The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/anne-frank/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:52:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Anne Frank | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/anne-frank/ 32 32 ‘Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally’: Trump antisemitism envoy refutes Walz ICE comparison https://www.timesofisrael.com/anne-frank-was-in-amsterdam-legally-trump-antisemitism-envoy-refutes-walz-ice-comparison/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:47:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3743156 Kaploun says Minnesota governor's comment over crackdown 'cheapens the horror of the Holocaust'; US Holocaust Museum blasts 'false equivalencies'

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]]> Minnesota gov. invokes Anne Frank while decrying ICE, draws rebuke from Holocaust Museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/minnesota-governor-invokes-anne-frank-while-decrying-ice-drawing-rebuke-from-us-holocaust-museum/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:15:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3742206 Without naming Walz, museum notes Anne Frank 'was murdered solely because she was Jewish,' says drawing 'false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable'

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]]> Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister and Holocaust survivor, dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/eva-schloss-anne-franks-stepsister-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-96/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:19:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3726749 Schloss knew the diarist when they lived opposite each other in Amsterdam, co-founded Anne Frank Trust UK for Holocaust education; her mother married Otto Frank after war

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]]> German painting of Anne Frank wearing keffiyeh sparks outrage https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-painting-of-anne-frank-in-keffiyeh-sparks-outrage/ Thu, 25 Dec 2025 13:12:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3719697 German and Israeli officials say the depiction of the teen girl, a universal symbol of the Holocaust, crosses the line from legitimate art to antisemitic propaganda

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]]> New AI-guided tour shows visitors occupied Amsterdam through Anne Frank’s eyes https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-ai-guided-tour-shows-visitors-occupied-amsterdam-through-anne-franks-eyes/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:39:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3595231 'We created this product to bring Anne Frank closer to more people,' says project's director; tour takes 4-mile route around Dutch capital, gives immersive view of life under Nazis

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]]> Anne Frank’s best friend, to whom she wrote farewell letter in hiding, dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/anne-franks-best-friend-who-she-wrote-farewell-letter-to-in-hiding-dies-at-96/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 04:48:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3482867 Jacqueline van Maarsen, a classmate of the diarist, was able to survive Holocaust as her Christian-raised mother had her and her sister declared to be non-Jews

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]]> NYC replica of famed Anne Frank House amplifies humanity of those murdered by Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-replica-of-famed-anne-frank-house-amplifies-humanity-of-those-murdered-by-nazis/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:19:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3465576 Reproduction of tiny Amsterdam annex where young diarist hid with her family opens to the public at the Center for Jewish History on Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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]]> Netherlands grants public access to dossiers on 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators https://www.timesofisrael.com/netherlands-grants-public-access-to-dossiers-on-425000-suspected-nazi-collaborators/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:34:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3452100 Documents at Dutch Central Archives were previously available only to researchers and relatives of those accused

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]]> Masked neo-Nazi protesters target Michigan production of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ play https://www.timesofisrael.com/masked-neo-nazi-protesters-target-michigan-production-of-diary-of-anne-frank-play/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:44:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3418363 5 demonstrators with swastika flags reportedly chant pro-Trump slogan outside community theater production in small town of Howell, near Lansing; audience told during intermission

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]]> Full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden annex heads to New York for exhibition https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-scale-replica-of-anne-franks-hidden-annex-heads-to-new-york-for-exhibition/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:35:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3398398 Meticulous reconstruction of Jewish family's hideaway to be shown at Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, along with artifacts such as yellow star, 'Forbidden For Jews' sign

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]]> Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam park vandalized again with pro-Palestinian graffiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/anne-frank-statue-in-amsterdam-park-vandalized-again-with-pro-palestinian-graffiti/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:03:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3347168 Police say memorial defaced for second time in less than a month

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]]> Graffiti in Norway of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh sparks outrage https://www.timesofisrael.com/graffiti-in-norway-of-anne-frank-wearing-a-keffiyeh-sparks-outrage/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:54:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3340724 Anonymous artist Töddel claims teen killed in Holocaust would support their call to end 'the killings of the innocent women and children in Gaza'

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]]> Anne Frank monument in Amsterdam vandalized with red ‘Gaza’ graffiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/anne-frank-monument-in-amsterdam-vandalized-with-red-gaza-graffiti/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:31:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3328709 Mayor calls incident 'unbelievable disgrace,' as city removes slogan daubed on statue; police arrest suspect in vandalism of Christian-Zionist community center near Utrecht

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]]> After WWII, Dutch tram company demanded cash for transporting Anne Frank to the camps https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-wwii-dutch-tram-company-demanded-cash-for-transporting-anne-frank-to-the-camps/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:02:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3240527 Documents show Amsterdam's GVB billed West Germany for the final transports of some 48,000 Holocaust victims, including the diarist and her family

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]]> Nazi gorillas and Hitler as a clown: Holocaust survivor’s cartoons on show in Berlin https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-gorillas-and-hitler-as-a-clown-holocaust-survivors-cartoons-on-show-in-berlin/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:11:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3220243 Full collection of Curt Block's satirical magazines goes on display eight decades after he created them with a fountain pen and newspaper cutouts while hiding in a Dutch attic

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