I know that Anne Frank believed in God. Her writings attest to this...
Yet I am curious of what she thought about Jesus. Interestingly, her diary may shed some light on this. For in her diary's entry for Wednesday, 3 November 1943, Anne had written the following:
"To give me something new to begin as well, Daddy asked Koophuis for a
children's Bible so that I could find out something about the New Testament
at last. 'Do you want to give Anne a Bible for Chanuka?' asked Margot,
somewhat perturbed. 'Yes-er, I think St. Nicholas Day is a better occasion,'
answered Daddy; 'Jesus just doesn't go with Chanuka.'"
Mr. Koophuis was a Gentile businessman and one of several persons who helped hide the Frank family from the Nazis. He would smuggle food and supplies to them. And in 1943, with her father's permission, Mr. Koophuis apparently presented Anne with a copy of the New Testament. Though showing humor about this in the diary, Anne appeared to be looking forward to reading it. And as a Jew who believes Jesus is the Messiah, I found this to be very intriguing.
D.B.
"To give me something new to begin as well, Daddy asked Koophuis for a
children's Bible so that I could find out something about the New Testament
at last. 'Do you want to give Anne a Bible for Chanuka?' asked Margot,
somewhat perturbed. 'Yes-er, I think St. Nicholas Day is a better occasion,'
answered Daddy; 'Jesus just doesn't go with Chanuka.'"
Mr. Koophuis was a Gentile businessman and one of several persons who helped hide the Frank family from the Nazis. He would smuggle food and supplies to them. And in 1943, with her father's permission, Mr. Koophuis apparently presented Anne with a copy of the New Testament. Though showing humor about this in the diary, Anne appeared to be looking forward to reading it. And as a Jew who believes Jesus is the Messiah, I found this to be very intriguing.
D.B.
