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Topic: Anne Frank House


In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Anne Frank House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a museum dedicated to the Jewish wartime diarist who hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the building.
The house - and the one next door at 265, which was later purchased by the museum - was built by Dirk van Delft in 1635.
The Anne Frank Foundation was set up by Otto Frank and Johannes Kleiman on May 3, 1957 with the primary aim of collecting enough funds to purchase and restore the building.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anne_Frank_House   (812 words)

  
 Anne Frank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The diary was given to Anne Frank for her thirteenth birthday and chronicles the events of her life from June 12, 1942 until its final entry of August 1, 1944.
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the second daughter of Otto Heinrich Frank (May 12, 1889–August 19, 1980) and Edith Holländer (January 16, 1900–January 6, 1945).
Margot and Anne were excelling in their studies and had a large number of friends, but with the introduction of a decree that Jewish children could only attend Jewish schools, they were enrolled at the Jewish Lyceum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anne_Frank   (6283 words)

  
 The Amsterdam Site - Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC) - Cityguide - Highlights - Anne Frank House
Anne Frank was a normal girl in exceptional circumstances.
In 1999 the rear part of the house was returned to its original condition and the front part of the house was reconstructed.
Anne Frank’s story is told using quotes from her diary and per room the function and atmosphere as described in the diary are reconstructed.
www.holland.com /amsterdam/gb/cityguide/highlights/afrank.html   (464 words)

  
 Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, North Holland - lastminute.com
The Anne Frank House, in the centre of Amsterdam, is the hiding place where the brave little girl penned her famous diary during the Second World War.
The Diary of Anne Frank was published posthumously by her father in 1947, and the original is on display as part of the permanent exhibition in what is now a museum dedicated to his daughter.
The appeal of Anne Frank's diary lies not in the fact that Anne was Jewish, nor even that she was a victim of persecution; it is universally popular because it is ultimately the testament of a normal, albeit thoughtful, girl in exceptional circumstances.
www.lastminute.com /site/find/World/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/WOW-Attraction-29453.html   (841 words)

  
 Anne Frank
Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Anne Frank's Jewish parents Edith and Otto Frank perceive that there is no future in Germany for themselves and their children.
After a month at Auschwitz, Anne Frank and her sister Margot are transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where thousands of people are dying of hunger and sickness everyday.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/frank.html   (393 words)

  
 AmsterdamEscape.com  >>  Anne Frank House
Anne's diary survived the war: after the betrayal it was found by Miep Gies, one of the helpers.
Quotes from Anne's Frank diary, historical documents, photographs, films and original objects belonging to the people in hiding and their helpers conjure up images of the events that took place there.
Anne Frank was one of the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution during the second world war.
www.amsterdamescape.com /Museums/annefrankhouse.html   (706 words)

  
 Anne Frank Huis - Amsterdam
Anne, then 16, and most of her family were sent to Auschwitz and perished in concentration camps in early 1945, just weeks before liberation.
Anne Frank: The Biography, by Melissa Müller, translated by Rita and Robert Kimber.
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Rememberance, by Ruud van der Rol and Riam Verhoeven.
www.enjoy-europe.com /portfolio/annefrank.htm   (339 words)

  
 Anne Frank House - Amsterdam Hotels
Anne Frank House is a testimony of the bleak memories of the Nazi reign and Anne Frank’s Life.
Anne, her mother, sister and the others all died later from disease in various Nazi concentration camps to which they were transferred from Auschwitz.
Anne and her sister, Margot, were sent from Auschwitz on October 28, 1944 to the Bergen-Belsen exchange camp on a transport, which, according to the International Red Cross, consisted of sick women who were expected to recover from their illness.
www.hollandhotels.com /anne-frank-house.htm   (1572 words)

  
 Anne Frank in Motion
These show Anne in different clothes, in more distant photos, and possibly she is a little younger.
Because all photos of Anne Frank are held in strict copyright by both the Anne Frank Foundation and The Anne Frank House, please do not use these images for anything other than educational use.
"To Otto [Frank]'s distress, [the Anne Frank House] was not running as smoothly as he had hoped, and he had many disagreements with the board, who he felt did not have enough interest in the educational aspect of the organization.
www.geocities.com /afdiary/motion/anne   (478 words)

