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Karl Brandi

Karl Brandi was a German historian whose books were read by Anne Frank.

Person

  • Karl Brandi
  • Born in: Meppen, Duitsland
  • Died in: Göttingen, Duitsland

Karl Brandi (1886 - 1946) was a German historian[1] at Göttingen University.[2] 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). Anne read this book in the Secret Annex.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wikipedia: Karl Brandi.
  2. ^ Referred to by Anne as a professor at Göttingen university. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 27 April 1944, in: The Collected Works;, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.