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Anne Frank, Emmett Till and visiting my mom’s Nazi-era home

I recently returned from a trip to Amsterdam where I was performing in “Anne & Emmett” by American playwright Janet Langhart Cohen. The drama, in which I portrayed Anne Frank’s father, Otto, imagines a conversation between Anne and Emmett Till, who each fell victim to murderous brutality born of hatred. Emmett was a black 14-year-old […]