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After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach ‘Night’ and other Holocaust books

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:26:22 +0000

Dan Patrick clarifies to JTA that Texas schoolchildren should read Elie Wiesel's memoir and 'Diary of Anne Frank,' both of which he had included on list of 'dirty, filthy and vulgar books'

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Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister and Holocaust survivor, dies at 96

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:19:37 +0000

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

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 13:12:41 +0000

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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NYC replica of famed Anne Frank House amplifies humanity of those murdered by Nazis

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:19:19 +0000

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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Masked neo-Nazi protesters target Michigan production of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ play

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:44:59 +0000

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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Texas school district pulls Anne Frank’s diary after right-wing group’s complaint

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:40:10 +0000

Superintendent removes 676 books, including seminal texts about Holocaust and antisemitism, amid calls from conservative activists

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Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:49:18 +0000

Parents complain about sexual passage from 2018 version of diary that restored some portions of initial book that had been cut

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In new memoir, Anne Frank’s best friend tells incredible story of Holocaust survival

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:28:16 +0000

In 'My Best Friend Anne Frank,' the late Hannah Pick-Goslar talks about how she grew up with the future icon and their brief reunion at Bergen-Belsen during Frank's last days

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Amid push to ban books in US schools, some call new Anne Frank graphic novel ‘porn’

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 03:20:11 +0000

As a movement to police kids' literature becomes a political force that may impact the 2024 election, the famous Holocaust diary is the subject of a growing number of controversies

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‘Waltz with Bashir’ illustrator’s creativity on exhibit in Tel Aviv

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 04:46:44 +0000

'Illustrations: David Polonsky' offers glimpse at how the artist helped craft the successful film, as well as his work on an Anne Frank graphic novel and various other projects

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In Sarajevo, Ari Folman talks genocide, animating Anne Frank and pleasing his mother

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:39:18 +0000

Speaking with ToI at the Sarajevo Film Festival where he screened 'Where is Anne Frank,' the Israeli director dishes on an array of complex topics - just like his movies do

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Texas district that banned Anne Frank adaptation backtracks amid outcry

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:43:42 +0000

Reimagining of Holocaust diary is back on shelves, along with Bible, as parents crowd raucous school board meeting to criticize guidelines banning 'pornographic' books

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Adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary banned by Texas school district

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:30:44 +0000

Fort Worth-area school board, newly controlled by conservatives, pulls all books challenged by a parent last year, likely including the Bible, pending a review

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Anne Frank’s last six months depicted in new videos

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 19:05:39 +0000

'Anne Frank - After the Arrest,' being released in English Thursday by Dutch museum, shows young Holocaust diarist's deportation and death, filling in what she could not write

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Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book from stores after derisive criticism

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:33:41 +0000

Team of historians and academics rejected allegations that prominent Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh revealed Frank family's hideout, calling findings 'a shaky house of cards'

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