Anne Frank In My Attic Book

That part was quite fascinating.

Anne frank in my attic book.

Her extended family did not know where or how otto frank s family spent the war until afterward. Playwright william hanley received an emmy for his script. It is based on miep gies s book anne frank remembered. Thanks to her best selling diary most people know anne frank as the young jewish girl who lived in an attic during the holocaust.

And totally unnecessary since the quoted letters have enough everyday drama. Letters frank penned before she and her family went into hiding. The attic was the only place where she could be alone for a while or talk to peter undisturbed. Otto frank in the attic of the secret annex a few hours before the official opening of the anne frank house on 3 may 1960.

I hope that anne s book will impact the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances you will work for unity and peace. I go up to the loft almost every morning to let the stuffy indoor air blow out of my lungs anne wrote on 23 february 1944. Based on letters and documents in her father s mother s attic this book fills in the story of the family from the 1800 s through anne s family s exile to the secret annex. Letters found in the attic by anne frank s cousin form the basis of this book fleshing out her family.

What didn t work was the cloying sentimentality in the writing style. Made it sound like the book was written for hallmark or lifetime. Anne frank anne frank in 1940 born annelies or anneliese marie frank 1929 06 12 12 june 1929 frankfurt prussia weimar republic died february or march 1945 aged 15 bergen belsen concentration camp eastern hanover nazi germany resting place bergen belsen concentration camp lower saxony germany occupation diarist language dutch citizenship german until 1941 stateless from 1941 relatives. In the half century since frank s account of her two years and one month hidden in the attic shadowed by nazi terror and the constant threat of discovery has become the most widely read first.

After 60 years in hiding anne frank is trapped in kugel s attic by her own reputation. The film was broadcast as part of an ad hoc network kraft golden showcase network.