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Nahai explores the struggles of an Iranian family in the tenuous decade before the Islamic revolution. Twelve-year-old Yaas narrates her family's story, beginning before her birth at her parents' unlikely meeting. Her mother, Bahar, lives in the Jewish slums with her less-than-respectable family. Bahar's fortuitous encounter with Omid Arbab, the son of wealthy Iranian Jews, results in a marriage that quickly disintegrates, due to class pressures and...

"Prepared by the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, and now for the first time released in English, this ... volume includes: never-before published versions of the diary (Anne's original journal, her manuscript as she edited it, and the popular story with her father's revisions) ... ; biographies of The Frank family members ; the dramatic historical events following the family's discovery and arrest ; [and] scientific evaluations...

Tells poignant stories of Anne Frank, a young girl whose too-brief life became a timeless symbol of courage, perseverance and hope.

Anneke, a Dutch Jewish teenager, is sent with her family to Theresienstadt, a "model" concentration camp, where she confronts great evil and learns to do what it takes to survive.