10 Days Anne Frank. David Colbert. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, September 2008. 152 pp.
Anne Frank, a girl of thirteen, is experiencing twenty-five months in the secret annex, in order to hide from the Nazy Germany. Being an ordinary schoolgirl, she knew how to be treated as a Jew in the Netherlands, how to live in hiding, how to be separated with her family when sent to different camps. She knew how it felt to accompany her sister to her death hour because of typhus in the concentration camp. Her story is recorded in her diary that tells us more than we could imagine about the holocaust.
The author is highlighting the ten crucial days in Anne's lifetime through this book. What I expected was to read the translation of her diary. To feel her happiness, curiosity, and even the fear through her words. However, the author has summarized the crucial days of her lifetime quite well. Many facts and pictures contribute to the understanding of Anne's circumstance at that time.
This is a book that regards how important is every second of our lifetime. In the midst of the war of human ego, there is a glimpse of a kind heart, as Anne said, "I believe that there are human who are kind at heart".
Anne Frank, a girl of thirteen, is experiencing twenty-five months in the secret annex, in order to hide from the Nazy Germany. Being an ordinary schoolgirl, she knew how to be treated as a Jew in the Netherlands, how to live in hiding, how to be separated with her family when sent to different camps. She knew how it felt to accompany her sister to her death hour because of typhus in the concentration camp. Her story is recorded in her diary that tells us more than we could imagine about the holocaust.
The author is highlighting the ten crucial days in Anne's lifetime through this book. What I expected was to read the translation of her diary. To feel her happiness, curiosity, and even the fear through her words. However, the author has summarized the crucial days of her lifetime quite well. Many facts and pictures contribute to the understanding of Anne's circumstance at that time.
This is a book that regards how important is every second of our lifetime. In the midst of the war of human ego, there is a glimpse of a kind heart, as Anne said, "I believe that there are human who are kind at heart".
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