RT. HON. SIR WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
ANNE FRANK
ROUND TABLE OF NEBRASKA
The Bookworm 2501 S. 90th St
Omaha Nebraska, 68124
Omaha Chapter of the International Churchill Society
https://churchillsocietyomaha.org/
June 28th
Sunday 1:30 pm at the Bookworm
http://wrldhstry.com/WinstonChurchill_AnneFrank_Online_Resources.htm
Martin Gilbert’s
Winston S. Churchill Volume 7 Finest Hour 1939-1940
Chapter 23 ‘I expect Worse to Come….’ (1983, pages 450-469)
Andrew Roberts’
Churchill Walking With Destiny
Chapter 21 ‘The Fall of France: May-June 1940 (2018, pages 549-552)
Hannah Pick-Goslar’s
My Friend Anne Frank Chapter 14 ‘Liberation’ (2023, pages 223-240)
Special Events at the
Danville Iowa Museum
Danville Station
Library Museum
Anne Frank Pen Pal Letters
June 12, 2026 photo from the from Danville Iowa Museum ‘Anne Frank Pen Pal Letters’ commemorating Anne’s birthday
https://www.burlington.lib.ia.us/calendar-events/HolocaustExhibit
August 19 through September 30 the Burlington Library will feature Americans and the Holocaust: A traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association. Visitors to this exhibit will receive a pass to visit our Anne Frank Museum at no charge.
Chicago
Anne Frank The Exhibition Open through early 2027
https://www.griffinmsi.org/exhibits/anne-frank-the-exhibition
June 4 1940
House of Commons
We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be
Excerpt from Martin Gilbert’s Winston S. Churchill Volume 7 Finest Hour 1939-1940
(1983, pages 467-468)
End of Churchill’s “Wars Are Not Won By Evacuations” speech
Audio excerpt of the speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ki1PXP5vBU
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what
we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty’s Government—every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the new world, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.1
1Speech begun at 3.40 p.m., ended at 4.15 p.m., 4 June 1940: Hansard, columns 787–796.
1945
Tröbitz, Germany
We saw a long line of military trucks when we got to the centre of Tröbitz and milling around them American soldiers who, I’d find out, called themselves GIs. Together with Mrs Heilbut and Robert, we climbed onto the waiting trucks. The Americans seemed so different to me from the Russian soldiers. They were in a good mood, no doubt happy to be going home themselves soon.
Excerpt from Hannah Pick-Goslar’s
My Friend Anne Frank (2023, Page 232)
‘We are going back to Holland, Gabi,’ I told her. Holland! She knew that was where we were from but had no memory of our lives there. She was now four and a half. I had tried to keep the memory of our parents alive, telling her stories about them, and I also told her about my friends – Anne, Sanne, Ilse, Jacque – and the games we played together and jokes we shared. Now that returning to Holland was within sight, I began fantasising about possible reunions with them. I was so grateful I’d seen Anne. For some reason, I was certain she would have made it. Surely she’d also be on her way back to Amsterdam too, I thought.
I did not have much to pack in the old suitcase from home. The morning we set out, I was wearing my only dress: the black and red wool one I’d found hanging in the closet. We saw a long line of military trucks when we got to the centre of Tröbitz and milling around them American soldiers who, I’d find out, called themselves GIs. Together with Mrs Heilbut and Robert, we climbed onto the waiting trucks. The Americans seemed so different to me from the Russian soldiers. They were in a good mood, no doubt happy to be going home themselves soon. They laughed a lot and tried to speak with us in English.
Churchill On Film
The 1981 drama series The Wilderness Years was brought up last meeting.
Show focuses on Winston Churchill’s time in political exile from the 1920s to the 1930s.
Here are the links to the 8 parts. Its available also on Amazon on DVD. I did include this on the link http://wrldhstry.com/WinstonChurchill_AnneFrank_Online_Resources.htm that can be accessed going forward
Overview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill:_The_Wilderness_Years
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 1. Down and Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXW1YmAJ5hg
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 2. Politics Are Foul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7hlzzGEgIc
Winston Churchill - The Wilderness Years 3. - In High Places
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fYzmXFtyWM
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 4.A Menace In The House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvjlopYRk_4
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 5.The Flying Peril
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2KUMqjiLh4
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 6.His Own Funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlWYqoak4O8
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 7. The Long Tide of Surrender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENqGR39QY3U
Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years 8. What Price Churchill