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Voting in the Anne Frank House
National elections in the Netherlands will be held on Wednesday November 22 2023. The Anne Frank House is one of the voting locations on that day.

Freedom of expression
The images from Israel and Gaza – images of innocent civilian victims – cause emotions to run high, including my own. But does that make it all right to say or chant anything?

Israel and Gaza
Increasing antisemitism, increasing hatred, increasing polarization do not make a constructive contribution in any way.

Animated film on democracy now also online
How can you resist the erosion of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism? An animation, on display at the Anne Frank House since this summer, provides some guidance.

Attack on Israel
We are deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel.

Statement on criminal case projection on Anne Frank House
The criminal case against the man suspected of projecting an antisemitic text onto the Anne Frank House early this year was heard by the court today.

Statement: banning of Anne Frank graphic adaption in Texas
A teacher at a school in Texas has been fired after discussing in class the graphic adaption of Anne Frank’s diary by Ari Folman and David Polonsky, from 2018.

Young people from Ukraine visit the Anne Frank House
Forty young people from Ukraine will be visiting the Anne Frank House this weekend. A number of them will be bringing a diary in which they write about their own lives against the background of the war in their country.