- Publisher: Biteback
- Year: 2022
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 240x160mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9781785906152
- Product code: 531082
The Diary that Changed the World
The Remarkable Story of Otto Frank and The Diary of Anne Frank
Karen Bartlett New Paperback Illustrated
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Since its publication in 1947 Anne Frank’s diary has been translated into 70 languages and has played a fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the Holocaust. From the moment when Auschwitz survivor Otto Frank first read his daughter’s handwritten pages, Bartlett traces not only his efforts to preserve Anne’s legacy but also the controversies and legal battles he faced and the ways in which readers responded to the diary.
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When Otto Frank unwrapped his daughter's diary with trembling hands and began to read the first pages, he discovered a side to Anne that was as much a revelation to him as it would be to the rest of the world.
Little did Otto know he was about to create an icon recognised the world over for her bravery, sometimes brutal teenage honesty and determination to see beauty even where its light was most hidden.
Nor did he realise that publication would spark a bitter battle that would embroil him in years of legal contest and eventually drive him to a nervous breakdown and a new life in Switzerland. Today, more than seventy-five years after Anne's death, the diary is at the centre of a multi-million-pound industry, with competing foundations, cultural critics and former friends and relatives fighting for the right to control it.
In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Karen Bartlett tells the full story of The Diary of Anne Frank, the highly controversial part it played in twentieth-century history, and its fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the Holocaust.
At the same time, she sheds new light on the life and character of Otto Frank, the complex, driven and deeply human figure who lived in the shadows of the terrible events that robbed him of his family, while he painstakingly crafted and controlled his daughter's story.
Little did Otto know he was about to create an icon recognised the world over for her bravery, sometimes brutal teenage honesty and determination to see beauty even where its light was most hidden.
Nor did he realise that publication would spark a bitter battle that would embroil him in years of legal contest and eventually drive him to a nervous breakdown and a new life in Switzerland. Today, more than seventy-five years after Anne's death, the diary is at the centre of a multi-million-pound industry, with competing foundations, cultural critics and former friends and relatives fighting for the right to control it.
In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Karen Bartlett tells the full story of The Diary of Anne Frank, the highly controversial part it played in twentieth-century history, and its fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the Holocaust.
At the same time, she sheds new light on the life and character of Otto Frank, the complex, driven and deeply human figure who lived in the shadows of the terrible events that robbed him of his family, while he painstakingly crafted and controlled his daughter's story.
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Since its publication in 1947 Anne Frank’s diary has been translated into 70 languages and has played a fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the Holocaust. From the moment when Auschwitz survivor Otto Frank first read his daughter’s handwritten pages, Bartlett traces not only his efforts to preserve Anne’s legacy but also the controversies and legal battles he faced and the ways in which readers responded to the diary.
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