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title: "On sacrifice"
description: "You hear about Anne Frank’s heroics. You’d think this woman lived in Warsaw with the actual heroes. But no. She lived in Amsterdam, in a rather nice part of town. I grant you that it was a roof but still. You don’t get…"
author: "Ghaith Ayadi"
site: "Verbatim"
collection: "Briefs"
url: "https://verbatim.ayadighaith.com/briefs/on-sacrifice"
date: 2023-06-09
updated: 2026-09-16
---
# On sacrifice

You hear about Anne Frank’s heroics. You’d think this woman lived in Warsaw with the actual heroes. But no. She lived in Amsterdam, in a rather nice part of town. I grant you that it was a roof but still. You don’t get trench foot in roofs.

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And yes, people her age had it much worse in Stalingrad. Anne Frank is there to make a point, without being an actually good example of the point.