Vandals paint ‘Free Gaza’ on statue of Anne Frank

Police in the Netherlands are searching for vandals who wrote ‘Free Gaza’ in paint on a sculpture of Anne Frank. Read more

Two Holocaust missions in Amsterdam for Anne

In 2015, during a visit to Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, a Sydney Jewish Museum’s curatorial volunteer, Anne Slade, was asked by the then International Project Manager at the House, Levien Rouw, to undertake the task of locating people who had written to Otto Frank, Anne’s father, following the publication of the Diary of Anne Frank. Read more

Majority of Dutch adults don’t know the Holocaust occurred in the Netherlands, study finds

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) on Wednesday released a new study which exposed a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical facts about the Holocaust and the Netherlands’ own connection to Holocaust history. Read more

Anne Frank: a unique day in Wellington

A new memorial to Anne Frank has brought together a unique gathering of committed members of the Wellington community. Read more

Keshet Studios, Disney to produce series on woman who sheltered Anne Frank

Keshet Studios will produce a limited series for Disney+ about Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Read more

Fund head criticises Anne Frank case probe

The head of a foundation set up by Anne Frank’s father has criticised an investigation into her betrayal to the Nazis that named a Jewish notary as a leading suspect, saying it’s “full of errors” and offers no proof, a Swiss newspaper reports. Read more

Memorial honouring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam

A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. Read more

Boyd Klap honoured for maintaining the memory of Anne Frank

Over a decade of activities promoting the memory and messages of Anne Frank’s short life was recognized last week with a special presentation to 94-year-old Dutch-born Boyd (Boudewijn) Klap. Read more

U.S. Target removes costume resembling clothes worn by Jewish diarist Anne Frank

A costume that appears to look like an outfit worn by the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank during World War II and the Holocaust has been removed from Target’s website, a spokesperson for the retailer told JNS on Tuesday. Read more

Castle Hill Players stage the unforgettable and touching story of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett will play in Sydney at the Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill from 20 September to 12 October. Read more

Diary of a Young Girl = Te Rātaka a Tētahi Kōhine

The commemoration of what would have been Anne Frank’s 90th birthday, had she survived Bergen-Belsen, was a double event for the Wellington Jewish community. Read more

Anne Frank: ‘Let Me Be Myself’ Exhibition tours New Zealand

The Wellington-based Holocaust Centre of New Zealand (HCNZ) has welcomed the exhibition Anne Frank: Let Me Be Myself to New Zealand which has opened in Auckland. Read more

Teach passengers on future ‘Anne Frank’ train the history of Holocaust deportations

Following reports that Germany’s national railway plans to name a high-speed train after Anne Frank, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder urged Deutsche Bahn to contextualise its decision and provide passengers of the ICE Inter-city Express with information about its predecessor company’s role in the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust. Read more

Anne Frank on Antisemitism

The theatre production of The Diary of Anne Frank is playing in Newtown, Sydney. I saw it last month when it opened…writes Julie Nathan. Read more

Forum on Anne Frank

A forum will discuss intolerance in 2015 ahead of a performance of the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Sydney’s New Theatre. Read more

In search of Anne Frank’s father’s letters

The Sydney Jewish Museum and Holland’s iconic Anne Frank House have launched a search for a series of typed and hand written letters that Otto Frank wrote to Australian pen pals in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s. Read more

From generation to generation. From culture to culture

The Anne Frank exhibition opened today at the Sydney Jewish Museum…and  its first visitors were members of a family from North Queensland. Read more

ADC condemns defacing of Anne Frank diaries

U.N. International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Wellington

Wellington’s UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day was honored by New Zealand’s Attorney-General and honoured the organiser of the Anne Frank tour. Read more

Anne Frank in Sovereign Hill

Touring exhibition “Anne Frank – A History for Today” is now on show at Sovereign Hill’s Gold Museum in Victoria.

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