A final chapter of Anne Frank as a “pawn” in present-day geopolitical events will challenge and unsettle many readers, but this is Franklin’s mission, to consider Frank in all dimensions.

Anne Frank, 13 when she went into hiding, took her diary — a facsimile is here; the original remains in Amsterdam — and Peter van Pels, the teenage boy who briefly won her heart, ...

Ms. Franklin is the author of the forthcoming “The Many Lives of Anne Frank.” “Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. … Families are torn apart; men, women and children ...