Book Review: Ny Friend Anne Frank

 

My Friend Anne Frank

The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

by Hannah Pick-Goslar

Pub Date 06 Jun 2023 

 Little, Brown and Company,  Little, Brown Spark

 Biographies & Memoirs 

In exchange for my review, Little Brown and Company and Netgalley provided me with a copy of My Friend Anne Frank:

Hannah Pick-Goslar fled Nazi Germany with her family in 1933 and settled in Amsterdam, where she formed a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving girl named Anne Frank. The inseparable pair spent several years playing games, having sleepovers, and sharing treats with their Rivierenbuurt neighborhood friends. Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed in 1942. During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Anne and the Frank family vanished, leaving unmade beds and dishes in the sink-but no trace of Anne's diary. Having been separated from her friend without warning, Hannah spent the next two years wondering if Anne had survived the danger by some miracle.

The long-awaited memoir of Hannah tells the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah's imprisonment at Bergen-Belsen. Throughout her memoir, Hannah provides a searing look at what countless children suffered at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate portrait of one of the Holocaust's most recognizable victims. This deeply moving story of childhood and friendship during one of history's darkest periods culminates in an astonishing fateful reunion.

I give My Friend Anne Frank five out of five stars!  

Happy Reading!