Anne Frank's Diary

[GEEMAC]

Did any of you see the final episode this evening?
I hadn't seen any of the previous episodes but my 10 year old daughter has been studying it at school and I watched it with her.
Even though I knew what was going to happen, I found it very powerful. The fact that the Nazis weren't sharply dressed SS officers but ordinary Germans in scruffy uniforms just doing their job, the fact that it was so close to the end of the war, the fact that it happened in my parents lifetime and the fact that it is still happening somewhere in the world today tripped a switch inside me. My daughter said it was the first time she had seen me cry. Damn you and well done the BBC.

[puddicat]

I was talking about it at work,what i saw of it,i knew of anne franks when i was at school,but was so surprised when others said they hadnt had this story at school,and one woman was in her fourties!!

[ELVIS68]

Watched it at work this week and only a few of us had heard of her, the end of the last episode was watched in silence

[Eve]

When I went to see the house in Amsterdam my ex didn't know about her and I was quite shocked at that.

[dot.hawkes]

We read the Silver Sword in year 1 at the Grammar School as part of the English lessons, it was about children travelling with a pram but i havn't read it now in probably over 40 years and so can't remeber much about it.

[rabbitygirl]

You and I about the same age Dot so both read it at school. I remember the impact on me rather than the book in detail. I keep meaning to buy a copy and re read it.

[ELVIS68]

I have to admit it`s the first i`ve heard of her

[chinadog]

Anyone remember The Silver Sword as a weekly series,early 60's? It starred Frazer Hines, Melvyn Hayes and a girl who's name I can't recall. We all used to watch that Mum and Dad as well.

[smudge]

Hi again GEEMAC, I placed an order for 'The Boy....' with play.com as soon as the film was shown at the cinema. Apparently the DVD won't be released until 9 March 09, so I don't have too long to wait now......

Regarding 'raking up the past' - it's such a shame that some people do refer to the atrocities as 'all in the past', as it is indeed a very important part of history that should never be forgotten. -xx-

P.S. Reviews about 'The Silver Sword' book on here:

http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/book2.php?id=8 1

I wonder if they'll ever make that into a film? I'd go to watch it at the cinema if they did....

[GEEMAC]

Hi smudge glad you took the 'digging up the past' comment in the right spirit and didn't think I was having a pop. You are of course right in what you say. How far in the past does something have to be before we call it history?
I was a little surprised when I learnt that my daughter was studying it at school but it did take place nearly 60 years before she was born which is akin to me doing a project on the 1910's.

You've still a little wait until the DVD arrives, if you get the chance to see it on the big screen, maybe at an arthouse cinema then I suggest you do although the chances are probably quite slim.

I'll check out 'The Silver Sword', thanks for the link.

All the best G x

Ps. I'll keep an eye on this post so let me know when you have seen 'The Boy...'

[tiggerblue10]

I first heard about Anne Frank in RE when I was at school in the early 80's. She is mentioned in the Time Top 100 people:-

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/

6 million Jews and many millions of other people were sacrificed for one mans greed for power and an elite race.

Why?

[GEEMAC]

Hi Tigger, I think you answered your own question. Why?
"...for one mans greed for power..." I think the question should be 'How did it happen?' How did one little man get the support of his nation and cause such atrocities? And how does it keep happening.

Thanks for your input.

G

[Naomicorlett]

travels of children with a pram was ( I think ) Pied Piper by Neville Shute. Story of elderly man caught up in war and his journey back to England with various abandoned children he collected on his way. Good book.

[4getmenot]

have you been jenna?? Wasnt what I expected at all and I also fainted in the top room and fell onto the glass cabinet holding the diary :-)