"Hanneli, you're a reminder of what my fate might have been..."

October 28, 2022 4:01 PM

Hanneli Pick-Goslar (1928-2022) was a friend and classmate of Anne Frank and survivor of the Holocaust including the Lost Train. She settled in Israel where she worked as a pediatric nurse in Jerusalem. She and her husband had three children, 11 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. She dedicated her life to fighting antisemitism and telling story of her life, and Anne's. Their friendship became the subject of the movie My Best Friend Anne Frank.
posted by jessamyn (27 comments total)

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posted by Samuel Farrow at 10:57 PM on October 28, 2022

it's good she was around for so long. may her memory be a blessing.
posted by not_on_display at 11:00 PM on October 28, 2022 [6 favorites]

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posted by Kattullus at 2:02 AM on October 29, 2022

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posted by inflatablekiwi at 5:00 AM on October 29, 2022

Fuck you, Hitler. You got beat by a nurse.

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posted by Etrigan at 6:27 AM on October 29, 2022 [7 favorites]

Fuck you, Hitler. You got beat by a nurse.

I found and then lost an article where she said that her work helping people and telling Anne's story was her comeuppance to Hitler. Good on her.
posted by jessamyn at 7:19 AM on October 29, 2022 [9 favorites]

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posted by Melismata at 2:41 PM on October 29, 2022

I didn’t know until relatively recently that she was on on the Lost Train. Amazing history.
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