Manga Classics: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl brings the compelling and tragic true story of a young Jewish girl living in hiding from the Nazis to life as a graphic novel.
In 1942 Amsterdam was under Nazi occupation, all Jewish citizens were made to wear yellow stars and young Anne Frank was given a diary for her 13th birthday. That diary became her best friend and confidante, and went with her when just a few weeks later she and her family went into hiding in a secret annexe above her father’s offices. For two years Anne continued to confide in her diary, sharing the joys, sorrows and terrors of life trapped in the cramped annexe with her parents, sister, another couple with a teenage son and her father’s business partner. As well as chronicling the life of Jews living under Nazi occupation, she shares the experience of a teenage girl just beginning to grow up, with all her hopes and dreams for the future.
After Anne died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the age of 16, her father published her diaries so the world could hear her story. This entertaining, engaging and moving tale is not just a piece of great writing but also a crucial historic document.
