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Anne Frank-The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank; Translated by Richard and Clara Winston  New York : Bantam Books, 1993

 Call Number: 921-FRA

**__Summary/Description__:**  This book is the diary of Anne Frank. It is a true story of this young girl at the age of thirteen to fifteen living in  Amsterdam, Netherlands, beginning in June of 1942.  In 1942, World War Two had already begun. With WWII came the Holocaust. Many Jews went into hiding in attempt to escape the wrath of the Nazis. Anne Frank and her family were some of those people. This book contains the diary entries of Anne during her life in hiding. She wrote things about what they did each day from washing dishes to the bombings she heard outside of her living space.

Fireflies in the Dark-The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandies and the Children of Terezin Susan Goldman Rubin New York: Holiday House, 2000

Call Number: 940.53-RUB

**__Summary/Description__:**  The Fireflies in the Dark is a book recommended to anyone who wants to learn about how children and women were treated during the Holocaust. In December 1942, Friendl Dicker-Brandies, and thousands of other Jews, were forced to move to the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The Bauhaus-trained designer and artist art therapist and teacher, instead of thinking of her own life, thought of others. She gathered art supply and shared it with all the children living at the camp. This book contains the drawings of these children.

__ **Beyond the Book** __ : Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources: > Anne Frank.
 * Anne Frank Museum Amsterdam-This is the official website for the a museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is called the Anne Frank Museum. It has information on many subjects. It has a description on each part of the diary, explaining it some more. It also has information on the actual Museum. This is a great website for research on
 * United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -This is the official website for a Museum in the U.S. It is located in Washington, D.C. This website has information for the museum, but it also has other things. It relates the wars going on today and WWII. It has a section on education for students and teachers alike. This is a very good website for research.
 * The Secret Annex Online- This is a great website for Anne Frank as well. This website gives you a look of the Secret Annex. The secret annex is what Anne calls the place they stayed at during hiding. It also gives you information about the other people besides Anne staying there. This is a god website to help you visuilize what Anne Frank was seeing.
 * Anne Frank - This is a website about Anne Frank. It has information about her and information about the Anne Frank Center USA. It is located in New York .This includes information about the exhibits at the Center. It also has Diary Excerpts. This is another great website if you want to visit a place about basic information on Anne Frank.
 * Masterpiece : The Diary of Anne Frank - This is a good website for Anne Frank. It shows you where you can buy their movie aout her. It also has a Biography on Anne Frank. Need more websites to go to? Well this website has more resources.
 * Susan G. Rubin's Website - Susan G. Rubin is the author of Fireflies in the dark. This is the official website for her. It has a bio of the author of the book. It also show the other books she has written. This includes other books on the Holocaust she has written. This is a good website if you are seaching for other books on this subject.