Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Review of The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank
In the following review of Ralph Melnick's The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank, Kertzer explores the contested status of the theatrical interpretation of The Diary of Anne Frank.
A Globe and Mail article, August 27, 1998, reports the discovery of several missing pages of Anne Frank's diary. The subtitle of the article quickly moves from the "sadness" of the excerpts to the real news, that is, the possible violation of copyright. For the article observes that the Anne Frank Fund has called in its lawyers to examine this apparent violation. In turn, the Amsterdam daily Het Parool, which published the excerpts on its front page, responds that their lawyers are ready and waiting. The Diary of Anne Frank is, as it has been for much of its history,...
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