Bidspirit auction | Holocaust WW2. Anne Frank The

Holocaust WW2. Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl. Doubleday New York 1952 (not first printing however the first year the book was published in the USA). 285 pages. Binding damaged. Fair condition. Preface by Eleanor Roosevelt. 19 x 13 cm. 350 grams - Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Doubleday & Company, New York, 1952. Preface by Eleanor Roosevelt. An early American edition of one of the most influential Holocaust memoirs ever published. Anne Frank’s diary documents the life of a Jewish girl in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The 1952 edition represents the first year of publication in the United States and an early stage in the international dissemination of the work following its European publication. The preface by Eleanor Roosevelt underscores the universal human significance of the diary. The book remains one of the most widely read personal testimonies of the Holocaust and an enduring historical document. Condition: Fair condition. Binding worn and damaged, signs of use consistent with age. Complete. Pages: 285 Size: 19 × 13 cm Weight: approx. 350 g