My Friend Anne Frank

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

Interested to watch this one as I just finished the book. #page2screen

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Cinfhen

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

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Another memoir that NEEDS to be added to EVERY school curriculum. Heartbreaking and immersive. Gorgeous narration. I‘m always amazed how people can endure and ultimately thrive after suffering & experiencing such horror. As I sat in my living room with tears running down my face,my son wanted to know “why I torture myself” and I responded “until my last breath I will bear witness and share these stories so that the next generation #NeverForgets

Cinfhen This is my October #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks 1y

Cinfhen And DEFINITELY a top 10 read for 2023 1y

CBee This is exactly why I read the stories and watch the movies and shows…. To bear witness and never ever forget. If you haven‘t watched it already, A Small Light (Nat Geo) is incredible! 1y

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Cinfhen Someone else literally told me just yesterday that I HAVE to watch A Small Light @CBee which I NEED to do 🩷Thanks for sharing the recommendation xx 1y

CBee @Cinfhen you must 💚 it‘s so well done. And I learned so much more about Miep Gies. Be prepared to cry with this one too 😢 1y

Cinfhen Of course I also just downloaded this book @CBee

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

CBee @Cinfhen that one looks interesting! Stacked! 1y

CBee Also, I read this when I was in high school, it‘s one I highly recommend:

Alicia

Cinfhen Oh wow!! I no nothing about your book @CBee Thanks for sharing!! I was /am very hesitant to read the Betrayal about Anne Frank because apparently the author can not authenticate her claim and she names a Jewish person as the culprit which many say is a way of demonizing the Jews and turning the victims into the perpetrators. I‘m conflicted but curious to read nonetheless 1y

CBee @Cinfhen I believe they talk about that in A Small Light and I remember reading that there is a bit of controversy there. 1y

Librarybelle I so need to read this! 1y

LeahBergen Great review! I‘ll be saving this for just the right moment. 😢 1y

Cinfhen I just downloaded A Small Light on Prime Video @CBee - watched the first episode. I always assumed Miep was an older woman, I never realized how young she was. WOW her bravery! 1y

Cinfhen It was only like 6 hours on audio, maybe less @Librarybelle @LeahBergen but it‘s beyond impactful. Highly recommend audio - narration was excellent. 1y

CBee @Cinfhen I did too! She was so young and never even hesitated to help. Just heroic and so brave. 1y

TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 1y

Megabooks Powerful!! 1y

Centique I totally agree - we need to bear witness through books to these experiences. Just have a break to recover afterwards! 1y

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Cinfhen

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

THIS BOOK 😭😭😭😭😭

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dariazeoli

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

#readingbracket2023 #nonfiction

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CatLass007

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

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I have to confess I never have read Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, but I plan to correct that omission whenever my hold comes in at the library. The strange thing is that I know I have had a print copy for years and never read it. And now it‘s boxed up. But Hannah‘s story is compelling. There are happy times but they are overshadowed by what we as readers know is coming. This book is for #TBRTarot, a book with a name in the title.

CBee

CBee I‘ll look for your review once you‘ve read Anne‘s diary. Also - I recently watched “A Small Light,” which is Miep Gies‘s story - powerful but of course heartbreaking 💔 1y

CatLass007 A Small Light is a movie? 1y

CatLass007 @CBee I‘m glad there‘s a long wait for Anne‘s Diary. I couldn‘t just dive right into it after just finishing this. 1y

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CBee @CatLass007 yes! It‘s a National Geographic movie, but available on Disney+. 1y

dariazeoli A Small Light is also on Hulu. I just finished watching this week; highly recommended! 1y

CatLass007 @CBee @dariazeoli I‘ve never had Disney+ and I canceled Hulu and Netflix earlier this year. One, because of finances and, two, because I‘ve barely had the TV on in the last year. I still have Amazon Prime, BritBox, and Peacock. I‘m not really sure why I even have those. Too busy audiobooking. 1y

CatLass007 @cbee @dariazeoli I just looked it up on IMDb. It‘s an eight-part mini-series. Some day I‘ll be interested in putting down the books, and I‘ll turn on the TV again. 1y

CBee @CatLass007 I don‘t watch much, mostly at night on my iPad when the kids have gone to bed 😂 1y

CatLass007 @CBee Sometimes all you can manage is the best you can do. 1y

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MyNamesParadise

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

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This book is simply perfect. It is the story of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, a childhood best friend of Anne Frank. Anyone can read this book. If you‘re unfamiliar w/ the history, the book provides that but doesn‘t feel like you‘re reading a history book. It is completely compelling! You follow Hannah as she moves to Amsterdam & meets the Franks & life as war goes on. As conditions worsen, the Franks disappear 1 day & Hannah & her family

MyNamesParadise are arrested and sent to Westerbork transit camp. Then when Hannah and her family are sent to Bergen-Belsen and the reunion between her and Anne. Then the story of liberation and Hannah‘s post war life as she emigrates to Israel & her life spent as a Holocaust speaker & educator. I just could not put this book down. Parts are hard to read & may be triggering. It‘s such an important read. 2y

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