A review by katiez624
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

The Diary of Anne Frank is a story that all school-age children read at one point or another. It tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of a young girl, showing the terror, the terrible injustice, and the astonishing humanity of the Jews who were targeted. In her diary, we are spared the terrible details of the concentration camps that Anne's family eventually perished in and the harrowing atrocities that were inflicted upon an entire group of people.

Hannah and Anne were close friends as children. Both of their families fled Germany for Amsterdam, thinking they would be safe from Hitler in this neutral country. She paints a vivid picture of their life before the war, and we follow her family as they go to extreme measures to try to escape to safety.

This firsthand account is remarkably told, and it gives the reader an actual glimpse into what the Jews endured. The story is hard to read but it is imperative that this narrative is shared widely, and the details of the suffering need to be known to prevent this repeating in the future. Hannah has become an advocate for sharing her story, one of the last survivors of the atrocity that occurred, and she has brought invaluable awareness to the suffering that the Jewish people endured. Her bravery and resilience is astounding, and her love for her family and for her people is evident in every page.

Thanks NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for my ARC.