{"product_id":"the-life-of-anne-frank-9780228102892b","title":"The Life of Anne Frank","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA compelling visual account of how a Jewish family tried to escape Nazism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn August 1944, Anne Frank and her family were arrested. Anne was taken to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where she died of typhus in early 1945, about six months after her arrest and just weeks before the British liberated the camp in April 1945. Anne's father fulfilled his promise and published 1,500 copies of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAchterhuis\u003c\/span\u003e, or \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Secret Annex\u003c\/span\u003e, in German. Since then the newly named \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAnne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl \u003c\/span\u003ehas sold over 30 million copies in 70 languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the young diarist's death. Anne wrote the diary during the 25 months that her family of four and four others were hiding in the top floor of an Amsterdam office building, now the Anne Frank Museum, which welcomes one and a half million visitors each year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Life of Anne Frank\u003c\/span\u003e is a compelling factual account and timeline of those two years. Fascinating photographs show the still unchanged Annex, including the hidden entrance, and text takes readers directly inside to reveal the surroundings and Anne's story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book uses images and text plus a timeline to cover:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe lead-up to war and anti-Semitism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe building, rented by Frank's father, and the decision to hide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow the family escaped without detection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea who's who of those hiding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhere they slept, cooked, bathed and ate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow a typical day would pass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe necessity to maintain absolute silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe helpers who brought food and news of the war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe attic where Anne could catch a glimpse of nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnne's desk where she put down her secret thoughts, fears and dreams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe diary and why Anne wrote a second version\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNazism, the concentration camps and the aftermath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow other Jews hid during the war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe discovery of the hideaway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat happened to the residents when peace came.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eAnne Frank's book is on school reading lists across the country. For many it is a reader's first if not only exposure to anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Life of Anne Frank\u003c\/span\u003e makes this seminal time in history come alive. Young readers can grasp the context and place themselves in Anne's story. The vivid visual presentation throughout brings her ordeal to life in a way that words alone cannot, perhaps not even Anne's.","brand":"Firefly Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819558703184,"sku":"9780228102892B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780228102892-l.jpg?v=1785876409","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-life-of-anne-frank-9780228102892b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}