The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank Meyer Levin, Lillian Hellman, and the Staging of the Diary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
- Publish date: 09/01/1997
Melnick unravels the story step by step, establishing the bias of the opposition to Levin. He also describes the wider cultural struggle of the 1950s of which this episode was only a small part. Documenting the conspiracy against Levin and, therefore, ultimately against Anne Frank's work, he shows that something meaningful was at stake in this struggle over the "Jewishness" of the destruction of the Jews.
"I read this book with avid interest. Meyer Levin's conviction that his dramatization of Anne Frank's story was 'de-Judaized' for the American stage through the efforts of Lillian Hellman and her associates has been examined and debunked recently in a book by Lawrence Graver. ButMelnick's book -- which verifies Levin's claims -- is a much more thorough and careful study of what transpired among those opposed to Levin". -- Ruth R. Wisse, Harvard University
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