Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s First Cousin and His Wife, Gerti Elias - Anne Frank’s Family: The Extraordinary Story of Where She Came From

Sunday, May 20, 3 p.m.

OffsiteSixth & I
600 I Street, NW
Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown
Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s First Cousin and His Wife, Gerti Elias
Anne Frank’s Family: The Extraordinary Story of Where She Came From (Anchor, $14.95)

In Anne Frank’s Family, Mirjam Pressler, the German translator of Anne Frank’s diary, tells the fascinating history of Anne Frank and the family that shaped her, based on thousands of letters, poems, drawings, postcards, and photos recently discovered by her last surviving close relative, her first cousin Buddy Elias, and his wife, Gerti.

As children, Anne and Buddy were very close; he affectionately dubbed her “the Rascal” and they visited and corresponded frequently. Years later, Buddy inherited their grandmother’s papers, stored unseen in an attic for decades. These new materials tell a moving saga of a far-flung but close-knit family divided by unimaginable tragedy. 

Buddy now serves as Chairman of the Board of the ANNE FRANK-Fonds, where he lives in Basel, Switzerland.

Click here to purchase tickets. The cost is $12 for 1 ticket; $20 for 1 book + 1 ticket; $30 for 1 book + 2 tickets. Questions? Call 202.408.3100. 

Promotional Period: 
May 20 2012

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