Anne Frank's family : the extraordinary story of where she came from, based on more than 6,000 newly discovered letters, documents, and photos /

Pressler, Mirjam.

Anne Frank's family : the extraordinary story of where she came from, based on more than 6,000 newly discovered letters, documents, and photos / Mirjam Pressler with Gerti Elias ; translated from the German by Damion Searls. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2012. - vi, 404 p. : ill., facs., geneal. table, ports. ; 21 cm.

"Originally published in Germany as Grüsse und Küsse an alle: Die Geschichte der Familie von Anne Frank by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, in 2009; this translation originally published in hardcover as Treasures from the Attic: the Extraordinary Story of Anne Frank's Family in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2011"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-404).

Alice Frank, neé Stern, Anne's grandmother (1865-1953). Many good and beautiful things ; Where we come from ; Family life ; The siblings ; But the ones who stayed were scattered to the winds -- Helene Elias, neé Frank, Anne's aunt (1893-1986). Daily life and distant longings ; The time without letters ; Uncertainty ; You can't let yourself get depressed -- Buddy Elias, Anne's cousin (b. 1925). Starting out ; Years on the road ; The globe-trotter ; The play ; Our reason for being here ; The movie ; Homesick for Herbstgasse ; Home at last ; Winter on Autumn Lane ; A new purpose in life -- Stern/Frank/Elias family tree.

Traces the discovery by Frank's aunt's daughter-in-law of numerous family correspondences and keepsakes and what they revealed about the Frank family and the forces that shaped the famous young diarist.

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Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 --Family.
Frank family.


Jews--Germany--Biography.
Jews--Netherlands--Biography.
Jews--Switzerland--Biography.

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