Anne Frank in the World: Essays and Reflections - Hardcover

Rittner, Carol Ann

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9780765600196: Anne Frank in the World: Essays and Reflections

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ISBN 10: 0765600196 ISBN 13: 9780765600196

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

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Scholars, clergy, teachers and writers present stimulating essays on the theme that Anne Frank's Diary movingly symbolizes the triumph of childhood innocence over totalitarian brutality. This may be of value for classes and study groups with interests in religion and religious ethics, the Holocaust, ethnic cleansing, discrimination, the role of the individual in society, and the daunting moral dilemmas posed by emerging nationalisms all over the world.

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About the Author:

Dr. Carol Rittner, a sister of mercy, is Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation. She is also the editor, with Sondra Myers, of "The Courage to Care: The Rescue of Jews During the Holocaust", published by New York University Press, and co-producer of and award winning documentary by the same name.

From Publishers Weekly:

Nun and Holocaust scholar Rittner (Beyond Hate) has gathered a diverse group of educators, clergy and Holocaust writers for this slim volume of pieces loosely organized around the subject of Anne Frank and her famed diary. The pieces range from solemn remembrance (a survivor movingly describes Danish rescue efforts) to religious (Frank is described as "wrestling with God, fighting darkness, and prevailing"). Although the diversity of the essays lends an imbalance, the collection provides a poignant mix of celebration and mourning. The diary's present-day significance, one contributor notes, stems from acknowledging that Frank "embodies the idealism and decency that were so utterly absent in Nazism and remains so lacking in our world today." Another essayist further deplores Frank's second legacy: "the publicity, the hype, the exhibits, the rank commercialism, and the academic overkill." Though primarily designed for teachers--with an extensive Holocaust chronology as well as a study guide, bibliography, videography and teaching resources--this series of brief meditations will be of interest to general readers.

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