Acting on tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captured 15-year-
old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an
Amsterdam warehouse. The Franks had taken shelter there in 1942 out
of fear of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. They occupied the
small space with another Jewish family and a single Jewish man, and
were aided by Christian friends, who brought  them food and supplies.

The bookcase to the Secret Annex.

    
    
    
     
      
  
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank
(June 12, 1929 – March 12, 1945)

Anne Frank (center) is seen at the
Amsterdam Town Hall in July 1941.

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Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is 94 years old today.

Pop singer Tony Bennett is known for his renditions of show tunes, jazz,
and popular songs like “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and “Rags to
Riches.”

Before Fame

He dropped out of school to work as a copy boy in order to help support
his family. He was a painting and music student at New York’s School of
Industrial Art. He founded the Frank Sinatra School of Arts.

The Johnson Smith Company was a mail-order company established in 1914
by Alfred Johnson Smith in Chicago, Illinois that sold novelty and gag gift
items such as x-ray goggles, whoopee cushions, fake vomit, and joy buzzers.

The company moved from Chicago to Racine, Wisconsin in 1926, to Detroit
in the 1930s, and from the Detroit area to Bradenton, Florida in 1986.

In 2014, Johnson Smith & Co. marked its 100th anniversary. On December
31, 2019, the company’s website announced that they had ceased
operations and closed.

Early 20th century Ventriloquism Guide and novelties catalogue.

Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020)

(AP) – Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to
an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes
menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon” (1985)“The Natural”
(1984) and “The Firm” (1993) has died.

Brimley’s manager Lynda Bensky said the actor died Saturday morning
in a Utah hospital. She said he was on dialysis and had several medical
ailments.

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