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“When her friend Cor Suijk asked her directly if she knew the name of the betrayer, she asked, "Cor, can you keep a secret?" Very eagerly he answered, "Yes, Miep, I can!" And she smiled and said, "Me, too.”

Trust Secrets Anne Frank Diary

Book:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Source: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“But sex as a physical act is merely athletics, a momentary relief. What it needs to be powerful is desire, and the strongest element of desire is longing. It's in the work. Desider-, sidus: from the stars. The longing that reaches beyond space and time.”

Book:Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession

Source: Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession

“When we fall in love at a glance, the question we should ask ourselves (and this would apply to both men and women) is, What is it that we long for? Or perhaps, What are we lacking so that we can turn life in the direction we want? Creativity? Confidence? Authority? Recklessness? Irresponsibility? Or even darkness? Perhaps the lover is the outlaw in ourselves we don't quite have the nerve to claim. (p. 34)”

Love At First Sight

Book:Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession

Source: Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession

“The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking today.”

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Book:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Source: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“To those who encountered Otto at the time, he seems to be a man purged by fire, walking through Amsterdam as though in a strange dream, searching for news of his children. Finding out that he was his family's sole survivor must have sent him to a very dark place. Vince hypothesized that Otto's grief had eventually turned into a mission to find the people responsible for the Annex raid, although his motive was not vengeance; he was seeking accountability and justice.”

Holocaust Holocaust History Anne Frank Diary

Book:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Source: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told.”

Witness Holocaust Anne Frank Diary

Book:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Source: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

“Another survivor of Bergen-Belsen, a young girl who knew Anne, commented, "There it took superhuman effort to remain alive. Typhus and debilitation-well, yes. But I feel certain that Anne died of her sister's death. Dying is so frightfully easy for anyone left alone in a concentration camp.”

Concentration Camps Anne Frank Diary

Book:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Source: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

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