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"""Both heartbreaking and life-affirming"" (Edith Eger, author of The Choice), the long-awaited memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, who shares an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank. In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever. As the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam progressed, Anne and the Frank family seemingly vanished, leaving behind unmade beds and dishes in the sink--but no trace of Anne's precious diary. Torn from her dear friend without warning, Hannah spent the next two years tormented by questions about Anne's fate, wondering if she had, by some miracle, managed to escape danger. In this long-awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate, never-before-seen portrait of the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust. Culminating in an astonishing fateful reunion, My Friend Anne Frank is the profoundly moving story of childhood and friendship during one of the darkest periods in the world's history."

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"A profoundly moving account...an immensely valuable contribution not just to our knowledge of Anne Frank, but to the memory of the Holocaust itself.-- ""Dave Rich, author of Everyday Hate"" An extraordinary story of love, loss, and the power of friendship in the darkest time. This book, like its author, is an essential companion to Anne Frank's life.-- ""Jack Fairweather, Costa Prize-winning author of The Volunteer"" Hannah's story finally completes what Anne could not. It is both heartbreaking and life-affirming, and we need its truth now more than ever.-- ""Dr. Edith Eva Eger, author of The Choice"" One of the most moving, profound, and important books I've ever read.-- ""Rangan Chatterjee, host of the podcast Feel Better, Live More"""

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Hannah Pick-Goslar, simply Hanneli to her friends, was born in Berlin in 1928, the eldest child of Jewish parents Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Klee. In 1933, after the election of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, the Goslars moved to Amsterdam. Hannah attended the 6th Montessori School, where she became best friends with Anne Frank. Hannah is referred to as 'Lies Goosens' in some of the tales in Anne Frank's diary. In June 1943, Hannah, her father, her maternal grandparents and Hannah's younger sister Gabi were arrested and sent to Westerbork transit camp, and then to Bergen-Belsen. Hannah survived 14 months until the camp was liberated in 1945. She emigrated to British Mandate Palestine in 1947, shortly before it became Israel, and trained as a nurse. Once retired, Hannah enjoyed the company of her 3 children, 10 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. She passed away in 2022 at the age of 93. Alix Dunmore is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.

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