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Reviewed on February 15, 2003
Otto Frank's story is often viewed in the shadow of his daughter Anne. Lee, whose previous efforts include a biography of Anne Frank, takes Otto out of the shadows in this sympathetic yet thorough portrait of a man who was more than Anne Frank's father and literary executor. A World War I veteran, Otto was emblematic of those middle-class, assimilated German Jews who fled the Nazis after 1933. Moving to Amsterdam, he ran a successful...Log In or Sign Up to Read More