Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. These words aroused great admiration for her diary and for the girl herself. Translated into more than fifty languages, the diary sold more than thirty million copies all over the world. The Frank family, which was affluent and socially active, had lived in the city since the seventeenth century.
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But the Germany the BBC described—and the progress of the war its reporters tracked—sounded like it was on the brink of disaster. The Nazis changed nearly every facet of everyday life for Germans, and the boy was no exception. A devoted Boy Scout, he was forced to become part of the Hitler Youth, the youth arm of the Nazi Party, when the Nazis banned the organization in He was disturbed by other changes, too. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he watched as the leader of his church joined the Nazi Party and the congregation became increasingly supportive of the Third Reich. It was a common move for Mormon churches in Germany and occupied countries, as many congregations worried they might be persecuted by the Nazis, too.
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Albania, a small and mountainous country on the southeast coast of the Balkan peninsula, was home to a population of , Of those only two hundred were Jews. No accurate figures exist regarding their number; however, different sources estimate that , Jewish refugees entered that country from Germany, Austria, Serbia, Greece and Yugoslavia, in the hope to continue on to the Land of Israel or other places of refuge. Moreover, the various governmental agencies provided many Jewish families with fake documentation that allowed them to intermingle amongst the rest of the population.
DIANE Abbott has been filmed walking away from a teenager who tried to question her over her remarks on orthodox Jews. The shadow home secretary looked fed up as Alex Rose grilled her on a Tube - then blanked him and moved further down the carriage. Mobile phone footage shows Alex asking her: "Why did you tell us that we wear costumes?