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She Saved The Anne Frank Diaries
Miep Gies has died at the age of 100 on January 11 in Hoorn, The Netherlands; she was born in 1909 in Vienna as Hermine Santrouschitz before moving to Amsterdam in the early 1920s and marrying Jan Gies in 1941. … Continue reading
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Burkas and Other Religious Anachronisms
How much of an anachronism an ancient tribal culture or religion can be in today’s world was demonstrated recently in Amsterdam, when its Mayor Job Cohen said that women who refuse to give up wearing the burka for jobs should … Continue reading
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