My Amazing, Inner Emotional Experience at the Anne Frank House Museum / Mr. Dussel

I can genuinely connect to one of Anne Frank's most popular quote: "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Whenever I read this quote, my heart thumps. I feel as if Anne is within me because her quote is my personal life lesson. I strongly believe that there is beauty and good in everyone's hearts, that an individual naturally has both bad and good qualities, and one must embrace the good qualities even if they are deep deep down and hidden. My religion teacher has also reinforced this moral in me. She teaches the entire batch of students about the Mahabharata, a religious piece of literature that has a vital moral. The moral that there is a fight between good and evil within oneself, but that good always wins. It is so so amazing how Anne had such beautiful thoughts and ideals regarding human nature at such a young, tender age, even when she lived during a horrifying time in history. She is my role model.. I love her so so much :) I visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam to learn more about the Holocaust because of my interest and curiosity about it, but instead I learned not only more about the Holocaust but also treasured lessons of humanity from a powerful young girl..... It is absolutely outrageous and unfair how so many souls lost their lives with injustice during the Holocaust..I hope that the world keeps this in memory forever, for all the children, men and women, and sincere helpers who died.....Anne's voice is so remarkable that it itself speaks for the millions of Jews that died during World War II.... God bless her :-)    

Fritz Pfeffer and his son Werner Peter Pfeffer

I especially enjoyed the Fritz Pfeffer (Mr. Dussel in Anne's diary because Dussel means idiot/goof in German-she didn't really like him) exhibition that recently opened in the museum (April) because it included a lot of unknown facts and opinions about Mr. Fritz that are essential for people to know. Essential because how he is portrayed in Anne's diary is completely different than how he is described by his family. For instance, check out the video on the righthand side on how Mr. Fritz's son emotionally recalls memories of his father with Miep Gies, the 20-something-year-old helper who gave the people hiding in the Secret Annex (the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Mr. Fritz Pfeffer) food and other items needed for survival. There was a video (that I unfortunately can't find on YouTube) playing in the exhibition room in the museum in which Werner Peter Pfeffer, Mr. Pfeffer's son, mentioned his dad as a deeply religious and kind, loving man who was willing to help anyone. Mr. Fritz Pfeffer married Vera Bythiner in 1921, and the couple had Werner Peter in 1927. They both divorced in 1933 and Fritz received custody of his child. Fritz then met and fell in love with a woman named Charlotte Kaletta, but the Nurnberger Laws of 1935 stated that marriage was forbidden between Jews and non-Jews, so the two were unable to marry as Kaletta was not Jewish. The couple then moved to Amsterdam; however, in Amsterdam too they were denied the right to marry. In 1938, due to increasing Nazi activity in Amsterdam, Fritz sent his only son Werner Peter from Amsterdam to England by boat to live with the young boy's uncle Ernst. Additionally, Dussel went into hiding in the Secret Annex in 1942 without Charlotte, as she was not Jewish/safe.  In her book ‘Anne Frank Remembered’ Miep Gies describes how she carried letters between Fritz Pfeffer and Charlotte Kaletta:

Fritz Pfeffer and his love Charlotte Kaletta

‘Once a week I would meet Charlotte Kaletta, a charming blonde woman one year older than I. She would give me letters, books, parcels and bits of dental equipment that Fritz Pfeffer had requested. She was not Jewish, and because she no longer had a Jew with her she was in no danger. I told Charlotte that I had to turn over the things she gave me to someone else, who was the one who delivered them to Fritz. I pretended to know nothing about where her fiancé was hiding. However, Charlotte was a discreet and sensitive person; she knew better than to search out information. She never asked anything of me. We exchanged letters and parcels until the next week when we would repeat the process.’
( www.annefrankguide.net )  

It is interesting how the way a person looks at you impacts on how you are presented to people. In Anne Frank's diary, Mr. Ffritz Pfeffer is described as a foolish, selfish man (because Anne may have had a few bad experiences with him by chance), when in reality he was probably not, as the Anne Frank House beautifully unlocks Mr. Pfeffer's hidden personality in its exhibit on Mr. Pfeffer. For years, Mr. Pfeffer was portrayed as a not-so-nice man to strangers who read Anne's diary, but I hope that their thoughts change after they know and appreciate his inner beauty :)

Anne Frank

A Happy Change

Welcome back my faithful friends! I truly apologize for not posting in a very long time. I wasn't able to keep blogging near the top of my priority list during the eighth grade school year ^_^.

The blog's name is now Moonlit Inspirations. I hope it will forever remain Moonlit Inspirations.

Why, y'all may ask?

July 2015: The future and goal of this blog has now changed. Honestly, my passion for books has deteriorated quite a bit since middle school. I realized by myself that I am a meaningful person, which is both good and bad. Good because I can make long-lasting relationships with people and look at things differently (more deeply), bad because it is hard for me to let bad situations or bad people out of my head. I sometimes think too much and I get inspired by things very easily, so my blog Moonlit Inspirations shares my personal inspirations and hopefully it will inspire you positively. :) There is this really weird fact that I recently discovered about myself: I enjoy/crave the imprint a book leaves on my heart forever rather than the book itself…. :-) …
My inspirations are people who live with a vegan diet, Anne Frank, and Malala Yousafzai…

Ashna Sharma: The author of a simple, delicate lifestyle blog mainly showcasing inspirations from around the world as well as travel blogs. The dream of Moonlit Inspirations is to spread beautiful lifestyle all around and to keep people inspired and generous all the time, anywhere. This blog is like an outlet for me because I do not talk much and I find it easier to communicate through writing. No matter how busy I am and/or how infrequently I blog, I am very certain that I will never stop blogging or in simpler terms, sharing my inspirations. Because it is heart-warming and touching for me to see how my thoughts and feelings and ideas evolve over the course of my childhood and teenage years. I hope that my posts will spark a smile on your face :) I strongly believe that there is good and bad in everyone, but the good should come shining through... I hope that this blog will touch you deep deep in the heart and make you feel happy happy happy!!+ inspired. I wish you a warm welcome...

I hope you guys know, love, and appreciate the answer as to why I chose to change the blog name :-) Enjoy, I wish everyone a warm beautiful welcome once again!!!