A proposal that honorary posthumous Netherlands citizenship be conferred on Anne Frank has been sent by the Netherlands Embassy to The Hague for consideration. The recommendation of the Embassy was pursuant to the expressed wish of the teen-age Jewish heroine of “The Diary of a Young Girl.”
The Embassy acted after it came to the attention of diplomats that nothing had been done to fulfill one of Anne Frank’s last wishes. She wrote in her diary that “my first wish alter the war is that I may become Dutch.” I love the Dutch. I love the country, I love the language and want to work here. And even if I have to write to the Queen myself, I will not give up until I have reached my goal.”
J. A. Van Houten, Embassy counsellor, said the Embassy decided to act after receiving suggestions that came to the attention of the Ambassador. The next move is up to the Netherlands Government in The Hague.
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