Anne Frank’s American pen pal

[TomSea]

Anne Frank’s American pen pal
Michele Herrmann

Although it was only a one-time letter exchange between two girls – one from a farm town in Iowa and the other living in Amsterdam – the surviving correspondence speaks volumes.

Because one of those pen pals was Anne Frank.

Danville, a city in south-eastern Iowa just over 10 miles from the Mississippi River, is where the story of this brief correspondence began. Now, it is being retold inside the Danville Station, a museum and cultural centre, through a permanent exhibit that will open on 16 April 2018.


Anne mentioned in her letter that she collected postcards, and included a postcard of Amsterdam (Credit: Photopat vintage/Alamy)

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180415-anne-franks-american-pen-pal

[Gefn]

Thanks for this wonderful article @TomSea

Ping @Hopalong Ginsberg

[truth_seeker]

I visited the Anne Frank House, when I was in Amsterdam. Read the book, twice.

[Frank Cannon]

I visited the Anne Frank House, when I was in Amsterdam. Read the book, twice.

Amsterdam? You visit any other famous houses there?

[Gefn]

I visited the Anne Frank House, when I was in Amsterdam. Read the book, twice.

I couldn't bring myself to do it. I saw the Van Gogh museum and walked down the streets @Frank Cannon posted. Wow! What was amazing was most of the women were older, overweight and plain. 

[Frank Cannon]

I couldn't bring myself to do it. I saw the Van Gogh museum and walked down the streets @Frank Cannon posted. Wow! What was amazing was most of the women were older, overweight and plain.

I knew you were a party girl. Top notch!