Talk:Anne Frank/Archive 3

message: There are discrepancies in the article with regards the name of the family who shared the annexe with the Franks. In 'The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition' it is stated that Van Daan was a pseudonym, the true family being Auguste, Hermann and Peter van Pels, with 'Albert Dussel' in this article, really being called Fritz Pffefer. Do we go with Anne's pseudonym, or the reality as published by Otto Frank?
Alspittle 14:25, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Reality.  This is an article about a real person, and real people, so real names should be used.  It could be mentioned that in the diary some people were known by pseudonyms (it is mentioned in the article), but any lengthy discussion of this fact should be left to the article about the diary itself, and perhaps the film, which also used the pseudonyms.  Rossrs 14:31, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: have reverted to the real names - probably edited by someone who read the diary, but did not actually read this article in its entirety :-)  Rossrs 14:40, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: it is explained under the "publication of the diary" section.  Rossrs 21:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Rossrs, what do you think about having a FAQ section somewhere here? Van Daans, ballpoint pen, German or Dutch?, authenticity of the diary, date of death, betrayal etc etc...?
Yallery Brown 21:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not quite sure what you mean, Yallery. I can see that these are topics that are questioned  again and again.  Could you please elaborate a little?  Thanks Rossrs 11:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'd thought it seemed they were points coming up more than once. We've answered talk questions, for example, about the authenticity of the diary several times, and new editors occasionally change death deaths to speculative ones and the names in the main article to the pseudodonyms they're familiar with. It might not be necessary to have a list of FAQs at the start of the talk page to aid new visitors, but I thought I'd run it by you anyway. Thanks Yallery Brown 11:58, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see what you mean.  Yes, I think it would be a good idea. Rossrs 12:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Van Daan vs Van Pels

message: Would it be worthwhile to include something in the article on the betrayal? I've noticed recently that people keep naming Lena van Hartog because of what they've seen in Anne Frank:the Movie. Maybe a piece about the investigations after the war and the more recent one a few years ago about Anton Ahlers, prompted by Carol Ann Lee's biography of Otto Frank, would help clarify the situation to readers. What do others think?
Yallery Brown 10:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's interesting and would add to the article.  I think it should be kept brief however.  It's the kind of topic that, once started, could be expanded and expanded.  As long as it's succinct - great. Rossrs 12:55, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks, I'll get on to it later. Yallery Brown 15:28, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Betrayal

message: Merwedeplein is not "in an Amsterdam suburb." It is in Amsterdam.
:confirmed and changed. Sander123 15:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merwedeplein

message: A minor suggestion.  Change sentence "However, she and her family were trapped when the Nazi occupation extended into the Netherlands" to "However, she and her family were trapped when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands."  I think that the first form can suggest that the Nazi rule was in its entirety an occupation.  This, of course, is false, since the enthusiastic support of most Germans for the regime is known.  I believe that the sentence I propose resolves this ambiguity.  The Behnam 10:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you are absolutely correct, and that whole section is a bit wordy.  I have been bold and merged a couple of sentences into Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Anne and her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933, after the Nazis gained power in Germany, and were trapped by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.   I think sentences that start with "however" are gramatically incorrect as "however" is a linking word.  I don't mean to be pedantic, but my high school English teacher was very pedantic on that point and it's rubbed off :-)  Rossrs 12:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool.  As long as that vagueness was resolved.  Thanks.  The Behnam 19:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the lead 

message: Several years ago we watched a movie about Anne Frank at school, and I don't know what it is called.  I don't think it is the one with Natalie Portman.  I remember the beginning shows her ice skating (I think, otherwise she is playing or something) and this movie eventually shows her in the concentration camps.  I would like to see it again, so if anyone knows what it is called or what year it is from that would be helpful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.66.162.12 (talk) 23:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anne Frank movies