Comments on: Anne Frank’s protector dies

By: Rocky Cole

Rocky Cole — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:43:49 +0000

Marion, a very nice post and tribute to a great soul. As the commenter above notes, the fact that she saw her acts as unremarkable makes her all the more amazing. By protecting the Frank family she and her husband risked their lives too. They could have looked away, but for them that was not an option.

I admit the same feelings as you when I think of reading Anne’s diary. I suppose that means that I should make the effort to read it — there is something there to learn, though it may be uncomfortable.

By: Marion

Marion — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:45:19 +0000

These giants show us the humility of genuine greatness. They offer a powerful message that largeness of spirit and personality differs from ego and self-centeredness — and the more we focus on ourselves, to make ourselves large and important, the more lessen ourselves.

That’s what so moves me about His Holiness the Dalai Lama — he considers himself “a simple Buddhist monk, nothing more.”

By: Gene-o

Gene-o — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:46:11 +0000

Thank you for a fitting tribute to a great lady. The fact that she did not find her actions extraordinary makes her all the more extraordinary. Interesting how so many of our heroes — from Gandhi and Eunice Kennedy Shriver to HHtheDL and Miep Gies — are so unimpressed with their own impressive accomplishments. There’s a lesson in that for all of us.