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Anne Frank is still regularly in the news, through activities at the Anne Frank House, through publications about her or through other events. A number of recent links.

Hizbullah 'expels' Anne Frank from Lebanese school

The Jersualem Post, November 9, 2009

Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV station recently condemned the distribution of a textbook in a Lebanese English-language school because it contained excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank. to external website

For Anne Frank’s tree, 11 new places to bloom

The New York Times, October 15, 2009

Through saplings descended from the majestic horse chestnut tree that gave her so much pleasure in her bleak hideout, Anne Frank will soon have her story joined with that of the Little Rock Nine — the black students who integrated an Arkansas high school under the guard of 1,200 soldiers in 1957. to external website

Asteroid named after Anne Frank diary rescuer

Expatica Netherlands, October 5, 2009

An asteroid has been named after Miep Gies, the woman who saved the diary of Anne Frank. to external website

Museum publishes only known video of Anne Frank on YouTube

Daily Mail, October 1, 2009

The only known film footage of diarist Anne Frank has been released for the first time to a worldwide audience. to external website

Knowledge of war is fading, says Anne Frank director

NRC Handelsblad, September 11, 2009

Hans Westra is resigning as director of the Anne Frank Foundation after 27 years during which he turned the activist group that manages the Anne Frank house into a professional organisation. "The story needs to be told and told again." to external website

Remembering 'The Diary of Anne Frank'

CNN International, August 10, 2009

Anne Frank's account of hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, published posthumously in English as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl," has moved millions of readers across the decades. to external website

Anne Frank to get the David Mamet treatment

The Independent, August 15, 2009

The American playwright David Mamet has agreed to write, produce and direct a new Disney film of The Diary of Anne Frank. to external website

Anne Frank diary added to Unesco list

DutchNews.nl, July 31, 2009

Unesco has added Anne Frank’s diary to its list of documents with 'an exceptional value' for the world’s heritage. to external website

Arson suspected after Anne Frank shed burned down

Reuters UK, July 22, 2009

A shed in which Anne Frank was forced to work before she was sent to a German concentration camp has been destroyed in a fire, Dutch police said. to external website

Fire destroys barrack where Anne Frank was put to work

NRC International, July 20, 2009

The shack in which Anne Frank was put to work in the Dutch transit camp Westerbork in 1944 burned down in Veendam; the fire was probably started deliberately. to external website

Anne Frank remembered on 80th birth anniversary

Deutsche Welle, June 12, 2009

She died aged 5 in a concentration camp, but her diary survived to tell the story that has shaped the world's image of the Holocaust. On what would have been her 80th birthday, Anne Frank is remembered around the world. to external website

Anne Frank's diaries return home

NRC International, June 11, 2009

All the original diaries and writings of Anne Frank will be on display in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam from now on, The Dutch Institute for War Documentation, the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences and the ministry of education announced. to external website

A picture of Holocaust victim Anne Frank, aged 80

Telegraph.co.uk, June 6, 2009

It is a picture of what might have been, of a "beautiful, kind-looking lady", her face wrinkled by the passage of time over a life never lived: Holocaust victim Anne Frank at the age of 80. to external website

Chilean president visits Anne Frank House

Radio Netherlands, May 26, 2009

On the second day of a three-day state visit to the Netherlands, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. to external website

Prisoners inspired by Anne's example

Totally Jewish, May 7, 2009

Inmates at one of Britain's highest security prisons have marked what would have been Anne Frank's 80th birthday by producing a model of her former home which has been presented to the Amsterdam museum bearing her name. to external website

Hope for a harvest of tolerance from Anne Frank's tree

The New York Times, April 17, 2009

Saplings from the horse chestnut tree behind the Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam, will be distributed for planting by the Anne Frank Center USA. to external website

Anne Frank’s classmates look back in new film

Canadian Jewish News, March 26, 2009

Her poignant diary and tragic death have given Anne Frank an almost mythic status over the past six decades. But a new documentary film, chronicling a reunion of some of her classmates, is a reminder that Frank was a flesh-and-blood person, a teenager like any other, if more talented and perceptive than average. to external website

Dutch school children mark Anne Frank 80th birthday with diary

The Earth Times, March 12, 2009

Pupils of an Amsterdam elementary school received the first copy of a so-called transfer diary marking the start of the memorial year of Anne Frank's 80 birthday on June 12. to external website

Anne Frank’s helper turns 100

The Independent, February 13, 2009

When Miep Gies rescued a jumble of notebooks and papers from an Amsterdam attic in August 1944, she had no idea that she was creating a literary, and historical, phenomenon. to external website

Teaching tolerance through Anne Frank

The Daily Sound, January 15, 2009

Sixth-grade students at Cleveland Elementary School will delve into copies of "The Diary of Anne Frank." to external website

The story of Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's stepsister

Times Online, January 6, 2009

As a teenager, Eva Schloss survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. But it took her 40 years to be able talk about the Holocaust. to external website

Children learn from Anne Frank display

Coventry Telegraph, January 5, 2009

An exhibition at Coventry Cathedral tells the story of Anne Frank's life ahead of national Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations hosted in Coventry. to external website

Anne Frank's legacy helps children overcome prejudice

The Guardian, January 5, 2009

The diary of a teenage Jewish girl killed by the Nazis is being used to teach today's youngsters about personal responsibility and human rights. to external website

Two Anne Frank features in works

The Hollywood Reporter, November 9, 2008

Anne Frank figures in two different film projects currently in the works. to external website

BBC unveils Anne Frank the sexual teenager

Times Online, January 4, 2009

Anne Frank is to be portrayed as a stroppy teenager undergoing her sexual awakening in a new television adaptation of her wartime diary. to external website

