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She was intelligent, cultured, and sensitive, had many friends, and loved life. The joyful but ultimately heartbreaking journal of a young jewish woman in occupied paris, now being published for the first time, 63 years after her death in a nazi concentration camp. Helene berr 27 march 1921 april 1945 was a french woman of jewish ancestry and faith, who documented her life in a diary during the time of nazi occupation of france. Her journal is completely relatable,and has a timeless feel,except for the fact that we all know how this will end,she could be our contemporary. Helene berr, the 21 yearold daughter of a prosperous assimilated french jewish family, was forced to quit her studies at the sorbonne but retained her. The journal of helene berr is the english translation of a diary kept by a young jewish woman in occupied paris. She writes out her feelings,at times using literary. She had grown up in a welltodo jewish family with strong ties to parisian society and some elements of jewish identity. Like anne frank, she was a young jewish woman living in europe during the nazi. On april 7, 1942, helene berr, a 21yearold jewish student of english literature at the sorbonne, took up her pen and started to keep a journal, writing with.

Written with an understated literary style, berr skillfully and sparely relates the. Helene berr 27 march 1921 april 1945 was a french woman of jewish ancestry and faith, who documented her life in a diary during the time of nazi. Helene berr was twenty one years old when she first began her diary, and she would continue writing in it until she was sent to drancy internment camp. The journal of helene berr by helene berr goodreads. Not since the diary of anne frank has there been such a book as this. Four weeks later, on may 5, reinhard heydrich arrived in paris to issue instructions as to the. Helene expresses a number of different feelings throughout her diary, as her diary serves as a testament to her life in a way she felt she could not or should not portray to her friends. Helene berr an assimilated french jew started writing a journal during the german occupation in april 1942 when she was 21 years old. Helene berrs journal of her experiences in occupied france is breathtaking. Helene berr was twentyone years old when she started to keep a diary.

Her family was welltodo and she studied at the sorbonne. Unlike anne frank, helene berr was a college senior at the sorbonne,and from a wealthy family. On april 7, 1942, helene berr, a 21yearold jewish student of english literature at the sorbonne, took up her pen and started to keep a journal, writing with verve and style about her everyday life in paris about her studies, her friends, her growing affection for the boy with the grey eyes, about the sun in the dewdrops, and about. The diary first came to light in 1992 when mariette job, berr s niece, decided to see if there was any truth to the family rumor that her aunt had kept a journal during the war. Helene berr is being called the anne frank of france. The journal of helene berr by helene berr nook book.

For a time her life under the germans remained fairly normal. On april 7, 1942, helene berr, a 21yearold jewish student of english literature at the sorbonne, took up her pen and. In france she is considered to be a french anne frank. The year was 1942, two years into the german occupation of france.