There was a time when hollywood stars gave hope to those victims who were trapped in the whirlwind of oppression intolerance and genocide.
Deanna durbin in anne frank attic.
In 1941 italian fascist dictator benito mussolini published an open letter to durbin in his official newspaper il popolo asking her to intercede with president franklin d.
In a reflection of their huge success and impact on showbiz durbin and mickey rooney were presented with a special academy juvenile award in 1938.
Anne frank diarist hollywood fan and victim of nazi genocide.
And deanna durbin was anne frank s favorite hollywood star.
Indeed she was a hit overseas as well as.
She retired from the movies at an early age and has resisted all efforts to bring.
Deanna durbin the movie singing star was born in 1921 and apparently still lives in a farmhouse outside paris.
Deanna durbin robert stack and a third uncaptioned actor lewis howard from first love a version of cinderella deanna durbin alone sally eilers and a child in they made her a spy.
There are two pictures of durbin on anne s movie wall in the secret annex in amsterdam where frank and her family hid from the nazis.
She spoke of the deanna persona in the third person and considered the film character deanna durbin to be a byproduct of her youth and not her true identity.
Anne frank had several pictures.
Audiences of the 1930s flocked to them the way they did to the films of shirley temple.
Such a star was the radiant deanna durbin who passed away in 2013 at the age of 91.
Winston churchill watched her films before they were released to the general public in the uk while anne frank hung a picture of durbin on the wall of the attic in which she and her family hid.
The young jewish girl pasted durbin s picture to her bedroom wall in the achterhuis where the frank family hid during world war ii.
Young girls in particular identified with durbin and tried to emulate her.
Winston churchill adored her movies.
The warnings start to come out of my ears i haven t been sleeping well and don t feel like working anne wrote on 26 july 1943.
Roosevelt on behalf of american youth to dissuade him from becoming involved in word war ii.
The nerves of the people in hiding were frayed with the constant air raid alarms the sound of the german defence artillery bombings and air combat.
