Books' Fate

It is hard to believe that more than 75 years have passed since Anne Frank   met her tragic death in the concentration camp in Auschwitz. It was the diehard belief of the   German Nazi regime that all Jews in Europe, in fact across   the world should be wiped off the face of the earth. Ironically, Otto Frank,   Anne’s father, decided to emigrate from  Germany  to Holland just to   escape such a fate. Well, the Nazis swept across Western Europe in no   time, and the Netherlands like Belgium and France, were quickly conquered   by the Germans, and the annihilation program kicked into gear. As in   Germany, Jews in conquered territories and countries were subjected to   harsh and illogical regulations. For   instance, Dutch Jews were forbidden to   sit in their own gardens after 8 pm. For two years, the Franks and some of their friends  decided to   hide  in the annex in  Otto’s spice factory . It was ther...