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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 精装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780385533393
A lost treasure trove (6,000 documents) from her grandmother’s
attic about Anne Frank and her family, now woven into a
chronicle.
An old lady dies in Basel, Switzerland. Her devoted
daughter-in-law, Gertrude, steels herself to do what all families
must in the aftermath of death—she heads upstairs to the attic to
sort through the effects. But Helene Elias wasn’t just any old
lady, and none could put a price on what she left as an
inheritance.
Helene Elias was born Helene Frank, sister to Otto Frank, and
thus Anne Frank’s aunt. Alice Frank, the matriarch and grand?mother
of the family, left Germany for Switzerland in the 1930s, and
though her family had scattered across Europe, she remained at the
hub of their lives. They wrote voluminously, sent photos, visited
for summer holidays and reunions, and of course wrote about them
when they returned home. Alice kept every bit she could. It all sat
upstairs in the house, which was eventually passed down to Alice’s
grandson, Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s childhood playmate, and his
wife, Gertrude.
What Gertrude found has become an utterly engaging, endear?ing,
and convincing account of a family that tells us who shaped Anne
Frank, made her who she was. They believed themselves to be
ordinary members of Germany’s bourgeoisie. That they were wrong is
part of history—one that we celebrate here.
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