The Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin was founded in 1998. Through its exhibition and educational work the centre not only commemorates the fate of the young Jewish girl, but it also calls into memory the crimes of National Socialism.
Amsterdam, undated, Anne Frank at her desk, Anne Frank Haus Amsterdam/ANNE FRANK-Fonds/Basel
Berlin, 2011, Sign at the entrance to the courtyard in Rosenthaler Straße, Stiftung Denkmal
For over two years, Anne Frank and her family hid in the rear building of a town house in Amsterdam in the hope of escaping persecution by the German occupying forces. In August 1944, the family was denounced, arrested by the Gestapo and soon afterwards deported. Anne Frank, her mother and her sister were deported to Auschwitz. In October 1944, she was transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she died of typhus in March 1945, aged 15. Her father, Otto Frank, was the only member of the family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, he made efforts to publish his daughter's diary, which soon became famous all over the world.
Amsterdam, undated, Anne Frank at her desk, Anne Frank Haus Amsterdam/ANNE FRANK-Fonds/Basel
Berlin, 2011, Sign at the entrance to the courtyard in Rosenthaler Straße, Stiftung Denkmal
Anne Frank's exact date of death is not known. She probably died of typhus at the beginning of March 1945, shortly before the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Berlin, 2011, Location of the Anne Frank Zentrum in the courtyard of Rosenthaler Straße 39, Stiftung Denkmal
Loburg, 2015, Guided tour in a travelling exhibition of the Anne Frank Zentrum, Anne Frank Zentrum
The Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin, founded in 1998, is the German partner organisation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. The centre in Berlin was established by a support association, which had been founded to supervise an exhibition about Anne Frank in the mid-1990s in Berlin. In 2002, the centre moved into the historic »Haus Schwarzenberg« building in Rosenthaler Straße in Berlin's Mitte district. Located there today are also the Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt and the »Silent Heroes« Memorial Centre.
The centre focuses both on history education and on working to overcome anti-Semitism and discrimination. The concept primarily addresses children, youths and families. The Anne Frank Zentrum has developed various travelling exhibitions in connection on these topics, and they have been shown all over Germany. The educationalists at the centre are themselves trained youths.
In November 2018, a new permanent exhibit »All About Anne« was set up as an an interactive learning venue in »Haus Schwarzenberg«. Through the life of Anne Frank and her diary the visitors receive a personal access to the history of the Holocaust. The exhibition also focuses on the subject of anti-Semitism in past and present.
The centre focuses both on history education and on working to overcome anti-Semitism and discrimination. The concept primarily addresses children, youths and families. The Anne Frank Zentrum has developed various travelling exhibitions in connection on these topics, and they have been shown all over Germany. The educationalists at the centre are themselves trained youths.
In November 2018, a new permanent exhibit »All About Anne« was set up as an an interactive learning venue in »Haus Schwarzenberg«. Through the life of Anne Frank and her diary the visitors receive a personal access to the history of the Holocaust. The exhibition also focuses on the subject of anti-Semitism in past and present.
Berlin, 2018, View of the exhibiton »All about Anne«, Anne Frank Zentrum, Gregor Zielke
Berlin, 2018, View of the exhibiton »All about Anne«, Anne Frank Zentrum, Gregor Zielke
- Name
- Anne Frank Zentrum
- Address
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Rosenthaler Straße 39
10178 Berlin - Phone
- +49(0)30 288 865 600
- Fax
- +49(0)30 288 865 601
- Web
- http://www.annefrank.de
- zentrum@annefrank.de
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., registered groups from 9 a.m.
- Possibilities
- Permanent exhibition »All About Anne«, educational programme for school groups and youth groups, thematic city walks and project days, readings, meetings with eyewitnesses, film screenings, lectures, touring exhibitions