Anne Frank House

One of the places we're scheduled to visit in Amsterdam is the Anne Frank house. No doubt many of you have heard of Anne Frank, and some of you have probably read the book based upon her diary. To put her into perspective, President John F. Kennedy once said of her, "Of the multitudes who throughout human history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank."

For some basic information on this important world figure, here is a link to follow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

Although it goes against my nature as a teacher, I also know many of you won't have time to read her diary before we leave. So, here is a link to the "Cliff's Notes" version:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/The-Diary-of-Anne-Frank.id-75.html

Finally, here is a link to the website for the Musuem that was once her home:
http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2

Anne Frank's story really personifies the holocaust that was the Hitler regime, and the evil behind World War II.