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23. Anne Frank Haunted my Childhood

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Mon Aug 4, 2014, 07:59 PM

Aug 2014

I read Anne's diary when I was a child, age 8. I had a bad character. (Still do.) Anne was always striving to improve her understanding of the world. She was dedicated to improving herself, she was kind, selfless, and doomed.

Reading her diary I understood that far better people than I had died hate & horror fueled deaths for being as Jewish as I was.

To this day, every time someone tells me I deserve something, I see the beautiful face of Anne Frank & understand I deserve nothing. It's all luck.

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70 years ago today: Anne Frank was captured by the Nazis. [View all] Seedersandleechers Aug 2014 OP

Kick for visibility. nt TBF Aug 2014 #1

I was fortunate enough to tour the "Anne Frank House" while I was in Amsterdam. Coventina Aug 2014 #2

I saw it twice, once in 1983, then in 2005... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #4

My tour was in 2010. Coventina Aug 2014 #5

For me, the hard part was the movie magazine photos she had on the wall... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #6

Oh my gosh, yes, the room screams of her youth and enthusiasm. Coventina Aug 2014 #9

Otto live a long time after, if I recall... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #10

Yes, he lived until 1980. Coventina Aug 2014 #12

He was 91...I just looked it up... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #14

I learned so many amazing things on that trip. Came away so impressed with Dutch history and Coventina Aug 2014 #16

I need to go through my photos...in one home there is a Catholic Church in joeybee12 Aug 2014 #19

During and after the war of Independence from Spain, Catholicism was "banned" for a period of time. Coventina Aug 2014 #22

And Baruch Spinoza managed to piss off the Catholics and Jews both. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #32

Yeah, fortunately for him, he was Dutch! Coventina Aug 2014 #42

I was there in 1978 ripcord Aug 2014 #34

I went to Dachau when I went to Munich... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #43

'98. Alone. Missing my baby daughters. Rainy day. PMS. elehhhhna Aug 2014 #8

Its simplicity was what got to me... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #11

same here elehhhhna Aug 2014 #18

It's stuff my parents would do to us kids... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #20

You could still smell that it was a spice house. It was deep, into the wood. I remember leaving it msanthrope Aug 2014 #17

kick LeftishBrit Aug 2014 #3

Looking at that beautiful sweet face and smile Seedersandleechers Aug 2014 #7

Her published diary was my introduction to this history. 2banon Aug 2014 #13

Mine also Marrah_G Aug 2014 #15

I was eleven malaise Aug 2014 #24

Hiroshima and Nagasaki was given to me to read after I finished The Diary of Anne Frank, 2banon Aug 2014 #28

Humans never learn a damned thing malaise Aug 2014 #30

I was too young to remember my visit to the Anne Frank House as a child. Aristus Aug 2014 #21

it was traumatic for me too. 2banon Aug 2014 #27

Thank you for sharing that. Aristus Aug 2014 #31

Anne Frank Haunted my Childhood tea and oranges Aug 2014 #23

A very sad K&R Garthem Aug 2014 #25

I made my children read her diary and they watched the movie. This was not taught in their school SummerSnow Aug 2014 #26

i thought all kids at least read the book JI7 Aug 2014 #36

Not at all in my childrens school SummerSnow Aug 2014 #44

A victim of the Banality of Evil. Boomerproud Aug 2014 #29

Wow. It's just possible she could still be with us. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #33

What could have been.... Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #37

OMG! I wouldn't have been at all surprised Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #38

It was from an ADL campaign...they also had these... Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #40

Wow! Thank you! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #41

I read the Diary of Anne Frank as a child, it had an enormous impact sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #35

This is an important date in history. Major Hogwash Aug 2014 #39

Same age as my Father in Law... brooklynite Aug 2014 #45