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Title: Legacy of Anne Frank, The
Author: PERRY GILLIAN WALNES
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/10/2018
Imprint: PEN & SWORD
Price: $40.00
Publishing status: Active
From her secret hiding place in wartime Amsterdam, the Jewish teenager Anne Frank wrote
heart-wrenchingly about the terrors of a captivity that would ultimately end with her death at the
hands of the Nazis. In her world-famous diaries, she described with remarkable honesty her
transition from childhood to a deep thinking, opinionated and passionate teenager. The life she
longed to live, during which she would help to create a more caring world, was tragically not to
be. In August 1944, she and her family were captured and deported to Auschwitz.
Two years after her death from starvation and disease in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, her
diary was published. It quickly became an international sensation, going on to influence hearts
and minds for over seventy years.
Although many books and literary analyses have been written about Anne Frank’s life and diary,
none have explored the surprising influence she has had on young people in countries all over
the world, helping to shape their moral framework and giving them critical life skills. This is due
in part to the merits of a travelling exhibition created by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam in
1985 which has so far been seen by over 9 million people. The Anne Frank exhibition, along with
its innovative educational and cultural activities, has circumnavigated the globe many times.
In this fascinating study, Gillian Walnes Perry explores the various legacies of Anne Frank’s
influence. She looks at the complex life of Anne Frank’s father and the motivations that powered
his educational philosophy. She shares new insights into the real Anne Frank, personally gifted by
those who actually knew her. Global icons such as Nelson Mandela and Audrey Hepburn relate
the influence that Anne Frank had on shaping their own lives.
This book presents – all in one place and for the very first time – the inspirational stories of a
diverse variety of people from all over the world, brought together by the words of one
particularly articulate and inspiring teenage victim of the Holocaust.
ISBN: 9781526731043
Dimension: 234mm X 156mm