The Diary of Anne Frank

As we started reading "Fatelessness", it's a good idea to relate Imre Kertesz's book to other writings of the same topic. In this mood, we took a look to Anne Frank's Diary, which I've the chance to read some years ago in Spanish.

Anne Frank was one of the millions of jews who suffered in the Nazi Regime. She hided in a little apartment in Frankfurt am main, with her parents and sister. While she was there, she took the time to write a Diary in which she expresses in a great way how they lived and she narrated the way they tried to avoid being catch by the Nazis. Unfortunately, in August 1944 their hiding place was found by the Gestapo and their were sent to Concentration Camps. Her parents went to Auschwitz, while Anne and her sister, Margot, had to go to Bergen Belsen. The whole family died but the father, Otto, who managed to survive the war.

After the Second World War ended, the Diary was found and published in many languages, because it's an awesome source to know more about the Jews reality during the war. Also, the Diary represents all the Jews who tried, in one way or another, to avoid being sent to the Concentration Camps.