A review by mdettmann
My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick-Goslar

5.0

Wow, so like, if you appreciate or teach Anne Frank’s Diary, you have to read this. This is the memoir of one of Anne’s friends, Hannah Goslar (or also known as Lies from Anne’s Diary). This is a moving look at Hannah’s life and friendship with Anne before Anne went into hiding and Hannah and her baby sister were taken to Bergen-Belsen, and then it recounts when they both were briefly reunited in Bergen-Belsen. It was so heartbreaking to read how poor Anne died before she could live the life she dreamed of, even though at the same time it was beautiful to read how Hannah and her sister survived and the lives they went on to live as told from my favorite line “Hannah sometimes calls her and her sister’s large broods their ‘revenge’ on Hitler.” I’m always surprised a bit about how every survivor’s story from the Holocaust share many of the same horrors, yet are each their own and this one is an excellent read to add to any library collection to share and honor those lost, those who survive, and to ensure this never happens again.