Who is the Modern Anne Frank ?

As TCM shows the Classic, Original motion picture from 1959, I cannot help but imagine who the modern equivalent of Anne Frank may be.

Perhaps it is not a physical hiding place in today’s world, but an attic of idealism which some must hide.

To me – the most powerful scenes are the moments of fleeting joy and comforts that are created when the horrible possibilities lurk just outside thin walls of protection.

“There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of us.

We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said …

… if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours …

… history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening. . . .

If we lose freedom here [in America], there is no place to escape to.

This is the last stand on Earth.”

– Ronald Reagan

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