My Friend Anne Frank, Hannah PickGoslar
My Friend Anne Frank, Hannah PickGoslar
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My Friend Anne Frank
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

Author: Hannah Pick-Goslar, Dina Kraft

Narrator: Alix Dunmore

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/06/2023


Synopsis

"Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, author of The Choice), the long-awaited memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, who shares an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank.

In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever. As the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam progressed, Anne and the Frank family seemingly vanished, leaving behind unmade beds and dishes in the sink—but no trace of Anne's precious diary. Torn from her dear friend without warning, Hannah spent the next two years tormented by questions about Anne's fate, wondering if she had, by some miracle, managed to escape danger.
 
In this long‑awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate, never‑before‑seen portrait of the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust. Culminating in an astonishing fateful reunion, My Friend Anne Frank is the profoundly moving story of childhood and friendship during one of the darkest periods in the world's history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gareth on January 11, 2025

The holocaust marks the darkest moment in man’s history, and Hannah’s memoir allows us to understand just what surviving it cost, in this deeply personal and often heart wrenching account. This is Hannah’s own journey told with searing clarity, but she also intertwines it with her recollections of h......more

My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds was a truly moving account of the author’s life and her best and dearest friend, Anne Frank. The first time Hannah and Anne met they were four years old. Both little girls were i......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 10, 2023

I loved this book. It’s well written and well told and engaging and I was always disappointed when I had to put it down and do something else. I’d intended to read four books at once: continuing to read a history of stand-up comedy in the San Francisco area, reading a vegan cookbook, and reading a m......more

Goodreads review by Hilary on October 30, 2023

This is one of those books that was hard to put down, I read it in two sittings over 24 hours. It is a truly amazing story that made me want to find out more the lives of the people mentioned in the book. Having read much about Anne Frank, I was keen to read this. It was interesting to read this par......more

Goodreads review by Donna on May 06, 2023

This heartbreaking account of the holocaust as told by a survivor should remind all of us of the devastation to all of humanity that is caused by hatred.......more


Quotes

“Hannah’s story finally completes what Anne could not. It is both heartbreaking and life-affirming, and we need its truth now more than ever.”—Dr. Edith Eva Eger, author of The Choice

“An extraordinary story of love, loss, and the power of friendship in the darkest time. This book, like its author, is an essential companion to Anne Frank’s life.”—Jack Fairweather, Costa Prize-winning author of The Volunteer

"A profoundly moving account…an immensely valuable contribution not just to our knowledge of Anne Frank, but to the memory of the Holocaust itself."—Dave Rich, author of Everyday Hate

“One of the most moving, profound, and important books I've ever read.”—Rangan Chatterjee, host of the podcast Feel Better, Live More