ANNE FRANK

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — (AP) — A Jewish group that commissioned a survey on Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands said Wednesday that the results show “a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical facts about the Holocaust,” prompting calls for better education in the nation that was home to diarist Anne Frank and her family. Of the 140,000 Jews who lived in the Netherlands before World War II, 102,000 were murdered in the Holocaust. Despite that grim history, 53% of those surveyed do not cite the Netherlands as a country where the Holocaust took place. “Survey after survey, we continue to witness a decline in Holocaust knowledge and awareness. In 2021, he opened a Holocaust monument in Amsterdam.

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The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne's world-famous diary, for helping to keep Anne's memory alive with stories about their youth.

One of Jewish diarist Anne Frank’s best friends has died at age 93.

STOCKHOLM — (AP) — A Sweden Democrats official was suspended by the far-right party for making degrading comments about Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank. In an Instagram posting that has now been deleted, Rebecka Fallenkvist called Anne “immoral” among other things, according to Swedish media. His posting included what appeared to be a screenshot of Fallenkvist's Instagram post. Sweden Democrats was founded in the 1980s by people who had been active in right-wing extremist groups, including neo-Nazis. The party emerged as Sweden’s second-largest party in the Sept. 11 election under the leadership of Jimmie Akesson.

An official from the far-right Sweden Democrats has been suspended from her duties for making degrading comments about Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank.

A new PBS documentary series by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," examines how United States policy was not always an open door for Jews in Europe who sought to flee Nazi persecution before and during World War II.

California Rep. Mike Garcia and others drawing analogies to Hitler cheapen history and violate the true victims.

California Rep. Mike Garcia and others drawing analogies to Hitler cheapen history and violate the true victims.

Anne Frank Hideout Reconstruction Is Presented At Madame Tussauds Berlin BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 09: A wax figure of Anne Frank and their hideout reconstruction is unveiled at Madame Tussauds on March 9, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty ImPhoto by Andreas Rentz/Getty Imagesages/Getty Images)Three videos that portray the last months of Anne Frank’s life are being released Thursday, the 78th anniversary of the arrest by Nazis of Anne and her family. >> Read more trending newsThe English version of “Anne Frank — After the Arrest” features an actress playing the young Jewish diarist recounting the last six months of her life, according to The Associated Press. Anne Frank went to Camp Westerbork in the eastern Netherlands and later Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. The Van Pels family followed a week later and months later, they were joined by an eighth person: Fritz Pfeffer, an acquaintance of the Frank family.

The Anne Frank House museum is releasing an English-language version of three videos in which an actress playing the young Jewish diarist describes the last six months of her life.

The urge to document our lives during crisis is widely shared among writers.

A cold case team published what it called the "most likely scenario" of who betrayed the Jewish teen and her family. But a group of Dutch historians wrote an in-depth criticism of that work.

The move came after a group of Dutch historians has published an in-depth "refutation" that described the cold case team's findings as "a shaky house of cards."

Netherlands Anne Frank FILE - A photo of Anne Frank stands on a replica of the writing desk she once used in her family's former apartment in Amsterdam, during an event to mark what would have been Anne Frank's 90th birthday, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The cold case team's research, which was published early this year in the book "The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation," by Canadian academic and author Rosemary Sullivan, immediately drew criticism in the Netherlands. Dutch filmmaker Thijs Bayens, who had the idea to put together the cold case team, conceded in January that the team did not have 100% certainty about Van den Bergh. The Anne Frank House museum, which is based in the building where the Frank family hid, had no immediate comment on the historian's research. In January, museum director Ronald Leopold called the cold case team's conclusion “an interesting theory” but said he believed that "there are still many missing pieces of the puzzle.

