Anne Frank's diary of her experiences hiding from the Nazis became world-famous after her death. In Annexed, Sharon Dogar explores the story from the perspective of Peter van Pels, the teenage boy who shared living quarters with Anne for more than two years. It's a moving account that alternates between Peter's experiences in hiding and his final desperate hours in a concentration camp.
Unlike Anne, Peter did not leave behind any writings, so Dogar has tried to fill in the gaps for him. Compared to Anne, he comes across as more insecure and less in command of his feelings for most of the book. As he suffers in the camps, his memories of Anne do help sustain him for a remarkably long time, and his voice becomes stronger near the end of his story.
This is not an easy book to read, but it is powerful stuff.
-- Kifflie
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