Oh how time flies. The years just pass by...This article I wrote way back in Dec 1998 when I was sort of a kid myself.A substantial topic indeed. And everything came rushing back when I saw the diary of Anne Frank yesterday( June 12) on the occasion of her birthday. God, some topics are immortal.
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It is a 1959 film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on the diary of Anne Frank. Directed by 'A place in the sun' director George Stevens, the film was aired on my favorite back in times channel TCM.
Pretty actress Millie Perkins in the movie acted just about okay. She didn't get great reviews as she was slightly grown up and looking too glam. But the story as a whole will always touch and there are other movies on the topic too...
Yes, of course it's a movie based on human spirit and courage in the face of unfathomable evil...Life has been hard for many over the years and how some people have triumphed in spite of all odds and their names have lived on.
Now as I am older, I realize everything described in the diary only happened between 1942-1944, in the life times of elderly people I currently know and have known in the past. The fact that a few months made so much difference is heartbreaking.
Only if Anne and the other 7 people in the secret annexe were found about 8-9 months later in 1945( instead of Aug 1944 after being betrayed by someone), World war 2 would have ended. The others apart from her father Otto Frank would have survived the ordeal too.
Well, in life we don't quite think of these things much and end up taking the good and safe times for granted, but a few days, a few moments, a few weeks let alone months can make a hell lot of difference during tough times.
Apart from the other heroes emerging out of this tragic yet brave story, Miep Gies's name will always remain special. It's been said without this great woman, the diary( the one she saved after the Nazi raid) wouldn't have been saved.
It was a blessing that this woman lived to be a 100 and a few months and only left the world in 2010...She can be considered as one of the biggest heroes of recent history.More like her are needed to shepherd the weak in today's world is needed, than the ones that destroy.
She is worthy of being a wonderful inspiration till today.
This sites are worth visiting time and again.
http://www.miepgies.dk/
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