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The Enduring Mythology of Anne Frank

JL;DR SUMMARY Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" is a powerful literary work that has profoundly shaped global understanding of the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustAnne FrankHolocaust EducationJewish PersecutionIconographyHistorical MemoryDiary Of A Young GirlCultural ImpactUniversal Symbolism

Places mentioned

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"The violence in November against Jewish soccer fans in Amsterdam, the city where Anne spent almost all of her life, was a particularly acute reminder of the relevance of her story."
New York, United States
"Anne Frank today is a Syrian girl, a New York Times columnist wrote during the refugee crisis of 2016."
Israel
"In the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 and Israels subsequent war in Gaza, Jews globally have experienced the effects of anti-Jewish hatred in a way that many believed was not possible in the post-Holocaust world."
South Carolina, United States
"Professor Doyle Stevick, executive director of the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina and educational adviser to Anne Frank The Exhibition, which opens in January at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"They come to the Anne Frank House from just about everywhere: the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico; England, Wales, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine; Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Argentina; the Philippines, South Korea, Israel, Tunisia, Sierra Leone; Germany, so many from Germany."
Germany
"Germany, so many from Germany."
Netherlands
"More than any other work of literature, Anne Franks Diary of a Young Girl helped the world comprehend the tragedy of the Holocaust."

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