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Directed by Debbie Pletzer, the cast includes Chelsea Rourke as Anne • Frank, Lindell Salow as Otto Frank, Jeanine Matlow as Edith Frank, Claudia Walrad as Margot Frank, Rebecca Martin as Meip Gies, Jordan Rossen as Peter Van Daan, Mike Lopez as Mr. Kraler, Jerry Salas as Mr. Van Daan, Patti Jones as Mrs. Van Daan, Torn Sparrow as Mr. Dussel, Jim Kirwan as the First Man and Paul Bruce as the Second Man. The production, which will be staged at 21730 Madison in Dearborn, begins 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $11. (313) 561-TKTS. THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN T back to Ahlers. I know the one thing - that everyone would have liked to find: receipts. (The Gestapo kept receipts to show how much money people received for informing the Nazis about the identity of Jews.) I think the Anne Frank Foundation will only accept that the betrayer has been found if a receipt is found, but I believe the betrayal was by a [Gestapo] insider, so a receipt wouldn't exist because [that act] would have been that person's everyday job. JN: How is the American version of your book different from the British version? CAL: There's a lot more in the American version. I kept doing research because I was so intrigued by the character of Tonny Ahlers and his relationship to Otto Frank. I came across a file in the archives of the Amsterdam city council, and that's how I learned that Ahlers' wife also - worked as a betrayer for the Gestapo. Otto Frank once said that the betrayer probably was a man who worked for the police during the occupation, which Ahlers did. JN: Do you think your book is appropriate for the young people who , read Anne Frank's diary? CAL: I think it would appeal to any- body who read the diary because there's so much background. Anne was very much her father's daughter. They were very alike as characters. It's very interesting to see how much influence he had on her. Her opti- mism, which comes across so strongly in the diary, is very much from her father's side. JN: What did you find most alarming in your research? CAL: Some [Jews] were actually charged rent for the time they were in the camps, and they were treated as enemy subjects when they came back. Otto Frank was treated that way because he was of German origin. A lot of survivors who didn't have homes to go back to were placed in camps within Holland and had to work and sleep next to [captured] members of the SS. The German propaganda machine worked very well in Holland and had a tremendous effect. There was a lot of anti-Semitism in Holland in 1945. JN: Is there anything you'd like read- ers to know as a result of what you've learned through your recent travels? CAL: Some of the [early] reporting about the book was very misleading. They kind of tried to imply that Otto Frank had collaborated with the Germans during the war. That's not what I say in the book. My main hope is that readers will come away with a far more realistic image of Otto Frank and see that those early press reports were com- pletely misleading. ❑ The Hidden Life of Otto Frank is available through vvww.jewish.com . Call or visit today! (248) 353-2810 AL#630084627 • N PDJ022803 --- Suzanne Chessler enhances your full and active lifestyle with freedom from costly home, yard and auto maintenance; low cost month-to-month rental options; convenient a la carte services like housekeeping and dining; and free access to a variety of planned activities. You simply can't live any better for less. THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN We're building a new neighborhood, one neighbor at a time. 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