Anne Frank

Antisemitic text was projected onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

7:31am February 11, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

A display alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory was projected onto the former hiding place of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl whose diary notes the persecution her people faced during World War II.

Hannah Pick-Goslar, then 69, childhood friend of Anne Frank, is interviewed by the Associated Press at her Jerusalem apartment in Israel on Feb. 4, 1998.

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Anne Frank's friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93

7:18am October 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne's world-famous diary, for helping to keep Anne's memory alive with stories about their youth.

Teresien da Silva and Ronald Leopold of the Anne Frank Foundation show a facsimile of Anne Frank's diary at a news conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Researchers used digital photo editing techniques to uncover text on two pages of the diary, revealing r

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Newly Uncovered Pages From Anne Frank's Diary Reveal Risqué Jokes

6:25pm May 15, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

She covered them up with brown paper while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. But on Tuesday, the texts were revealed.

This pendant bears close resemblance to one belonging to Anne Frank, Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said Sunday.

Archaeologists Unearth Pendant That May Be Linked To Anne Frank

4:56pm January 16, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Archaeologists say that they know of only one other pendant similar to the unique charm buried at the site of a Nazi death camp in Poland — and it belonged to Anne Frank.

Cover image of Imbeciles, by Adam Cohen.

The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations

10:11am March 08, 2016

In the first half of the 20th century, American eugenicists used forced sterilization to "breed out" traits they considered undesirable. Adam Cohen tells the story in his new book, Imbeciles.

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Anne Frank's facsimile diaries, on display during a 2009 press conference at the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam.

'Mein Kampf' Enters Public Domain; Arguably, Anne Frank's Diary May, Too

7:48pm December 31, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

European rights to the two stark Holocaust artifacts may both expire on Friday. Reprints of Hitler's manifesto have been received warily; the legal case around Frank's diary is significantly murkier.

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Seven Decades On, Anne Frank's Words Still Comfort

5:20pm March 14, 2015

by Scott Simon

70 years ago, Anne Frank died in a concentration camp. NPR's Scott Simon remembers the diarist, and two teenagers, Afghan refugee Asiieh Panahi and Chicagoan Sydney Falls, read from her writing.

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