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What Does Anne Frank Mean?
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What Does Anne Frank Mean?

I used to know what Anne Frank stood for but the reputation of the teenage diarist has evolved to the point where she might no longer mean anything at all.

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Jun 24, 2025
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Over a dozen years ago, Nathan Englander published a short story in The New Yorker called, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. The story follows two couples, one Orthodox, one secular, who get high and …

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