A group of Dutch historians has published an in-depth criticism of the work and conclusion of a cold case team that said it had pieced together the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

A group of Dutch historians has published an in-depth criticism of the work and conclusion of a cold case team that said it had pieced together the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. The cold case team's research, which was published early this year in the book “The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation,” by Canadian academic and author Rosemary Sullivan, immediately drew criticism in the Netherlands. Now, in a 69-page written “refutation,” six historians and academics describe the cold case team’s findings as “a shaky house of cards.”

“I apologize for my reference to Anne Frank, especially to families that suffered the Holocaust horrors,” Kennedy said in a tweet Tuesday morning. She called the reference to Anne Frank “reprehensible and insensitive.”“The atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. Kennedy, a nephew of President John F. Kennedy and the son of his slain brother, former U.S. attorney general, civil rights activist and Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy, on Sunday had complained that the nation's leading infectious disease doctor, Anthony Fauci, was orchestrating "fascism." You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,” he told the crowd. In his Tuesday apology, Kennedy did not address his past invocations of Nazis, Hitler and the Holocaust when discussing vaccines.

Virus Outbreak Vaccine Protest Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is broadcast on a large screen as he speaks during an anti-vaccine rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. “I apologize for my reference to Anne Frank, especially to families that suffered the Holocaust horrors,” Kennedy said in a tweet Tuesday morning. She called the reference to Anne Frank “reprehensible and insensitive.”“The atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,” he told the crowd. Kennedy apologized in 2015 after he used the word “holocaust” to describe children whom he believes were hurt by vaccines.

Anti-vaccine activist Robert F.

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"Making reckless comparisons to the Holocaust, the murder of six million Jews, for a political agenda is outrageous and deeply offensive. Those who carelessly invoke Anne Frank, the star badge, and the Nuremberg Trials exploit history and the consequences of hate," the museum said Monday in a statement posted to Twitter. The museum also pointed out that Anne Frank was one of the 1.5 million children who died during the Holocaust. Kennedy apologized in 2015, after he used the word "holocaust" to describe children whom he believes were hurt by vaccines. Gorski said Kennedy has been making Nazi and Holocaust references in relation to vaccines since at least 2013.

Holocaust Memorial Museum said. Those who carelessly invoke Anne Frank, the star badge, and the Nuremberg Trials exploit history and the consequences of hate," the museum said Monday in a statement posted to Twitter. The museum also pointed out that Anne Frank was one of the 1.5 million children who died during the Holocaust. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,” said Kennedy, a nephew of President John F. Kennedy and the son of his slain brother, former Attorney General, civil rights activist and democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy. Gorski said Kennedy has been making Nazi and Holocaust references in relation to vaccines since at least 2013.

In a story published January 24, 2022, about Robert F.

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Anne Frank case: A team of investigators have tabbed a Jewish notary as the person who turned in Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Who Betrayed Anne Frank? While hiding in Amsterdam, Anne Frank wrote about her experiences in her diary, “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,” which was published by her father in 1947. Otto Frank, the lone survivor, was, for a time, determined to find out who betrayed his family. https://t.co/Okgmh9LOOK pic.twitter.com/RrFwY9zw2o — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 17, 2022Sullivan said the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel, Switzerland -- one of two charitable organizations started by Otto Frank -- would not cooperate with her, the Times reported.

Netherlands Anne Frank Ronald Leopold, executive director Anne Frank House, gestures as he talks next to the passage to the secret annex during an interview in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years may have solved one of World War II's enduring mysteries: Who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family? Their answer, outlined in a new book, is that it most likely was a Jewish lawyer called Arnold van den Bergh. The Anne Frank House museum in the canal-side Amsterdam building that includes the secret annex welcomed the new research, but said it also leaves questions unanswered. The museum gave the researchers access to its archives for the cold case project.

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II's enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. “We have investigated over 30 suspects in 20 different scenarios, leaving one scenario we like to refer to as the most likely scenario,” said film maker Thijs Bayens, who had the idea to put together the cold case team, that was led by retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke, to forensically examine the evidence.

Investigating who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis; Chris Stapleton on his life and career.

