Anne Frank bicycle theft noted in 1942 Amsterdam blotter
A routine Amsterdam police blotter entry from April 13, 1942 records a bicycle stolen from 12 year old Anne Frank between noon and 2 pm in front of her home, worth 45 guilders. Historians say the ordinary detail underscores the human voice of the Holocaust and the unseen lives behind a famed diary.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Anne Frank
Anne
Frank Family
Cor
Suijk
Anne Frank Center USA
Anne Frank Fund
Basel
Switzerland
United States
Romijn
James E. Young
University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Mir space station to be unmanned and discarded next year
Moscow AP Roscosmos announced cosmonauts will leave the Mir space station in August and it will remain unmanned, then likely burn up early next year as government funding ends. Officials noted the project consumes about 250 million dollars annually, with private funding sought but not yet found.
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Mir
Moscow
Russia
Mir Space Station
Sergei Gorbunov
Russian Space Agency
NTV
U.S
NASA
International Space Station
Mission Control Center
Korolyov
Earth
Vyacheslav Mikhailichenko
Space Agency
Boris Yeltsin
Argentina
Andes Mountains
Thieves attack tourist ferry off Caribbean resort
Six masked assailants boarded the Mexico I ferry between Cozumel and Playa del Carmen, firing into the air and kidnapping guard crew, sinking one guard and injuring a crew member as four women suffered panic attacks. Police arrested two suspects as 3 million pesos remained missing. tourists were unharmed.
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Caribbean Resort
Lava del Carmen
Mexico
Tracy Miller
Caribbean
Isle of Cozumel
Playa del Carmen
Juan Galindo
Miller
Los Angeles
Cozumel
Cancun
Televisa
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Peter Romijn
Netherlands State Institute For War Documentation
Bergen-Belsen
Frankfurt
Germany
Amsterdam Canal House
Jersey
S. Mary’s Central Catholic School
Texas Catholic Conference
ST. Mary’s Central Catholic School
PD R
Free
Odessa
Liz
Lizpert
Lizwear
Dillard's
Visa
Mastercard
American Express
Discover
Diners Club
Music City Mall
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