What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does… — Anne Frank · Skopia

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What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

In the original Dutch

Wat een Christen doet, moet hijzelf verantwoorden, wat een Jood do et, valt op alle Joden terug.

The Diary of a Young Girl · 1944

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Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 22 May 1944.

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