Anne Frank diary resonates with Cambodians

The Jewish Journal of greater L.A,, October 6, 2008

The Holocaust classic was published by the Documentation Center of Cambodia. It is now available for Khmer students at high school libraries in Phnom Penh alongside locally written books about the Khmer Rouge period. to external website

Report: Dutch thought Anne Frank House "not worth saving"

Deutsche Welle, October 5, 2008

The Dutch government in the 1950s had no objections to the tearing down of the house where Anne Frank wrote her wartime diary, a newspaper report said. to external website

Anne Frank's collage restored

Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2008

The Anne Frank House museum said it has restored 52 photographs and images the Jewish teenager pasted on the wall of her room to cheer herself up while hiding from the Nazis. to external website

Anne Frank diary translated to Afrikaans

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, June 26, 2008

The Afrikaans translation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" had its launch at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. to external website

PR.com interviews Anne Frank’s cousin and last living relative, Buddy Elias

PR.com, May 7, 2008

Anne Frank’s only living direct relative, Buddy Elias, speaks exclusively with PR.com’s Allison Kugel about his famous cousin and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Switzerland. to external website

Anne Frank greetings card found

BBC News, April 23, 2008

A greetings card signed by the Jewish diarist Anne Frank has been found in an antique shop near Amsterdam. to external website

Steel beams in place to protect Anne Frank's tree in Amsterdam

European Jewish Press, April 10, 2008

Work on a steel beam construction to save a diseased chestnut tree that Anne Frank mentioned in her diary as she hid in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam is finished. to external website

Work begins to preserve Anne Frank's chestnut tree

FOXNews, April 4, 2008

Work to preserve the monumental chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis began and is expected to last a week. to external website

Spanish musical treats Anne Frank seriously

Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2008

The concept raises eyebrows, but creators of the show playing in Madrid say it is respectful, inspirational and educational. to external website

First picture of the boy who won heart of Anne Frank

The Observer, February 24, 2008

The bright schoolgirl diarist fell for the handsome Peter Schiff in 1940. Now a photograph of him has been identified. to external website

Controversial Anne Frank musical hits the right note with Spanish audiences

Guardian Unlimited, February 23, 2008

A controversial Spanish musical telling the story of Anne Frank has its world premiere in Madrid, despite protests from her only surviving relative and the foundation that protects the rights to her diary. to external website

'Anne Frank' musical in motion

Variety, February 15, 2008

"The Diary of Anne Frank" is an unlikely vehicle to be made into a musical, once strictly the realm of love stories and lighter fare. But a Spanish tuner based on Frank's written account of her experiences -- starring a 13-year-old novice selected by the public -- is being readied for its premiere in Madrid, despite the misgivings of the book's copyright owners. to external website

Saving Anne Frank's chestnut: tree of hope or diseased threat?

The Independent, February 2, 2008

For Anne Frank, the majestic chestnut tree she gazed on from the attic window was a source of comfort as she hid from the Nazis. For today's visitors to the elegant Amsterdam terrace house, it cuts a rather more forlorn figure. to external website

Anne Frank Fund tries to stop musical based on her life

The Independent, February 3, 2008

The legal guardians of Anne Frank's memory have stepped in at the 11th hour to try to stop a controversial Spanish musical about the life of one of the Holocaust's best-known victims going ahead. to external website

Anne Frank postcard won't be withdrawn

Radio Netherlands, January 29, 2008

The distribution in the Netherlands of a free postcard depicting Anne Frank wearing a Palestinian scarf will not be stopped, according to editor-in-chief Pascale Bosboom of Boomerang publishers. to external website

Dutch Jewish group slams card of Anne Frank in kaffiyeh

Haaretz, January 27, 2008

A Dutch Jewish organization last week condemned the distribution of a postcard showing a manipulated image of Anne Frank wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh, calling it "a tasteless falsification of history." to external website

Anne Frank's tree wins reprieve

Radio Netherlands, January 23, 2008

The tree which Anne Frank could see from her secret WWII hideout in Amsterdam has been saved from the axe. The decision means the horse chestnut will likely remain in place for as long as 15 years. to external website

Council right on Anne Frank tree licence

DutchNews.nl, January 16, 2008

New talks are taking place to decide the fate of the 'Anne Frank tree' following a ruling that the Amsterdam city centre borough council was within its rights to grant a licence for the tree to be chopped down last year. to external website

Muslim plays Anne Frank in Germany

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, January 16, 2008

Asli Bayram, a daughter of Turkish immigrants who won Germany's national beauty pageant in 2005, has since turned to acting and plays Anne Frank in a one-woman show that opened in Frankfurt. to external website

Musical on Anne Frank stirs debate on treatment of Holocaust

Earthtimes, January 10, 2008

The upcoming premiere of the musical on Anne Frank has sparked a debate on what kinds of limits should govern the artistic treatment of a subject which is bound to be taken up by artists for decades to come. to external website

Anne Frank's diary to be made into a musical

Guardian Unlimited, January 7, 2008

It might not seem the most obvious material for a song-and-dance number, but the Diary of Anne Frank will take centre stage when a Spanish musical based on the most famous book about the Holocaust opens in Madrid. to external website

Replica of Anne Frank's annex opens inside Liverpool cathedral

International Herald Tribune, January 4, 2008

This port city is unveiling an exhibition dedicated to the Jewish teenager Anne Frank, placing a reconstruction of her bedroom in Amsterdam beneath the towering arches of Liverpool's neo-Gothic Anglican cathedral. to external website

Anne Frank tree ok for five more years

DutchNews.nl, January 4, 2008

The horse chestnut tree which Anne Frank wrote about in her Second World War diary can survive another five to 15 years, according to eight tree experts, the Volkskrant reports. to external website

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