When you think of the cruelty of the police officers that killed George Floyd, Breonne Taylor, David McAtee and Ahmaud Arbery (among others), transfer that mentality into the hundreds of thousands of Nazi officers and followers that had no problem taking millions of lives.
Imagine – we are already reeling from this virus that is killing thousand of people and the only other thing we can think about is racism, hatred and the need for change. It’s the only thing that has taken attention away from the pandemic. In the past two months racism has been at the forefront of news. Watching the horrors of the Nazi cruelty and systematic extermination of the Jewish people will never, ever cease to make me question humanity. Anne and her sister Margot who had been transferred to Bergen-Belsen, died of typhus TWO WEEKS BEFORE LIBERATION. For those who may not know, In August of 1944 the Frank family was betrayed and captured. It tells the story of Anne while weaving in the stories of 5 other women who were Anne’s age but survived the camps. Yesterday I was fortunate to find the Netflix Documentary, Anne Frank:Parallel Stories (a must watch). Due to the Covid pandemic those plans had to be put on hold. In April of this year I had plans to visit the Anne Frank house, with tickets in hand. As a descendant of multiple relatives that were killed by the Nazi’s it is a subject that is very close to my heart. I have always had a fascination with this story as my parents taught and lectured about the Holocaust for many years. The story is well known through the worldwide bestselling Diary of Anne Frank (a must read), one of the most honest and tragic recounts of life during this time. They were never allowed out, had to keep completely quiet during the day with only each other for company. In what was called The Annex which is located on The Prinsengrach in Amsterdam, Holland, the small rooms in which they were forced into hiding were located and hidden behind a bookcase where they lived for over 2 years. They were Jews during WW2 and desperate to avoid certain death from the Nazi’s. 78 years ago today, on Ja young girl of 13 Anne Frank, along with her sister, parents and 4 others went into hiding.