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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chashale@historians.social ("Charles R Hale") wrote:
Anne Frank’s Father Otto, revisiting the attic where they hid from the Nazis. He was the only surviving family member (1960)
The #photographer Arnold Newman recalled taking of this photo: “The mood was depressing, and I immediately began photographing him. After a few moments, the Westertoren bells next door began to ring, and Frank turned to me and said: ‘Those were the bells that Anne wrote about.’ He suddenly broke down completely, weeping uncontrollably, and then so did I.
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- Anne Frank’s Father Otto, revisiting the attic where they hid from the Nazis. He was the only surviving family member (1960) The #photographer Arnold Newman recalled taking of this photo: “The mood was depressing, and I immediately began photographing him. After a few moments, the Westertoren bells next door began to ring, and Frank turned to me and said: ‘Those were the bells that Anne wrote about.’ He suddenly broke down completely, weeping uncontrollably, and then so did I. #history #photo (remote)
