Un'ennesima e preziosa raccolta di testimonianze sull'Olocausto.
Il fil rouge che lega questi racconti è che tutte le donne intervistate hanno incrociato il loro cammino con Anna Frank nell'inferno della deportazione, sia pure per brevi momenti, restituendoci un'immagine più umana e meno letteraria della figura simbolo della Shoah. In qualche modo qui c'è il vero finale del diario, brutale e terribile.
Nessuna di esse ha conosciuto intimamente Anna e non sapremo mai cosa davvero abbia provato in quei momenti, ma ciascuna delle loro storie viaggia su binari paralleli ed è facile pensare che anche per Anna (olandese come loro, deportata con lo stesso trasporto e negli stessi campi) le privazioni e le angosce siano state simili.
Questo libro a differenza di altri sull'argomento (Se questo è un uomo e La notte su tutti) ha valore esclusivamente cronachistico, è la trascrizione a stampa di un documentario televisivo olandese degli anni '80. Ciò non rende meno toccanti le esperienze di queste sopravvissute o meno importante la loro condivisione affinché certi orrori non si ripetano, rende però molto difficile valutare il testo con spirito critico. Mi limito a dire che qualunque resoconto sull'Olocausto fatto da chi lo ha vissuto sulla propria pelle vale la pena di essere conosciuto. ( )

Che cosa avvenne ad Anna Frank dopo l'arresto? Questo libro racconta la drammatica conclusione della vita di Anna attraverso le commuoventi testimonianze di sette donne ebree, sue compagne di prigionia nei lager nazisti.(fonte: Google Books)

Anne Frank's surviving friends tell the horrifying story that begins where her famous diary leaves off, and for the first time the concentration camp experiences of Anne and her family are recounted. Among the eyewitnesses is Anne Frank's closest friend, Hannah Pick, identified as 'Lies Goosens' in Anne's diary. She was filmed at several locations where she had been with Anne, including the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (fonte: willylindwer.com)

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When I went to the library to pick up the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, I also picked up this book. I wanted to learn more about her last months, as Anne didn’t write in her diary after she was found and brought to the camps.

If you, just like me, are looking for books to help you find this info, please skip this one.

The title is completely misleading, as Anne Frank is barely mentioned in the book, and these women that claim to know her seem to not have known her at all. If I see a person on the far end of the fence, or sit together while the guards are counting us, I wouldn’t consider them a friend. Just a fellow unfortunate companion.

Don’t get me wrong – these six women, that went through all this traumatized period, and are brave enough to tell the story are worth mentioning, and are worth of great recognitions. And this book is also a great value to history of what happened in those cruel places.

But when people use a famous person’s name in order to sell a book, on such painful basis, this is beyond me to comment, so I will leave it to you to make a conclusion on your own.

Among this part, the stories of these six women were heartbreaking, and so well-described, it felt as if I was there for a moment. The things they went through and the families they lost is so sad.
I also liked the old images that were in the middle of the book. They added a real image to the words.

If you want to read more about Anne Frank – choose another book. But if you want to find out about other people’s stories from this time period – grab this book.

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When I went to the library to pick up the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, I also picked up this book. I wanted to learn more about her last months, as Anne didn’t write in her diary after she was found and brought to the camps.

If you, just like me, are looking for books to help you find this info, please skip this one.

The title is completely misleading, as Anne Frank is barely mentioned in the book, and these women that claim to know her seem to not have known her at all. If I see a person on the far end of the fence, or sit together while the guards are counting us, I wouldn’t consider them a friend. Just a fellow unfortunate companion.

Don’t get me wrong – these six women, that went through all this traumatized period, and are brave enough to tell the story are worth mentioning, and are worth of great recognitions. And this book is also a great value to history of what happened in those cruel places.

But when people use a famous person’s name in order to sell a book, on such painful basis, this is beyond me to comment, so I will leave it to you to make a conclusion on your own.

Among this part, the stories of these six women were heartbreaking, and so well-described, it felt as if I was there for a moment. The things they went through and the families they lost is so sad.
I also liked the old images that were in the middle of the book. They added a real image to the words.

If you want to read more about Anne Frank – choose another book. But if you want to find out about other people’s stories from this time period – grab this book.

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