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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (German: [ˈanə(liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] ⓘ, Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ⓘ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) [1] was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht , close to the Westerkerk , in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The Anne Frank Tree is also the name of an interactive project started by the Anne Frank House in 2006, when it was opened by Emma Thompson. [10] Visitors to the museum are able to leave their name and location on a "leaf" of the tree, showing their affinity with Anne Frank. [11]
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The museum built around a secret annex in a canal-side house where Anne Frank hid from Nazis during World War II has been renovated to better tell the teenage Jewish diarist's ...
71 years ago today, Anne Frank was captured by the Nazi Gestapo in Amsterdam. The Frank family escaped from Germany in 1942, out of fear of being sent to a Nazi concentration camp. With the help ...
Professor Arnold Heertje has repeatedly criticized the Anne Frank House in the media. In particular, he reproaches the foundation for "systematically distancing itself further and further from the historical facts of the story of the Jewish girl" - in particular by equating contemporary discrimination against non-Jews with the persecution of the Jews by using Anne Frank's name so emphatically ...
Anne Frank -- the legendary diarist who wrote about her experiences hiding from the Nazis during World War II -- was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. On her 13th birthday, Frank's ...
The Anne Frank Zentrum (Anne Frank Centre), located in Berlin, [1] is a history museum dedicated to Anne Frank and her diary. It contains exhibitions and an array of educational programs. [ 2 ] The centre is committed to working against anti-Semitism , prejudice, and any kind of discrimination against people.