Karl Brandi
Karl Brandi was a German historian whose books were read by Anne Frank.
Karl Brandi was a German historian at Göttingen University.[1] He wrote the comprehensive Kaiser Karl V. Werden und Schicksal einer Persönlichkeit und eines Weltreiches (1942). The Dutch translation is called Keizer Karel V. Vorming en lot van een persoonlijkheid en van een wereldrijk (The emperor Charles V. The growth and destiny of a man and of a world-empire). On 27 April 1944 Anne writes: "At the moment I'm reading the Emperor Charles V, written by a professor at Göttingen university; he worked at the book for forty years."[2] In her room in the Secret Annex, Anne once pinned a map that was at the back of that book to the wall with thumbtacks.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Wikipedia: Karl Brandi.
- ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 27 April 1944, in: The Collected Works;, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting - Collection online: Verdwenen afbeelding van een landkaart van het Duitse-Franse grensgebied op de plaatjeswand van Anne Frank, ca. 1942-1944.