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Anne Frank's family : the extraordinary story of where she came from, based on more than 6,000 newly discovered letters, documents, and photos / Mirjam Pressler with Gerti Elias ; translated from the German by Damion Searls.

Title
Anne Frank's family : the extraordinary story of where she came from, based on more than 6,000 newly discovered letters, documents, and photos / Mirjam Pressler with Gerti Elias ; translated from the German by Damion Searls.
Author
Pressler, Mirjam.
Publication
New York : Anchor Books, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Elias, Gerti, 1933-
  • Searls, Damion
Description
vi, 404 p. : ill., facs., geneal. table, ports.; 21 cm.
Summary
Traces the discovery by Frank's aunt's daughter-in-law of numerous family correspondences and keepsakes and what they revealed about the Frank family and the forces that shaped the famous young diarist.
Uniform Title
Grüsse und Küsse an alle. English
Alternative Title
Grüsse und Küsse an alle.
Subject
  • Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 > Family
  • Frank family
  • Jews > Germany > Biography
  • Jews > Netherlands > Biography
  • Jews > Switzerland > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Note
  • "Originally published in Germany as Grüsse und Küsse an alle: Die Geschichte der Familie von Anne Frank by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, in 2009; this translation originally published in hardcover as Treasures from the Attic: the Extraordinary Story of Anne Frank's Family in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2011"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-404).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Alice Frank, neé Stern, Anne's grandmother (1865-1953). Many good and beautiful things ; Where we come from ; Family life ; The siblings ; But the ones who stayed were scattered to the winds -- Helene Elias, neé Frank, Anne's aunt (1893-1986). Daily life and distant longings ; The time without letters ; Uncertainty ; You can't let yourself get depressed -- Buddy Elias, Anne's cousin (b. 1925). Starting out ; Years on the road ; The globe-trotter ; The play ; Our reason for being here ; The movie ; Homesick for Herbstgasse ; Home at last ; Winter on Autumn Lane ; A new purpose in life -- Stern/Frank/Elias family tree.
ISBN
  • 9780307739414 :
  • 0307739414
OCLC
  • 753625637
  • SCSB-11592794
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library