|aSearching for Anne Frank : |bletters from Amsterdam to Iowa / |cby Susan Goldman Rubin in association with the Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives.
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|aLetters from Amsterdam to Iowa
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|aNew York, N.Y. : |bHarry N. Abrams Publishers, |c2003
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|a144 p. : |bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; |c23 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-141) and index.
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|aProvides a glimpse of life during World War II in both theNetherlands and the United States through the correspondence of Anne Frank and her Iowa pen pals. In thefall of 1939, ten-year-old Juanita Wagner of Danville, Iowa, picked a name from a list of pen pals provided by her teacher. She chose a girl her own age who lived in Amsterdam. The girl's name was Anne Frank. Through firsthand reports and interviews with Juanita's sister, Betty, friends of both Juanita and Anne Frank, as well as never-before-published photographs, Susan Goldman Rubin weaves the story of two girls -- one in America and one inthe Netherlands -- against the backdrop of pending World War II, its brutal reality, and its aftermath. In alternating chapters, Goldman Rubin describes the lives ofJuanita and Anne before the war begins, then continues to tell their stories, as well as those of their sisters, Betty and Margot, as the war progresses. Juanita, Betty, and their mother witness the war from afar, aware of its presence only through radio, film clips, rationing, and watching schoolmates and friends leave for armed service. In tragic contrast, Anne, Margot, and their parents go into hiding, are discovered, and are sent to concentrationcamps. Only Anne's father survives. Although the girls only had the opportunity to correspond briefly, their letters and contrasting experiences offer a poignant and timely look at lives during wartime. The existing correspondence between Anne and Margot Frank and their penpals in Iowa is on permanent display at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California.
New insight into the girl whose diary changed the world Few people know that Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, had pen pals in the United States: Juanita and Betty Wagner, of Danville, Iowa. Although the girls corresponded only briefly, their letters capture a poignant moment in Anne's life, before the Nazis arrived. Through interviews with people who knew Anne, Margot, Juanita, Betty, and their friends, author Susan Goldman Rubin skillfully contrasts the realities of life in rural America and urban Holland through the duration of World War II. Packed with firsthand reports, photographs (many never before published), and intriguing new information, Searching for Anne Frank provides a vivid look at lives torn apart by war-a subject that has great relevance for today's readers.
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