And yet, for all that, Anne Frank remains something of an abstraction, especially for the many who have never trekked to Amsterdam and the Anne Frank House museum, which houses hundreds of artifacts and personal items of the Frank family. It also contains the infamous secret annex hidden behind a bookcase, which has been carefully preserved.
The show, which opens on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, recreates the annex where Anne and her family hid from the Nazis.
"Anne Frank The Exhibition" opens in Manhattan, featuring over 100 items reflecting Anne Frank's life and the Holocaust.
“Anne Frank: The Exhibition” features a replica of the hidden annex where eight Jewish people, including Anne and her family, lived for two years between July 1942 and August 1944 before they were discovered and sent to death camps.
The exhibit from Amsterdam features a reproduction of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid before being captured by the Nazis.
People attending the exhibit at the Center for Jewish History will see dozens of personal items and a re-creation of Anne's kitchen including appliances during the two years the Franks lived in hiding.
For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne’s hiding place during the devastation of the Holocaust.
It is also where Anne Frank penned her diary, cited in history books worldwide. In an effort to make her story even more accessible, the museum has partnered on a new exhibit in Manhattan.
Dutch set designers spent months poring over Frank’s diaries and sourcing vintage furniture from the Netherlands for NYC exhibit.