9.旅の目的は、ポーランドにある強制収容所とオランダのアンネたちの隠れ家を訪ねる事。
10.行く先々で人々は僕に問う。「なぜここに来たのか?」と。
11.どうにもぴったりくる答えが見つからぬまま、12日間の旅は終わってしまった。
12.今思うこと。それは、娘にはアンネの分も元気に長生きしてほしいという願いだ。
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注釈:アンネ・フランクは1929年6月12日に生まれ、
1945年3月ころドイツのベルゲン・ベルゼン強制収容所で亡くなった。
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12 Psalms "Some Thoughts on Anne Frank"
March 2007 .... I have a daughter.
She was just a little girl when we last met 12 years ago.
She will become a high-school student this spring.
Some years ago, I sent her "The Diary of Anne Frank" for her birthday.
Anne Frank died in March 1945 when she was approaching to her 16th birthday.
If Anne is still alive, she is 77 years old. That is the age just about my mom's.
And, my daughter will be sixteen this year. That is the age Anne couldn't reach.
Christmas in 2000, I was travelling in Europe
The purpose of the trip was to visit the concentration camp in Poland and the Anne's hide-out in Holland.
People kept asking me, "Why you came here?"
I couldn't find the right answer, but the 12 days journey had to end.
I hope now... that my daughter can live a long life for Anne.
2007.3 Jean Pierre Tenshin
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Note : Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, and died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945.