The Diary of a Young Girl (1947)

1. 131
   The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (kidzlitsmc, mihmb, alalba, PghDragonMan, l_rigsby)

   kidzlitsmc: this story of a German hiding a Jew and not a Jew being hidden helps you to understand that it wasn't just hard for Jews.

   PghDragonMan: Both side of hiding during the Holocaust

2. 71
   We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries Of Teenagers Who Died In The Holocaust by Jacob Boas (MerryMary, gangleri)

   MerryMary: Puts Anne in perspective with four others of her generation in similar circumstances.

3. 60
   A Hatred for Tulips by Richard Lourie (khuggard)

   khuggard: a fictional story about a young boy who reveals the hiding place of Anne Frank and her family.

4. 50
   Anne Frank House: A Museum with a Story by Janrense Boonstra (JqnOC)
5. 50
   Night by Elie Wiesel (jmarsico)
6. 50
   An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 by Etty Hillesum (christiguc)
7. 40
   The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play in Two Acts by Frances Goodrich (Marie.Veliz)
8. 51
   The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (JqnOC)
9. 30
   Mooie-zinnenboek by Anne Frank (guurtjesboekenkast)
10. 30
    Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (amberwitch)

    amberwitch: Both told as diaries written by young women growing up 'under siege'.

11. 20
    The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss (bookel)
12. 20
    The Diary of Dawid Sierakowiak. Five Notebooks from the Lodz Ghetto by Dawid Sierakowiak (bluepiano)

    bluepiano: Another diary kept by a Jewish teenager under Nazi occupation. Sierakowiak is remarkably intelligent and level-headed and he is starving.

13. 20
    Victor Kugler: The Man Who Hid Anne Frank by Rick Kardonne (maryanntherese)

    maryanntherese: A biography of the man who orchestrated the Secret Annex.

14. 20
    The Journal of Hélène Berr by Hélène Berr (guurtjesboekenkast)

    guurtjesboekenkast: Zowel Hélène Berr als Anne Frank zijn Joods en hebben een dagboek tijdens de oorlog geschreven. In 1945 zijn zij allebei aan tyfus overleden in het Duitse concentratiekamp Bergen-Belsen.

15. 10
    East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity by Philippe Sands (shaunie)
16. 10
    In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke (meggyweg)
17. 10
    Grace in the Wilderness: After the Liberation 1945-1948 by Aranka Siegal (juniperSun)

    juniperSun: Both deal with young Jewish teen girls in WWII, similar feelings.

18. 10
    Charlotte Salomon. Leben? Oder Theater? by Edward van Voolen (JuliaMaria)

    JuliaMaria: Zwei junge Frauen, die versuchen dem Grauen schreibend bzw. malend zu entkommen.

19. 10
    Mist in augustus by Robert Domes (gangleri)

    gangleri: The right to live, the right to freedom are the most basic rights. « Nebel im August » (a book written in German) is about the live of Ernst Lossa whom was not granted this right either. The book is written in a very lyrical style, it illustrates that we have more in common then we are aware and reminds us what is really important.… (more)

20. 10
    Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex by Anne Frank (Cecrow)

    Cecrow: Fiction written by Anne Frank while in hiding.

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