Jamella Hernandez was so overcome with emotion upon learning this summer that she’d been nominated for an all-expenses-paid trip to visit Anne Frank House, among other historical sites in Europe, that she started bawling.

Three days into the 10-day journey, the eleventh grader told the Free Press it was proving emotional for numerous reasons — one of which remains gratitude.

The Sisler High School student is among the Manitoba teenagers who are honouring veterans and victims of the world wars overseas as part of a new provincial program.

During a phone interview from Amsterdam on Saturday, Jamella reflected on how moving it was to hear firsthand the creaks in the floors of the Frank family’s hideout during the Second World War.

“Seeing the place with my own eyes gave me a whole new p

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