Susan Goldman Rubin interview, 2003 December 01

Susan Goldman Rubin discusses her book, “Searching for Anne Frank.” She begins by explaining that the book compares the impact of World War II on the lives of two families in two countries, the United States and the Netherlands. The book charts the correspondences between Juanita Wagner, who was a young girl growing in Iowa, and Anne Frank in Amsterdam. Rubin discusses how the girls' teachers paired them together as pen pals in 1939 and how Anne’s sister Margo began exchanging letters with Juanita’s older sister. She goes on to share some of the history of the Frank family and their attempts t... Mehr ...