Slog - Comments on "Perhaps you remember that we have two girls." http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi This breaks my heart. A clerical error led to the discovery this week of letters written by Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, to friends abroad in 1941 and 1942. The letters outline the Franks' increasingly desperate attempt to escape Holland, which was occupied by Germany. By 1942, of course, it was nearly impossible to escape to the United States, which had placed strict limits on immigration. The story seems to unfold in slow motion as the painstaking exchange of letters journey across continents and from state to state, their information often outdated by the time they arrive. Each page... Copyright 2008 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:48:51 -0800 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:30:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sun This breaks my heart even more when I think about how difficult it still is today for people to come to this country and the journeys (both legally and illegally) people are forced to take and the pain they are leaving behind (extreme poverty, war...etc).

]]> Sun http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634067 News Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:23:10 -0800 Comment by Levislade If you really want your heart broken, read What Is the What. And then think about the fact that Valentino Achak Deng is actually incredibly fortunate compared to many people from his country and around the world.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634082 News Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:41:30 -0800 Comment by Smarm I don't believe the Frank letters are authentic. I mean, of all the millions of people who died or perished without a trace in WWII, how is it that letters from Anne Frank's father just happened to survive via a clerical error 65 years ago?

There seems no end to undiscovered artifacts tied to famous people. I mean, does ever a year go by that some tabloid TV show doesn't screen yet more never-before-seen footage of Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley?

By the way, a speaking of "Little Man, What Now?" it was adapted by Hollywood in the early 1930s. See:
http://www.reverseshot.com/article/little_man_what_now

]]> Smarm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634097 News Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:54:45 -0800 Comment by StrangerDanger ECB,
Wonderful post. Ron Heifetz, who wrote Leadership Without Easy Answers, talks a lot about Germany and the US during this period and how people, under duress, seek strong, simple leadership. Like Hitler, or even FDR. He has a great quote where Eleanor Roosevelt was worried that the loudest applaud in FDR inaugural address was that at times he might need to expand his power temporarily to save the US. (I am probably a bit off in specifics, but the idea is the same)

]]> StrangerDanger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634102 News Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:58:33 -0800 Comment by treacle The trouble's largely economic, a major part of the solution is economic. Roosevelt himself put the kibosh on these "emergency currencies" that popped up both in Europe and the States during the depression. "Mutual interest", and 'stamp scrip', etc. Jus' sayin'...

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/perhaps_you_remember_that_we_have_two_gi#c634710 News Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:30:48 -0800