A look at three different people suspected of leading police to the Franks' secret annex in Amsterdam—and why investigators crossed them off their list.

A retired FBI special agent and a team of investigators believe they've solved one of the world's most well-known and tragic cold cases.

In 2006, 60 Minutes showed to the public artifacts from the Nazi archives, including Oskar Schindler's list and the file that tracked the movement of Anne Frank.

Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age, garnering an Oscar nomination for “Married to the Mob” and Emmy nominations for “Quantum Leap,” has died.

King Willem-Alexander has officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam’s historic Jewish Quarter to honor the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.

A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who devoted much of her life to fighting antisemitism and racism in post-war Germany has died.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Elin Hilderbrand has asked that a reference to Anne Frank in her new novel be taken out after numerous online readers alleged the passage was insensitive and anti-Semitic. “In a flashback scene in Elin Hilderbrand’s novel ‘Golden Girl,’ the main character Vivi compares herself to Anne Frank,” publisher, Little, Brown and Company, announced Friday. “We are removing this passage from the digital edition of the book immediately, and from all future print editions.”In “Golden Girl,” Vivi and her friend Savannah are talking about staying in the attic of Savannah's home and whether Savannah's parents would approve. “Like ... like Anne Frank?”Hilderbrand is known for such bestsellers as “The Identicals” and “Summer of '69,” in which one character is reading “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Responding to complaints about “Golden Girl” on Instagram, Hildebrand wrote that she had made a “poor choice, that was tasteless and offensive." She added: "Those of you who have read Summer of '69 will realize Anne Frank was a courageous young woman whom I revere, and her story remains deeply influential in my life."

A large rainbow flag flies from the bell tower of Wester Church to mark the 20th anniversary of the first legalized same-sex marriage in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Twenty years ago, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the world with legalized same-sex marriage. The three crosses of the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam are seen above the flag. “At the same time it is a moment to recognize that the struggle is not yet over; not worldwide, not nationally, but also not in Amsterdam,” Mayor Femke Halsema told The Associated Press. Since the historic event in Amsterdam 20 years ago, same-sex marriage has been made legal in 28 countries worldwide, as well as the self-governing island of Taiwan.

An Anne Frank statue in Idaho that officials say is the only monument to the Holocaust victim in the country was defaced with a swastika symbol sticker this week. Boise Mayor Lauren McLean said in an online news conference with community leaders Thursday that authorities are investigating the vandalism at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. "The vandalism that occurred at the Anne Frank memorial is reprehensible," McLean said. The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial was built as a physical statement of our shared values. "This is the only Anne Frank memorial in the United States.

Portraits of Auschwitz death camp prisoners are displayed on a mesh as actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, perform during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)BUCHAREST – The latest premiere at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. Friday's debut of “The Beautiful Days of My Youth” by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Oct. 9, the day when deportations of Romania’s Jews and Roma began in 1941. Some 280,000 Jews and 11,000 Roma were deported and killed under Romania's pro-Nazi regime during World War II.

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie appears at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day at Seattle's City Hall. Alexie is included in a list of authors who wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association. The association does not formally count the number of times books are actually removed from a library shelf or from a school reading list. “There are actually two lines of objections to the Anne Frank diary,” Caldwell-Stone says.

THE HAGUE – A friend of World War II Jewish diarist Anne Frank laid the first stone Wednesday at a new memorial under construction in Amsterdam to honor all Dutch victims of the Holocaust. “I almost can't believe it, but it is now really happening,” Jacques Grishaver, chairman of the Netherlands Auschwitz Committee, said in a statement. “The first of the more than 102,000 stones has been laid.”The last of the stones, each of which is engraved with a name, is expected to be placed in the memorial in March. A Dutch court cleared the way last year for the memorial to be constructed. Amsterdam Municipality had granted permission for construction to start in 2017, but residents argued that it was too big for the location and could cause traffic problems.