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My mother’s life with Anne Frank
By Daniel Finkelstein Daily Mail 18 January 2009 She is a symbol. An icon of the Holocaust. That picture of Anne Frank at her school desk in Amsterdam, pen in hand, is so eloquent, telling of...
View ArticleJudaism is a great place to belong
Daniel Finkelstein Jewish Chronicle 10 February, 2017 When my father died, my mother looked at him and said to me: “Where do you think he has gone?” She didn’t expect me to provide an answer. She asked...
View ArticleNot every age needs a Churchill or de Gaulle
My mother’s life taught me the value of political moderation and to be distrustful of radical change and big ideas A couple of weeks ago I received in the mail a copy of a book called Survivor. It...
View ArticleJewish Chronicle: Obituary
Mirjam Finkelstein, Holocaust educator and survivor of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, has died at the age of 83. She was born Mirjam Wiener in Germany in 1933, but her family moved to Amsterdam...
View ArticleThe Times: Obituary
Mirjam Finkelstein Family friend of Anne Frank who cheated death in the concentration camps and became a powerful witness to the Holocaust Eleven-year-old Mirjam Wiener held the hand of her dying...
View ArticleTamara: Memories of Mum
Shiva speech given by Tamara My parents performed a form of alchemy with their lives, somehow managing to weave gold from straw: – With childhoods damaged by war and persecution they left no residue of...
View ArticleDaniel: Memories of Mum
Eulogy given by Daniel It’s difficult to imagine anything less Mum-like than being eulogised. I think her attitude to being told that she was going to be subject to several minutes of public praise...
View ArticleAnthony: Memories of Mum
Shiva speech given by Anthony I have thought hard about what I wanted to say, but have failed to find the right words. I know I should be able to summon a coherent narrative, but I cannot. I can only...
View ArticleTamara: Memories of Mum
Memorial Service speech given by Tamara Thank you so much for joining us this evening. It is very special to be at Hendon Reform Synagogue and an honour to be the final event here in the synagogue and...
View ArticleTurning out the light and keeping the memories
Daniel Finkelstein writes on a universal, but rarely-discussed rite of passage [Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle, 30 November, 2017] Last night, I visited my childhood home for the last...
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