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How to prevent a Holocaust
On "The U.S. and the Holocaust," Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt," and living with—and without—history.
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Otto Frank: censor or preserver?
The way Anne's father edited her diary is one of the least-understood aspects of her life.
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Reading history forwards
Jews in the Netherlands suffered catastrophically during the Holocaust. Can the diaries of their neighbors help explain their fate?
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"The chronicler of our adventures"
What Etty Hillesum's diary can—and cannot—tell us about Anne Frank.
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Happy new year!
Some highlights from last year and a look at what's coming next.
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Hannah Pick-Goslar, 1929-2022
She was one of Anne Frank's first friends, and one of the last people to see her alive.
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On biography and ghosts
Did I sense a spirit presence in an old Provençal house? Or was it just my own unquiet mind?
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Anne Frank in Amsterdam
What do we learn by visiting places where our subject lived?
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Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
A peek behind the scenes at my book-in-progress about Anne Frank and the process of writing biography, plus other reading and writing.
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