A New Year's greeting card sent by Nazi victim Anne Frank during WWII to a friend has been found in an antique shop in the central Dutch town of Naarden, Dutch paper De Volkskrant reported Thursday.
A primary school principal discovered the card in his father's antique shop when searching for material for a lesson on WWII.
Anne, a German-born Jewish girl, hid with her family for more than two years in a house in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII.
The family were later found by the German troops and Anne died in a concentration camp in 1945.
The little girl became famous worldwide after her diaries written during her time of hiding were published.
Anne sent the card on Dec. 31, 1937 to her friend Sanne Ledermann while she was staying with her grandmother in Aachen, Germany. There is no text on the card other than the sender's name.
On the front of the card is a picture of Christmas bells with four leaf clovers and the German text "Viel Gluck im neuen Jahr", which means "Good luck in the new year."
The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, a museum created from the house where the girl had hidden during the war, has confirmed the authenticity of the card. A spokesperson of the museum described the discovery as "fantastic."
Source:Xinhua
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