6 | OCTOBER 7 • 2021 

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Judy Hall’s artwork she 
created from Miss Anna’s 
postage stamps to honor 
the woman who made 
such an impression on her. 
It says “It was no pleasure 
trip. We were running from 
Hitler.”

remember how it scared me. 
Later that day I told my family 
what had happened.
One day after that, Miss 
Anna said, “I have some things 
for you. Do you want them?” 
The two things that stood 
out to me were a kitchen stove 
and a super-big bag of canceled 
postage stamps from around 
the world and across time.
Later, I found out that Miss 
Anna had moved to Southfield. 
I went there to try and find 
her but was unsuccessful. All 
these years later, I decided to 
celebrate Miss Anna’s life and 
her sacrifices using the post-
age stamps she’
d given me to 
retrace the steps she and her 
family had taken to escape tyr-
anny and oppression.
When I called my sister to 
ask to borrow her drill for 
my art tribute, she asked me, 
“What are you building — a 
robot?” I laughed and said I 

was attempting to tell Miss 
Anna’s story, which had such a 
big influence on me. My sister 
cut me off and simply said, “I 
remember when you shared 
that experience with the fami-
ly.
” And I understood that I was 

not the only one who had been 
impacted by Miss Anna. 

Judy Hall grew up on Indiana Street 

in Northwest Detroit and never forgot 

“Miss Anna.” She currently lives in 

Midtown Detroit.

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