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Danville Sisters Publish Ocean Apart Book Linking Anne Frank to Town
Danville students Hallie Darnall and Haley Villant tell how two Iowa sisters Juanita and Betty Wagner exchanged letters with Anne and Margot Frank in 1940. The project Oceans Apart highlights Iowa's link to the Frank family and funds the Danville Museum.
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Anville
Anne Frank
Anne
Danville
Juanita Wagner
Wagner
Birdie Mathews
Juanita
Betty
Margot Frank
Frank
Margot
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Los Angeles
Calif
Iowa
Hallie Darnall
Haley Villant
Katie Salisbury
Darnall
Burlington High School
Danville Museum
Betty Wagner