  
 Gallery - Anne Frank - Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
View of the house where Anne Frank and her family hid as seen from across the canal.
The house where Anne Frank and her family hid is located at 23 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam.
Statue of Anne Frank by Mari Andriessen at the Westermarkt in Amsterdam.
fcit.coedu.usf.edu /holocaust/resource/gallery/afrank.htm   (171 words)

  
 Anne Frank Center
Explore the house on Prinsengracht Street in Amsterdam where Anne Frank wrote her diary.This CD-ROM is designed for both students and adults and uses unique images and film material.
A virtual journey using state-of-the-art graphics allows you to see the house as if you were there.With more than 1,500 historical photographs and 15 video films—including the only moving pictures of Anne— this winner of the prestigious Milia d'Or international media award is a comprehensive guide to Anne Frank and her world.
I Am Anne Frank is a balance of poignant readings from the diary and songs which reflect the innermost thoughts of a teenage girl passing through puberty with an awareness of the magic and mystery of womanhood.
www.annefrank.com /2_book_cd.htm   (280 words)

  
 Anne Frank's House satellite pictures and map location
Anne Frank's House next to her repeatedly published diary are priceless testimonials of dark ages in human history.
The story of Anne Frank's family is representative for what must have happened to thousand of unknown other persons and their families, reason for which it becomes so much more valuable.
The tour in the house offers detailed information on the general state of many other refugees in WW II and the dramatic story of August, 4th 1944 when Anne Frank and her family, Van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer were caught and transported to different concentration camps.
www.amsterdamsat.com /AnneFrank.html   (521 words)

  
 The Anne Frank Internet Guide
Anne's famous diary does not only give a face and a voice to the victims of World War II, but it is also an impressive portrait of a courageous girl and a talented writer.
The Anne Frank Center USA was founded in 1977 to educate people about the causes, instruments and dangers of discrimination and violence through the story of Anne Frank.
The Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin is the German partner organisation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
www.klab.caltech.edu /~ma/annefrank.html   (1860 words)

  
 Anne Frank --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Anne Frank at her school desk in The Netherlands, 1940; taken from her photo album.
Although Anne's diary did not pertain directly to the Holocaust, its readers became personally acquainted with one of the millions of Jewish victims of Nazi persecution, and the immense horror and...
Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035159   (643 words)

  
 Anne Frank
Anne Frank was eventually arrested and, with her family, deported first to Auschwitz, then to Bergen-Belsen, where she died in 1945.
One enters the space occupied by the Franks and Van Pels families through a door guarded by a bookcase on hinges.
Once Anne's plight was known, publishers, filmmakers, and theatre producers came forward to spread the word.
www.postcardsforyou.com /anne.html   (646 words)

  
 Hebrewsoft :: Anne Frank House CD
The Anne Frank House is the house on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank wrote her now world-famous diary Het Achterhuis (The Annex) during the Second World War.
For this CD-ROM, the Anne Frank House was specially arranged to correspond to the way it was during Anne's period in hiding.
For the CD-ROM, the Anne Frank House was specially laid out as it had been during the time that Anne was in hiding.
www.grapho.net /cgi-bin/oots/product.cgi/anna-cd.html?store=hsoft&cart_id=116286.167   (509 words)

  
 The Anne Frank House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Since 1960, when the house was acquired by the Anne Frank Trust, the house has undergone improvements to accommodate tourists.
Anne's diary spanned a period of two years and described daily life in hiding.
The Anne Frank Center USA was founded in 1977 to educate people about the dangers of discrimination.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/literary_tour/58767   (257 words)

  
 Museum - the official Anne Frank House website
The former hiding place, where Anne Frank wrote her diary, is now a well-known museum.
Anne Frank's diary is among the original objects on display.
Like most houses on the canals, the building consists of a canal-side house and an annex.
www.annefrank.org /content.asp?pid=3&lid=2   (205 words)

  
 Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Just around the corner from the Anne Frank House, on the Westermarkt, is a a very sweet statue (by Mari Andriessen) of the little Jewish girl who lived in the Secret Annex until her family were found and she died at Bergen-Belsen, 3 months before her 16th birthday.
Anne Frank kept a diary during her period of hiding for the German Nazis.
Anne Frank, the jewish girl who during the second world war hid along with her family for 3 years in a secret annexe in the top two floors of an Amsterdam house before being discovered by the Germans just a few months before the end of the war.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Netherlands/Provincie_Noord_Holland/Amsterdam-463377/Things_To_Do-Amsterdam-Anne_Frank_House-BR-1.html   (1320 words)

