Who recommends it
- Shari LapenaInterview
A child has gone missing. The missing child’s family is dysfunctional. Nothing is as it seems, here. There are people who know more than they’re telling, and others who are misinterpreting events. It’s a deep dive into the hearts and minds of multiple characters at a time of great tension and high stakes. It’s…
- How Writing Can Change The WorldArticle
Anne Frank’s diary is a powerful and personal account of the Holocaust. It provides insight into the everyday lives of Jews during the Nazi occupation of Europe and the horrors of concentration camps and genocide.
- Maria RussoInterview
The Diary of Anne Frank. No book has ever had a stronger effect on me, both intellectually and emotionally, and it absolutely should be read by everyone by the time they are, say, 15. I see this as a book that crosses all borders and boundaries of interest and that has the power to awaken both empathy and historical…
- Erika MeitnerInterview
The Diary of Anne Frank was the first Holocaust book I ever read as a child. As the granddaughter of Auschwitz survivors who never talked about their experiences in concentration camps, it was the first book that hinted to me at what my family had been through.
- Louise O. FrescoInterview
I have two answers here: books about music, in particular Testimony by Dmitri Shostakovich as told to Solomon Volkov. And far too many books about the Second World War and Jewish history. Perhaps the most appropriate to mention here is the new annotated translation of The Diary of Anne Frank. I happened to go to the…
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