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Anne Frank's father, Otto, visits the attic where they hid from the Germans in World War II. He stands alone as he is the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust, 1960. (files.catbox.moe)
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Photographer: Arnold Newman

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Diary of Anne Frank should be mandatory reading and is worth reading multiple times at different stages of one's life. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is also up there.

[–] Psythik 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It used to be. I had to read it in 6th grade.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Mandatory isn't quite the same thing as "sometimes assigned in class"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which version would you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure which is considered the best but these are the ones I've read:

Diary of Anne Frank

Man's Search for Meaning