It is also where Anne Frank penned her diary, cited in history books worldwide. In an effort to make her story even more accessible, the museum has partnered on a new exhibit in Manhattan.
The show, which opens on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, recreates the annex where Anne and her family hid from the Nazis.
And yet, for all that, Anne Frank remains something of an abstraction, especially for the many who have never trekked to Amsterdam and the Anne Frank House museum, which houses hundreds of artifacts and personal items of the Frank family. It also contains the infamous secret annex hidden behind a bookcase, which has been carefully preserved.
The Anne Frank House, in partnership with the Center for Jewish History, unveiled the world premiere of Anne Frank The Exhibition in New York City on Monday, coinciding with International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
“Anne Frank: The Exhibition” features a replica of the hidden annex where eight Jewish people, including Anne and her family, lived for two years between July 1942 and August 1944 before they were discovered and sent to death camps.
For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne’s hiding place during the devastation of the Holocaust.
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For the first time ever, visitors can explore a full-scale replica of the hiding place where Anne Frank penned her famous diary.
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