ANNE FRANK

Today, at the tender age of 15, a Jewish child from Frankfurt, Germany, died from typhus in a German concentration camp. Her death was needless, cruel and happened from blind hatred, she was, an innocent and a Jew.

A German-born Dutch Jewish national, Anne Frank, age 13, and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam in 1942 to escape persecution under Nazi occupation.

Betrayed in 1944, Anne and her family were sent to concentration camps where Anne later died from Typhus on this date in 1945.

 Anne's diary from June 1942 to August 1944 is regarded as the most famous personal account of the Holocaust and has been turned into both a play and film. She may be the most famous child borne of tragedy in history, and certainly the most profound in the hearts of good people everywhere. She chronicled her everyday life hidden and sheltered from the Nazi occupiers of her adopted country.

In this day and age of pandemic fears and World economic collapse, Anne Frank reminds us all that life will go on, that the sun also rises again somewhere in this world that we need faith in ourselves.

As I can attest to life is indeed too short to harbor the fear and anger that fills our hearts sometimes, that we need a respite from even ourselves, let alone the world. Clinging to one another, giving our support and love to help bolster each of us in our darkest hour is what is needed, acts of kindness and compassion are the order of the day. It is a loving family thing, without criticism or rancor and as it is a World family thing.