----------------------- Message requiring your approval ---------------------- From: Jeff Corbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: Collectors of Anne Frank material
Dear S. B.
You asked, �� I don't understand why anyone would want to create a private collection of Anne Frank stuff.� I started to do this, and here is my story.
When I was in high school and college, I was trying to rediscover my Jewish heritage. That search eventually lead me to visiting Israel and becoming Orthodox. I now live in Toronto. Along the path, I was searching for anything Jewish that I could "read" to try and connect back. Not living in a Jewish city (Brampton, Ontario), there were no Jewish bookstores. All I knew about Judaism was the Holocaust. Thus, I did start to develop an Anne Frank book collection on my own. This all occurred around the time that the film Schindler's List came out. The following list is all of the Anne Frank materials that I purchased. Being a student, I relied on library book sales and used bookstores.
(Please excuse my lack of following proper cataloguing rules below. This is just a list and not intended to be a proper library catalogue. I am not currently a cataloguer
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Pocket Books, 1958. 0671690094. Paperback. Note: The cover includes the famous photograph of Anne. The photo is black and pink (pink where white should be.) Includes a preface by George Steven.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Cardinal, 1959. Paperback. Note: This edition came out at the time of George Steven�s Production of �The Diary of Anne Frank�. A 20th Century-Fox Presentation and shows Millie Perkins who played Anne in the movie, on the cover. Includes a preface by George Steven.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Doubleday, 1967. Hardcover. Note: This copy is from a library book sale. Does not include the preface by George Steven.
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family. By Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold. New York: Touchstone, 1988. 0671662341. Trade Paper. Note: the back cover includes scenes from the more recent movie, �The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank� staring Mary Steenburgen and Paul Scofield.
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank. By Willy Lindwer. Trans. By Alison Meersschaert. New York: Doubleday, 1992. 0385423600. Trade Paper.
Anne Frank: A Portrait in Courage. By Ernst Schnabel. Trans by Richard and Clara Winston. New York: Harbrace, 1958. Paperback. This copy is from a library book sale.
At that time, I also collected Schindler�s List materials.
Jeff
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