Join us for an opening reception of Anne Frank: A History for Today, which is on exhibit from January 15-April 14, 2015.
Free and Open to the Public

Between 1942 and 1944, Anne Frank [born 1929] hid with her family in an attic in Amsterdam, writing daily in her diary. She did not survive the war and died of typhus in a concentration camp. Anne Frank: A History for Today depicts Anne Frank’s brief life story, abundantly illustrated with family photos and passages from her diary. Her biographical narrative is enhanced by testimony from Holocaust survivors and helpers. Historical context supplements the story through documents and photographs detailing the rise of Nazi power in Germany and the tumultuous events of the Second World War and the Holocaust that followed.

The exhibit goes beyond the Anne Frank story and encourages the viewer to consider fundamental social values – tolerance, mutual respect, human rights, and democracy – as a way to educate the viewer about our individual and collective responsibilities to understand and respect diversity in our contemporary society.

Anne Frank: A History for Today was developed by the Anne Frank House and is sponsored in North America by the Anne Frank Center USA. The exhibit has been generously funded by the Holzman Foundation Inc./Renee and Irwin Holzman. Additional funding has been gratefully received from Lisa Kaner; Leonard and Lois Schnitzer Supporting Foundation of OJCF; Jewish Federation of Greater Portland; Gloria Bacharach and Family; Friends of the Oregon Holocaust Memorial; Oregon Holocaust Survivors, Refugees and Families; and the Next Generation Group.