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Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography

Drawing on the unique historical sites, archives, expertise, and unquestioned authority of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, New York Timesbestselling authors Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon have created the first authorized and exhaustive graphic biography of Anne Frank. Their account is complete, covering the lives of Anne's parents, Edith and Otto; Anne's first years in Frankfurt; the rise of Nazism; the Franks' immigration to Amsterdam; war and occupation; Anne's years in the Secret Annex; betrayal and arrest; her deportation and tragic death in Bergen-Belsen; the survival of Anne's father; and his recovery and publication of her astounding diary.

Subject
biographyhistorymemoirsocial science
Genre
historical fictionholocaustworld war IIwar and military
Themes
jewish
Setting
holocaustworld war IIamsterdamnetherlandseurope
Audience
young adultchildrensadultmiddle grade
Length
short · 152 pages
Form
graphic novels

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