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In Anne Franks Haus: Eine bebilderte Reise durch Anne Franks Welt (edition 2004)

by Menno Metselaar, Ruud van der Rol, Dineke Stam, Waltraud Hüsmert

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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has been read by millions around the world and many of them have, since the house was opened as a museum in 1960, traveled to Amsterdam to see the building and the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary. Visitors to 263 Prinsengracht are taken an a journey back in time; in each of the rooms hang excerpts from Anne's diary, providing an impression of what happened there during the hiding period-and visitors can trace the lives of each of the inhabitants of the Secret Annex and the four employees of Anne's father. Inside Anne Frank's House takes readers on the same journey, following the same route that visitors make on the physical tour. The same excerpts from the diary that appear in the house are included-with the addition of background information by the museum directors and designers, the words of Anne's father, comments from some of the people who have been affected by Anne's words, and a comprehensive history of the publication of the diary. The photographs compiled here are in black-and-white and in color; they are vivid and moving, and make a lasting impression. The reader experiences the house and its relics, and sees photos of Anne's family and their friends, as well as the people who helped them and the changing Amsterdam neighborhood where they lived. Without a doubt this essential photographic document is a thorough, disturbing, and crucial part of the testament to faith and humanity that continues to live on as Anne Frank's legacy. The Anne Frank House draws nearly one million visitors from around the world annuallyPublication to coincide with the seventy-fifth anniversary of Anne's birth and te sixtieth anniversary of her last diary entries.… (more)
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Title:In Anne Franks Haus: Eine bebilderte Reise durch Anne Franks Welt
Authors:Menno Metselaar
Other authors:Ruud van der Rol, Dineke Stam, Waltraud Hüsmert
Info:Fischer (S.), Frankfurt (2004), 268 pages
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Inside Anne Frank's House: An Illustrated Journey Through Anne's World by Hans Westra

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I read this book, which is subtitled An Illustrated Journey Through Anne's World, as an accompaniment to Anne Frank: The Biography. This is a beautiful, large, coffee-table style book full of wonderful photographs of Anne Frank and her family, the people who helped them in hiding, and the hiding place itself.

The first part of the book is background on the Frank family and the others that hid with them, with (on many of the 33 pages) the bottom fourth of the page devoted to photographs illustrating what was going on in Germany and the Netherlands in the 1915-1942 time period, providing some context. This is followed by a fold-out page with a cutaway diagram of the interior of the building at 263 Prinsengracht where the eight Jews hid.

The next section is the main part of the book, which follows the museum route through the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Hans Westra, its executive director, writes,

"After the arrest on August 4, 1944, the Secret Annex was emptied of all its furnishings by order of the German Occupation authorities. To provide a better impression of the situation during the hiding period, color photographs of a temporary refurnishing of both the front part of the house and the Secret Annex, are included in this book. In 1954, black & white photographs of the Anne Frank House were made by the photographer Maria Austria. Many of these photographs also appear here."

The color photos of the refurnishing are quite interesting - one can see that the eight in hiding were crowded, yet the warm colors and lighting and the quality of the furnishings makes one feel they weren't too bad off. Including the 1954 black-and-white photos was important. They are stark, as most of the rooms were still empty or nearly empty since the 1944 arrest. Anne's attempts to decorate the room she shared with her sister (and later, a dentist in his 50s) with pictures and magazine clippings of movie stars and other things that interested her, are quite poignant, as they appear in both the color and the black-and-white photos.

The final section of the book covers the period after the arrest of those in hiding and two of their helpers, with detail on what happened to each of them. There's also a discussion of Anne's diary, its publication, and the preservation of the Anne Frank House.

While the photographs are stunning and informative, the text that accompanies them is rather weak and sometimes confusing. Perhaps the text suffered in translation from Dutch to English. Nevertheless, the book is an outstanding addition to the body of work on Anne Frank, and especially nice for those who might never visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

© Amanda Pape - 2013

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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has been read by millions around the world and many of them have, since the house was opened as a museum in 1960, traveled to Amsterdam to see the building and the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary. Visitors to 263 Prinsengracht are taken an a journey back in time; in each of the rooms hang excerpts from Anne's diary, providing an impression of what happened there during the hiding period-and visitors can trace the lives of each of the inhabitants of the Secret Annex and the four employees of Anne's father. Inside Anne Frank's House takes readers on the same journey, following the same route that visitors make on the physical tour. The same excerpts from the diary that appear in the house are included-with the addition of background information by the museum directors and designers, the words of Anne's father, comments from some of the people who have been affected by Anne's words, and a comprehensive history of the publication of the diary. The photographs compiled here are in black-and-white and in color; they are vivid and moving, and make a lasting impression. The reader experiences the house and its relics, and sees photos of Anne's family and their friends, as well as the people who helped them and the changing Amsterdam neighborhood where they lived. Without a doubt this essential photographic document is a thorough, disturbing, and crucial part of the testament to faith and humanity that continues to live on as Anne Frank's legacy. The Anne Frank House draws nearly one million visitors from around the world annuallyPublication to coincide with the seventy-fifth anniversary of Anne's birth and te sixtieth anniversary of her last diary entries.

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