Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Updated 1:13 am CDT, Friday, July 6, 2018 BERLIN (AP) — Research suggests that the family of Anne Frank, the world famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts were tragically thwarted by America’s restrictive immigration policy, cumbersome bureaucracy and the outbreak of World War II. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said Friday that documents indicate Anne’s father Otto tried twice to collect the papers needed to obtain visas for the United States. He later also appears to have applied for a visa to Cuba. MySA News Videos Now Playing: Now Playing MAGA hat-wearing teen gets soda thrown in face at Whataburger San Antonio Express-News Fatal crash near Woodlawn Lake on Fourth of July 2018 credit: Courtesy, Eric Hernandez Man arrested in fatal shooting Sunday at Northeast Side home Jacob Beltran Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar explains discovery of dead baby’s body Jacob Beltran Mom arrested after leaving kid at popular Tex-Mex spot San Antonio Express-News 1 hospitalized in fire that gutted S.A. home San Antonio Express-News Driver hits skateboarder on S.A. road, flees scene San Antonio Express-News 22-year-old man accused of shooting 4 during S.A. street fight San Antonio Express-News SAPD: 3 at large after couple robbed, woman sexually assaulted San Antonio Express-News Mother, child struck by vehicle while trying to cross street San Antonio Express-News However, the Frank family’s escape efforts were all… [Read full story]
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