024
In May 1940, Anne Frank is a young girl not quite eleven with all the ordinary problems of a little sister, but Amsterdam is about to be invaded by Nazis and after that everything changes.
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Anne Frank

2023
Explores the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family were in hiding from the Nazis during World War II.

Anne Frank

out of the shadows
While her family hid during the Holocaust, Anne Frank recorded her personal reflections as well as the harrowing circumstances she faced in her diary. Read about her life before and after the start of World War II, as well as the legacy she left behind.

Artifice

2023
Isa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety--but in 1943 it is hard to know who to trust.
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Inseparable

the Hess Twins' Holocaust journey through Bergen-Belsen to America

The story of Anne Frank

a biography book for new readers
2021
"Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who lived during World War II, when people like her were killed just for being Jewish. Anne and her family were forced to hide in a tiny, secret space to try and survive, and Anne began keeping a diary to practice her love of writing and pass the time. In her writing, she described what life was like as a Jewish person during the war. She also wrote about her hopes, dreams, and the future she wanted when she could live a normal life again. Even though she was scared, Anne believed in the goodness of people and never gave up hope that life would get better again."--Amazon.
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Diario

2018
A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps. Presented in Spanish.

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