Anne Frank by Francine Prose

Author:Francine Prose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

True, the ending happens just as the Franks and their friends had feared all along: their hiding place is discovered, and they are carried away to their doom. But the fictitious declaration of faith in the goodness of all men which concludes the play falsely reassures us since it impresses on us that in the combat between Nazi terror and continuance of intimate family living the latter wins out, since Anne has the last word. This is simply contrary to fact, because it was she who got killed. Her seeming survival through her moving statement about the goodness of men releases us effectively of the need to cope with the problems Auschwitz presents…It explains why millions love the play and movie, because while it confronts us with the fact that Auschwitz existed it encourages us at the same time to ignore its implications. If all men are good at heart, there never really was an Auschwitz; nor is there any possibility that it may recur.

—BRUNO BETTELHEIM, “The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank”

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