My Friend Anne Frank

By Hannah Pick-Goslar, Dina Kraft,

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, author of The Choice), the long-awaited memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, who shares an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank.

In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in…

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1 author picked My Friend Anne Frank as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was gripped by this first-person story of the horrors of the Holocaust. 

This is the story of a teen-age girl who experiences hell on earth – and manages to survive. It provides testimony to the resilience of the human spirit.

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