  
 About Anne Frank Remembered
For the first time, the Anne Frank House permitted the recreation of the hiding place as it actually was at the time that Anne Frank and seven others hid there more than fifty years ago.
Eyewitnesses from Anne's early childhood through to the last people to see her alive in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp return to the locations rebuilding her complete life story from her childhood in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, her years in hiding and tragic death just weeks before the Allied victory.
After returning to Holland, Otto Frank devoted the rest of his life to the propagation of his daughter's message of tolerance and hope and furthering the fight against racism, descrimination and anti-Semitism.
www.sonyclassics.com /annefrank/misc/about.html   (212 words)

  
 AMSTERDAM MUSEUMS: Anne Frank House
For more than two years, Anne Frank lived secretively with the other people in hiding in the back part of her father's office building at # 263 Prinsengracht.
Anne's orignal diary is on display in the museum along with some of her other notebooks.
People who are physically disabled should notify the Anne Frank House in advance of a visit so that it can be determined if an appropriate guided tour can be arranged.
www.amsterdammuseums.nl /eng/museum/location_detail_eng.cfm?LocatieID=1EF11EB8-0DEA-6908-977C27EF1A2C6C87   (360 words)

  
 RNW: The building at Prinsengracht 263
The building at Prinsengracht 263, which later became known as the Anne Frank House, was built in 1635 by Dirk van Delft.
In 1739, the house was outfitted with a new front and the small old "achterhuis" was replaced by a larger one, which would later be known as the Secret Annex.
Before Otto Frank situated his Opekta and Pectacon companies at Prinsengracht 263 in late 1940, the building housed a pianola roll factory.
www.radionetherlands.nl /features/cultureandhistory/house.html   (534 words)

  
 Anne Frank House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With her family and four others Anne Frank hid herself for the German Occupation Forces in the building known as the Achterhuis.
After the treason and the deportation of the eight inhabitants the house remained empty until it was finally opened in 1960 for visitors as the Anne Frank House.
The story of Anne Frank and her diary are ofcourse the central focal point.
www.aurora.komvux.norrkoping.se /albeda/uk/ANNE.HTM   (142 words)

  
 Anne Frank Center
It tells the story of Anne's life, gives information about the times in which she lived and examines the history of the diary.The “Blue Book” explains many situations and events mentioned in the Diary and includes historic background information and photographs.
In over one hundred pictures, many never before published, Anne Frank's life, as a normal girl growing up, is portrayed in this moving account, with photographs of her and her family before she went into hiding.
Historic photographs and excerpts from Anne's diary expose the worsening political situation and oppressive conditions that marked the last years of her life.
www.annefrank.com /2_book_books_3.htm   (953 words)

  
 Dutch Treat, Part 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Anne’s family had lived in Frankfort, Germany, where she was born in 1929.
Anne and Margot were evidently young and healthy enough to be transferred to a work camp at Bergen-Belsen.
Anne’s diaries — which were written in German in three lined notebooks that have been preserved and are on display — were left behind in the Secret Annex when her family and their friends were hauled away.
nolantravels3.home.att.net /amster3.html   (4724 words)

  
 Detailed description of the Anne Frank House and the secret Annex where the Franks hid from the Nazis
The first thing you see, on your way through the building at 265 Prinsengracht, is the famous photo of Anne which appears on the cover of the American edition of The Diary of Anne Frank, and a large poster with one of the most famous quotations from her diary, written on April 9, 1944.
In her diary, Anne mentioned that she and her sister bathed in the dark since the draperies were always closed on Saturdays.
Anne Frank's room is on the 2nd floor (3rd floor in American terms) on the side nearest to the viewer.
www.scrapbookpages.com /AnneFrank/AnneFrank02.html   (2673 words)

  
 EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
Now that the students have looked at Anne, the person, and come to some conclusions about the changes she did or did not undergo during her time in hiding, they are ready to look at Anne, the writer.
Anne regarded her diary as practice for her future career, a means toward personal development and an attempt to keep up her spirits in difficult times.
Students who want to learn more about Anne Frank can view some photos of the rowhouse and the attic in which Anne spent two years confined with her family and four other people, available from the website Anne Frank House, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=376   (1819 words)

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