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Article: Publishers fight over the memory of Anne Frank
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 28, 1999
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THREE RIVAL biographers will next month lay claim to the life of
Anne Frank, half a century after the death of the young Jewish girl
who became "the human face of the Holocaust".
In a big-money battle between three of Britain's most prestigious
publishing houses, each author claims to have "the definitive story",
with personal endorsements from the Frank family and privileged
access to unpublished documents.
But despite such sensational claims, the books have left many
Frank enthusiasts cold. They object to the revelatory tone of the
surrounding publicity and accuse the publishers of hype.
Although Anne Frank has become a universal symbol of the