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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2012.Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: vi, 404 p. : ill., facs., geneal. table, ports. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0307739414
  • 9780307739414 :
Uniform titles:
  • Grüsse und Küsse an alle. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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This fascinating history of Anne Frank and the family that shaped her is based on a treasure trove of thousands of letters, poems, drawings, postcards, and photos recently discovered by her last surviving close relative, Buddy Elias, and his wife, Gerti.

As children, Anne and her cousin Buddy were very close; he affectionately dubbed her "the Rascal" and they visited and corresponded frequently. Years later, Buddy inherited their grandmother's papers, stored unseen in an attic for decades. These invaluable new materials bring a lost world to life and tell a moving saga of a far-flung but close-knit family divided by unimaginable tragedy. We see Anne's father surviving the Holocaust and searching for his daughters, finally receiving a wrenching account of their last months. We see the relatives in Switzerland waiting anxiously for news during the war and share their experiences of reunion and grief afterwards--and their astonishment as Anne's diary becomes a worldwide phenomenon. Anne Frank's Family is the story of a remarkable Jewish family that will move readers everywhere.




"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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