Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. EDITOR & PUBLISHER
The goal of the Watch:Jerusalem Bookstore is to bring together an eclectic but focused group of books for the reader of Watch:Jerusalem newsletter. Inclusion in the listing does not imply endorsement of that book's message or author(s) by the editor of W:J, but rather an indication that this is a book likely to be a player in the "open market" of ideas. Suggestions for inclusion in the book store are very welcome. |
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Editionby Anne Frank Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler (Eds.) Read more about this title... Also available in audio cassette edition. "Anne Frank's diaries have always been among the most moving and eloquent documents of the Holocaust. This new edition restores diary entries omitted from the original edition, revealing a new depth to Anne's dreams, irritations, hardships, and passions. Anne emerges as more real, more human, and more vital than ever. If you've never read this remarkable autobiography, do so. If you have read it, you owe it to yourself to read it again." --Amazon.com synopsis This inspirational, poignant, hopeful, tragic document should be read by every living soul on the planet. --W:J |
 Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend by Alison Leslie Gold Read more about this title... "Gold, the author of the adult work Anne Frank Remembered, a study of Miep Gies and her role in protecting the Frank family, again explores the world of Anne Frank to bring home the painful truths that Frank has come to symbolize. Here she presents the wartime experiences of Hannah Goslar, the best friend immortalized in Frank's diary as Lies. Goslar's relationship with Anne Frank, including their brief reunion in Bergen-Belsen, has previously been outlined in books for adults; the poignancy of Gold's book rests in its sensitive evocation of Goslar's youthful reactions to the war and its destruction of her family and community. Readers feel Goslar's desolation and shock upon discovering the Franks' disappearance; as the Germans' oppression increases, she daydreams about Anne, whom she is certain is safe in Switzerland, 'maybe even eating a real egg and buttered toast.' Following Goslar through her family's arrest, internment in Westerbork and subsequent deportation to Bergen-Belsen, Gold uses carefully chosen details and specific incidents to communicate the horrors of the Holocaust. While acknowledging frequent cruelty, she emphasizes the heroism and altruism of prisoners (including Goslar's, in assembling a gift of food and, at great personal risk, passing it over an illuminated barbed-wire fence to the dying Anne). Readers drawn to Anne Frank's diary will be grateful for the fuller picture rendered here." --Amazon.com synopsis |
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family by Miep Gies (with Alison Leslie Gold) Read more about this title... "The true story behind Anne Frank's days in hiding from the Nazis during World War II brings a fresh perspective and deeper poignancy to The Diary of a Young Girl." --Amazon.com synopsis "This book is one of the best books I've ever read. Even though I knew what was going to happen, I read the whole book with a lump in my throat. Miep and the others who endangered thier own lives to help the franks, truly showed love and courage in those terribly dark days ! Miep takes you through a journey of what it was like to live during War times, She sheds light of just how terrifying life must have been. I feel as though I know Miep personally after reading this incredible story. You simply must read it !!" --Amazon.com customer |
Anne Frank: The Biographyby Melissa Muller Read more about this title... "Muller pays respect to the legend, but she also does something long overdue. She saves Anne Frank from idolatry and impersonal symbolism by restoring her physical presence." --Time, R.Z. Sheppard |
Anne Frank RememberedDocumentary. Kenneth Branagh (narrator); Glenn Close (reading passages from Anne Frank's diary); Jon Blair (director) Winner of Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature "Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager who, along with her family, friends and others, hid in an attic for two years to avoid Nazi persecution. Her famous diary of that period provided a unique, personal view of the Holocaust. This documentary examines her short, tragic life, using interviews, archival photographs, family correspondence, and rare footage. The events covered range from her parents' marriage in 1925 to her father's death in 1980. The wide variety of materials provide insight into Anne's personality and reveal that, despite her circumstances, she still experienced all the normal growing pains of a teenage girl. In 1944, the Nazis discovered Anne Frank and her group. She died in a concentration camp in 1944 -- only a few days before Allied troops marched in to liberate the camps." --Amazon.com synopsis |
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary : A Photographic Remembranceby Ruud Van Der Rol and Rian Verhoeven Read more about this title... "Excerpts from Anne Frank's original diaries and interviews with the last people to see her alive offer insight into her life--from her happy childhood to the concentration camps after her family was captured and separated. 150 photos." --Amazon.com synopsis |
