Welcome!
Joan Adler is the Executive Director of the Straus Historical Society, and the author of For the Sake of the Children: The Letters Between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus Jr.
In 2007, a file of letters between University of Heidelberg roommates and lifelong friends, Otto Frank and Nathan Straus Jr., was found in the archives of YIVO: The Institute for Jewish Research. An article about the letters was featured in the August 2007 issue of the SHS newsletter. As a result of this article, Buddy Elias, Otto Frank's nephew and head of ANNE FRANK-Fonds, Basel/Switzerland and his board of directors offered Joan a grant to work on a project relating to the letters. She proposed writing a book. Little did she know how daunting the task would be. Fortunately Buddy Elias and his board proved amazingly patient, and she had the total support of her own board at SHS. This book could not have been completed without it.
We have long known of the relationship between these two men. The story of the letters, however, is being published in a book for the first time. It enriches our understanding of the relationship between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus Jr., about the history of the Frank family and gives us greater insight into this tragic era.
Read more about Joan Adler...
In 2007, a file of letters between University of Heidelberg roommates and lifelong friends, Otto Frank and Nathan Straus Jr., was found in the archives of YIVO: The Institute for Jewish Research. An article about the letters was featured in the August 2007 issue of the SHS newsletter. As a result of this article, Buddy Elias, Otto Frank's nephew and head of ANNE FRANK-Fonds, Basel/Switzerland and his board of directors offered Joan a grant to work on a project relating to the letters. She proposed writing a book. Little did she know how daunting the task would be. Fortunately Buddy Elias and his board proved amazingly patient, and she had the total support of her own board at SHS. This book could not have been completed without it.
We have long known of the relationship between these two men. The story of the letters, however, is being published in a book for the first time. It enriches our understanding of the relationship between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus Jr., about the history of the Frank family and gives us greater insight into this tragic era.
Read more about Joan Adler...