Birthday of Anne Frank, who died of typhoid in Bergen-Belsen camp in March 1945. Witness to a recent time when children were hunted down like vermin. Yet also a witness to a power stronger than her tormentors—the sacred core of a human soul that refuses to yield to darkness.
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“I know that I am a woman... with inward strength and plenty of courage. If God let’s me live...I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind! And now I know that first and foremost I shall require courage and cheerfulness.”
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Anne Frank, born June 12 1929 would be 90 today. How would we respond if it was her face we recognized among the children seeking asylum at the border?
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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