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BOOK
REVIEW
Victor
Kugler: The Man Who Hid Anne Frank by Eda Shapiro and Rick Kardonne , Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem
, Israel is a fascinating look into and beyond the familiar world of Anne Frank 's Diary. Shapiro and Kardonne introduce
us to this recipient of the "Medal of the Righteous" given to "Righteous Gentiles" and allow us to hear his story in his own
words as taken from several years' worth of interviews.
There are explanations of
factors in Victor 's life that were key to his placement in a position to help the Franks and the other Jews he helped hide.
We are given his impressions of Anne Frank both before and during the hiding time. Krugel also gives clear and interesting
glimpses into life in the Nazi Netherlands and the concentration camps he was sent to for the crime of Judengeunstigung – helping Jewish people. Victor goes on to discuss the remainder of his life
to the point of the interviews and the authors provide a number of pictures and reproductions of primary documents of important
times in Victor 's life.
I recommend this book for
anyone interested in the Holocaust or even just the story of Anne Frank . Being a home educator, I also see its potential
benefit in historical studies of the Holocaust, or studies of the country of Holland . For an avid book reader, it is
well put together and a real page-turner, especially the parts where Victor is speaking in the first person.
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