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Behind Japanese fascination with Anne Frank, a ‘kinship of victims’

Examples of Anne Frank abound in Japanese popular culture. (Courtesy of Alan Lewkowicz)

 AMSTERDAM (JTA) — She speaks only Japanese and is not entirely sure what country she’s in, but 18-year-old Haruna Matsui is happy to stand in the rain for an hour with two friends to see the home of a person she has never met yet nonetheless considers her soul… Read more »