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Article: My mother's life with Anne Frank; MEMORIES: Daniel's mother Mirjam at home last week with photos and diaries from her childhood DIFFERENT FATES: Anne Frank, left, and Mirjam Wiener pose for the camera at the Montessori school in Amsterdam where they were both pupils INNOCENCE: Anne Frank, right, playing with a friend in Amsterdam.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 18, 2009
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Byline: Daniel Finkelstein
In an extraordinary testimony, a distinguished writer tells how his mother went to school with Anne Frank, was persecuted like Anne Frank, saw Anne Frank enter Belsen but -- unlike Anne Frank and through astonishing luck -- has survived to this day
She is a symbol. An icon of the Holocaust. That picture of Anne Frank at her school desk in Amsterdam, pen in hand, is so eloquent, telling of innocence that was lost. Her diary, which shines bright with her personality and her precocity, makes the fact that she died in Belsen unbearable. She speaks as no statistic can speak.
But for my family, Anne Frank will always be more ...