Jun. 10th, 2021 02:37 pm
Book Club(s) Plural
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foreverdawningI am now in two book clubs and unfortunately they happened to meet on the same day Wednesday. One of them is at the parish library I volunteer at which is really interesting. We're reading Screwtape Letters and I'm getting really behind. I need to get that book pronto.
But this month at the Holocaust museum I work at we decided to read Anne Frank's diary since her birthday is June 12th. If she had lived she would be turning 92. And we had a special guest, someone who is second cousins with Anne Frank. She explained her side of the family (Edith Frank's side AKA Anne's mother) and how their side was able to escape to Peru and the United States. On the Frank House's website it says they tried to escape to the US but Edith's brother was only allowed to take one person. That's why they went to the Netherlands. Also this lady was about 91 years old and so sweet and cute. I was surprised how well she was using zoom and moving around the room to grab pictures. She showed us the picture of Anne Frank's wedding and pointed out her parents for us. All around, very informative and interesting life story. I wish I had better questions for her.
I had a chance to re-read Anne Frank's diary as an adult which was really nice. I was able to relate more to Anne's mother and older sister and was better able to understand their perspectives. Anne's worldview was really small and she and her mother often butted heads and as an eighth grader reading this I completely related to Anne. I didn't even consider how the mom was feeling in that situation and how stressed she'd be. I also felt bad for Margot having to share her room with her parents and becoming reserved. I wish Margot Frank's diary had been recovered so we could see her perspective on the exact same situation from an older teenage perspective.
But this month at the Holocaust museum I work at we decided to read Anne Frank's diary since her birthday is June 12th. If she had lived she would be turning 92. And we had a special guest, someone who is second cousins with Anne Frank. She explained her side of the family (Edith Frank's side AKA Anne's mother) and how their side was able to escape to Peru and the United States. On the Frank House's website it says they tried to escape to the US but Edith's brother was only allowed to take one person. That's why they went to the Netherlands. Also this lady was about 91 years old and so sweet and cute. I was surprised how well she was using zoom and moving around the room to grab pictures. She showed us the picture of Anne Frank's wedding and pointed out her parents for us. All around, very informative and interesting life story. I wish I had better questions for her.
I had a chance to re-read Anne Frank's diary as an adult which was really nice. I was able to relate more to Anne's mother and older sister and was better able to understand their perspectives. Anne's worldview was really small and she and her mother often butted heads and as an eighth grader reading this I completely related to Anne. I didn't even consider how the mom was feeling in that situation and how stressed she'd be. I also felt bad for Margot having to share her room with her parents and becoming reserved. I wish Margot Frank's diary had been recovered so we could see her perspective on the exact same situation from an older teenage perspective.
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It's so hard to believe that the vibrant young Anne would be turning 92 if she was still with us.
I wish she could have reached this age. Imagine how much good for herself and her family, and for the world she would have accomplished with a long life. And how many books she might have written. Even so, she did accomplish so much in her few years, and with the wonderful diaries she kept, her precious gift to us all.
I wish that Anne's mother and Margot and other family members and their friends had survived. They were all such lovely and interesting people. Her dad Otto survived and he ensured that Anne's message was shared with the world.
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I love Screwtape Letters and from what I recall it's a pretty quick read. I find it more relevant to my life every time I read it.
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