Other Books to Read about Anne Frank instead of that one

One of the things that I have noticed in the reviews for the recent, and debunked, book The Betrayal of Anne Frank are a number people who haven't read anything about Anne Frank, or even the Holocaust for that mattter, outside of Anne Frank.  This is a humble list of books to start with.


Anne Frank: Her Life and Legacy by Jemma Saunders is a short book, but it does provide information about the Frank family before hiding and what happened after the raid on the Secret Annex. Saunders book is easily accessible for younger readers as well.

The Anne Frank House itself put out Anne Frank in the Secret Annex: Who's Who.  This book should either be read alongside the diary or right after  The book presents brief biographies of the other members of the Annex.  This gives more detail or relief to how Anne herself described her roommates.  It is also something that  teacher should use when teaching the Diary.  Usually Miep, Otto, and Anne get most, if not all of the attention, and this book corrects that.

Another book good for younger readers is Anne Frank Hidden Hope by Rita Thievon Mullin.  This little book does answer some questions that the readers of the Diary might have and presents further information.  It does not do so graphically.

Anne Frank Remembered is Miep Gies' memoir and while still focusing largely on Otto and Anne does bring out the Van Danns and the rest of the Frank family.  Gies also presents what living in an occupied Amsterdam was like.

Francine Prose's Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife is more of a focus of the Diary as book, with Prose addressing questions that arise around the diary in terms of teaching and censorship.  She also discussing adapting the Diary, most famously as the stage play.  

Treasures from the Attic is a collection of letters and other material from the family of Otto Frank.  Additionally, Otto Frank's stepdaughter (the daughter of his second wife) has a memoir, Eva's Story.



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