Alice Hoffman's new book will imagine Anne Frank's life before she kept a diary
With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frankโs life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the childrenโs publisher Scholastic.
Ukrainian children's war diaries are displayed in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank wrote in hiding
The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi occupation is hosting an exhibition about the Ukraine war with grim echoes of her plight more than three quarters of a century later.
Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
A high school along Floridaโs Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust.
Videos in English depict last 6 months of Anne Frank's life
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.
Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critique
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 โmost likely scenarioโ of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.
Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank
A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War IIโs enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the โmost likely scenarioโ of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.
Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85
Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age, garnering an Oscar nomination for โMarried to the Mobโ and Emmy nominations for โQuantum Leap,โ has died.
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Dutch king unveils Holocaust name monument in Amsterdam
King Willem-Alexander has officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdamโs historic Jewish Quarter to honor the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.
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Pink cake on canals: Amsterdam celebrates same-sex weddings
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. โAt 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,โ 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.
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Romania's Jewish State Theater explores work on Holocaust
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 โ 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 โThe Beautiful Days of My Youthโ by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Oct. 9, the day when deportations of Romaniaโs 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.
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Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
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. โThere are actually two lines of objections to the Anne Frank diary,โ Caldwell-Stone says.
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First stone laid at Dutch Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam
THE HAGUE โ 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. โI almost can't believe it, but it is now really happening,โ Jacques Grishaver, chairman of the Netherlands Auschwitz Committee, said in a statement. โThe first of the more than 102,000 stones has been laid.โThe 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.