Who has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up till now? It is God that has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again. If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example. Who knows, it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we have to suffer now. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any country for that matter; we will always remain Jews, but we want to, too. . Anne Frank
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The idea here is that our history is not just a series of unfortunate events that have happened to us, but that each event is the result of a divine plan. Therefore, no matter what happens, we have to find a way to accept it because it was meant to be. He also suggests that this has all been so difficult only because God has allowed it to be so. We are not supposed to complain or give up. We are supposed to keep fighting back through every obstacle so that one day the world will be at our feet and we can drop our swords and live in peace.

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