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Anne Frank Figure

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Children visit the newly unveiled wax figure of Anne Frank and her hideout reconstruction at Madame Tussauds in Berlin,Germany. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images  

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Anne Frank Biography

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   Quick Facts NAME: Anne Frank BIRTH DATE: June 12, 1929 DEATH DATE: March 1945 PLACE OF BIRTH: Frankfurt, Germany PLACE OF DEATH: Lower Saxony, Germany Originally: Annelies Marie Frank Best Known For Anne Frank is a Jewish girl that had to go into hiding during WW II. She is best known for the diary [...]

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Belatedly Recognizing Heroes of the Holocaust

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August 6, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/middleeast/07israel.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world By ISABEL KERSHNER HORASHIM, Israel — When 20 people gathered for a modest ceremony in the tranquil cemetery of this kibbutz in central Israel last month, the intimacy and quiet dignity of the event belied the tumultuous historical forces coursing beneath it. The occasion was the reinterring of the remains of [...]

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