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The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal's Search for the Truth
40 pp.
| Holiday |
March, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2109-1$18.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Bill Farnsworth.
Holocaust survivor Wiesenthal dedicated his life to bringing Nazis to justice. Using extensive research, Rubin recounts Wiesenthal's story as well as his mission to prove to Holocaust deniers that Anne Frank existed. Farnsworth's darkly haunting illustrations (one shows a soldier holding a gun to a man's head, another depicts Frank, frightened, raising her hands in surrender) bring the text chillingly to life. Bib., glos., ind.