The Many Lives of Anne Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Ruth.

Series:

Jewish Lives Series

Language:

English

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.

Summary:

A revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary “Trenchant. . . . An essential look at the diarist’s legacy.”—Publishers Weekly In this innovative biography, Ruth Franklin explores the transformation of Anne Frank (1929–1945) from ordinary teenager to icon, shedding new light on the young woman whose diary of her years in hiding, now translated into more than seventy languages, is the most widely read work of literature to arise from the Holocaust. Comprehensively researched but experimental in spirit, this book chronicles and interprets Anne’s life as a Jew in Amsterdam during World War II while also telling the story of the diary—its multiple drafts, its discovery, its reception, and its message for today’s world. Writing alongside Anne rather than over her, Franklin explores the day-to-day perils of the Holocaust in the Netherlands as well as Anne’s ultimate fate, restoring her humanity and agency in all their messiness, heroism, and complexity. With antisemitism once again in the news, The Many Lives of Anne Frank takes a fresh and timely look at the debates around Anne’s life and work, including the controversial adaptations of the diary, Anne’s evolution as a fictional character, and the ways her story and image have been politically exploited. Franklin reveals how Anne has been understood and misunderstood, both as a person and as an idea, and opens up new avenues for interpreting her life and writing in today’s hyperpolarized world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Icon

Part 1 Anne Frank

1 Child: From Frankfurt to Amsterdam, 1929–1934

2 Refugee: Amsterdam, 1934–1940

3 Target: The Holocaust in the Netherlands, 1940–1942

4 Witness: The Annex Eight, 1942–1943

5 Lover: Anne and Peter van Pels, 1943–1944

6 Artist: Anne and the Diary, 1943–1944

Interlude: The Raid

7 Prisoner: Westerbork and Auschwitz, August–October 1944

8 Corpse: Bergen-Belsen, November 1944–February 1945

Part 2 “Anne Frank”

9 Author: Otto and the Diary, 1945–1947

Interlude: Anne Frank in Ethiopia

10 Celebrity: The Diary in America, 1951–1952

Interlude: Ghostly Muse

11 Ambassador: Into the Infinite, 1955–1959

Interlude: Surrogate Father

12 Survivor: Anne in Fiction

Interlude: Family Secret

13 Pawn: Anne in the Political World

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Franklin, Ruth The Many Lives of Anne Frank

ISBN:

9780300281330

OCLC:

1482264490