I apologize. I knew his younger sister had been killed, but didn’t know he had two older sisters who survived. Their names were Beatrice and Hilda. I’ll change it in the article.

Yes, the same with, for example, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. She had pictures of movie stars cut from magazines on her wall when she was in hiding. So ordinary.

It’s scary, isn’t it. Sometimes it seems like things could turn really bad, really quickly. Probably just what the Germans thought.

I know!

Yes, but it’s not really surprising, is it. I mean, people prefer to think happy thoughts, and these sorts of topics bring us down. And yet, if you point it out, most would understand and agree, at least in the abstract, that it’s important to remember. They just don’t think they’re the ones who need to remember.

Thanks for the supportive words, Anita!