Dear Anne Frank,

We just got done walking through the Holocaust Museum – it looked so familiar. And, for the life of me, I cannot remember if we had gone to it or not while touring DC in 8^th grade.

The best part of the Holocaust Museum was the remembrance room with all of the lit candles and quotes. My favorite quote was “Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully. Lest you forget the things your eyes saw and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children, and to your children’s children.”

Walking through each exhibit at the museum brought me chills. I was reminded of a dream that I had on February 20, 2010. I was either born a Jew in a concentration camp or we Americans had one here. It was really scary and not fun waking up after that. Plus, must I mention, that every time I watch a Holocaust movie with the Germen siren sounds, my heart stops and rush of panic overcomes me. I HATE that sound and would rather not hear it, as did you guys when it came around the area of which you were.

Ever since having read your diary long ago, I felt close to you and I hold what happened in the Holocaust dear to my heart. It was absolutely heart breaking to walk into the Holocaust Museum to physically see more of the proof of what was done to you and others.

As we entered, it actually fell right into a time that we could be behind the group that had a tour guide. There was a movie presentation in the middle of the tour so we stopped to watch. A few minutes into it, some ladies walked passed us saying, as rudely as they could, “We can watch that on the history channel!” It took everything in me not to turn around and slap her.

And, right then and there, it was at that VERY moment that I decided it made perfect sense to write this story to you, my dear parallel-thought friend.

Your friend,
Karen-Maeby

"Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice." 
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)