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Remembering Kristallnacht
In the night of 9-10 November 1938 Nazis set fire to hundreds of synagogues and destroyed thousands of Jewish-owned shops. Antisemitism in Nazi Germany expressed itself in broken glass.
In memoriam Wim Kok
Wim Kok, who died on Saturday 20 October 2018 at the age of 80, was the chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Anne Frank House from 2004 to 2016. Wim Kok was both a reflective and a forceful chairman, who was deeply dedicated to the mission of our organisation.
Book an introductory program
Do you wish to visit the Anne Frank House well prepared? Then book an introductory program, individually or with a group. A museum visit is included.
Summer School 1938.2018
In cooperation between the Anne Frank House and the Anne Frank Zentrum, and with the support of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education), the Summer School »1938.2018. Remember the Past. Respond to the Present« is taking place in Berlin this week.
Anne Frank House VR launched
Today, on Anne Frank's 89th birthday, the Anne Frank House, Force Field VR and Oculus launch a virtual reality tour of Anne Frank's hiding place: Anne Frank House VR.
New texts from diary of Anne Frank revealed
The Anne Frank House, together with the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, today presents the hidden text on two pages covered up with gummed paper in the first diary of Anne Frank, with its red checked cover.
Anne Frank House welcomes 1.266.966 visitors
That is a high number in view of the renewal work that was started in the museum. The Anne Frank House stayed (and is staying) open during the work.
Cold Case Diary
Proditione Media is currently working on a production, ‘Cold Case Diary’, in which research will be carried out into the arrest of Anne Frank and the other people in hiding in the Secret Annex. The background to and the exact details of the arrest of Anne Frank are issues that many people still find very compelling.