Hello, and welcome to the show. During our coverage of Meep Geese, we presented the story of the events that were happening in the world at large, in the city of Amsterdam, and, on a smaller scale, within the lives, offices, and homes of the helpers.

Susan has in fact taken a pilgrimage to Amsterdam to visit the attic where Anne lived and

Meep worked so hard to keep her safe. But since we cannot all be there in person, here is our

Anne Frank episode from 2018, the story of what was happening inside the secret annex and in the

hearts of the people who lived there. As Anne once wrote in her diary,

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again. And now, without further

ado, on with the show. Welcome to the history tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely

coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

Once upon a time, though not so long ago, a young girl was given a birthday present, a notebook.

And even though her own life was short,

and the times she lived in were turbulent, what she did with that notebook has provided inspiration

for millions of people all over the world. The end. Let's talk about Anne Frank. But first, let's drop her into history. In 1929,

U.S. and Canada agreed to work together and divert water to help protect Niagara Falls.

Acadia National Park in Maine and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming were both established.

Mussolini's government in Italy banned the use of foreign words by banning the letters

JKWX and Y. Mother Teresa began her work in India and Walter Winchell made his radio debut.

The first group hospital insurance plan in the U.S.

was offered. convicted of accepting a $1 million bribe, Albert B. Fall became the first U.S.

cabinet member to go to jail. Martin Luther King Jr., Jacqueline Kennedy Onastus,

Whitey Bulger, Barbara Walters, Grace Kelly, and William Sapphire were born.

And in 1929, Anne Frank began a very short life that would have a very long-lasting impact.

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