Product Description

This is a unique and powerful photographic history which documents the life and times of Anne Frank against a backdrop of war - but which also shows the continuing dangers of racism in today's world. Packed with photographs from the Frank family's albums, the archives of the Anne Frank House and news agencies throughout Europe, "The World of Anne Frank" is an essential companion for anyone who has ever read and loved "The Diary of Anne Frank".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #436973 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
The Anne Frank Stichting is heir to all photographic and personal material relating to Anne Frank and her family. It runs the famous Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and is in a unique position to compile a history of this kind. For many years the catalogue on which this book is based was used to accompany the Anne Frank in the World exhibition which travelled the globe, highlighting the ever-present dangers of racism today.

Customer Reviews

Very Informative.
I've wanted to read about Anne Frank for a long time now. Having never read her Diary (It's still something I want to do) I found this book that contained pictures and information of Jews and the world that Anne Frank lived in. It is a fascinating book with some detailed pictures, some of which are disturbing. For instance a photo of a Jewish man kneeling before his murdered friends, just before he is executed by German soldiers. The look on his face as he knows his fate is so sad. I was wondering 'what must he be thinking?' It makes you ask 'How could this have happened?'

This book gave me an insight into what I wanted to know about WW2 and the holocaust, and about Anne's family. The sadness I felt as I read this book and viewed the photo's was strong. This history is one that should never be forgotten. I would really like to see this taught in schools more, not just about the Jewish people but the war as a whole. Sadly it isn't taught in schools and it should be as we must never forget the devastation war brings and how people suffered and continue to suffer in modern day war.

The book goes through how WW2 started and the effect it had on people. The terrible treatment of the Jews, other religious communities, homosexuals, politicians etc. How some people hid and how others were caught and sent to their deaths at the Concentration camps. We are told that Anne's Mother, Edith died on 6th January 1945 in a camp from starvation. Both Anne and her sister Margot died of Typhoid in March 1945 just weeks before their camp was liberated.

During the end of this book, it goes into modern day racism and how it has carried on into today's world. Which is pretty sad really, you'd think we'd all learn by now in our modern world.