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NEWS ABOUT: Anne Frank

Anne Frank stories: 8 news summaries
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Film of neighbor's wedding in 1941 was given to Holocaust victim's family in the 50s

Oct 2, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Anne Frank House has posted the only surviving video of the young diarist and Holocaust victim on YouTube. “The footage is very moving and very unique because these are the only moving images of Anne Frank,” a museum representative tells the Guardian. The film, of an... More »

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YouTube • Holocaust • museum • Netherlands • Amsterdam • World War II • Holland • Anne Frank • diary • footage • Otto Frank

(Newser) - Banning a book is a move laden with ironies that can make the banner seem dull-witted in the long run. For National Banned Books Week, 11Points.com lists "the most hypocritical, ignorant, and, based on the content of the books, ironic" bans:
  • Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury: 
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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • literature • Salman Rushdie • publishing • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • Mark Twain • banned • books • Fahrenheit 451 • Ray Bradbury • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • The Satanic Verses • banned books • National Banned Books Week

(Newser) - Disney has bought the rights to film a new adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, Variety reports. The diary of a young girl who hid from the Nazis was first filmed 50 years ago. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet will be writing and directing the movie, and Andrew Braunsberg,... More »

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Holocaust • Disney • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • movie rights • David Mamet

Museum Shooter Charged With Murder

Slain guard opened door as courtesy to
von Brunn, 88

Jun 11, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The suspect in yesterday’s Holocaust Museum shooting has been charged with murder, the AP reports, and could face the death penalty; hate-crime charges are also possible. Slain security guard Stephen Johns was opening the door for James von Brunn when the 88-year-old fatally shot him, CNN adds; guards fired... More »

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murder • Holocaust Museum • Anne Frank • shooting • Emmett Till • gun possession • murder charges • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

 Anne Frank Postcard Found 

Dutch teacher discovers holiday greeting from young Holocaust victim

Apr 24, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A postcard sent by Nazi victim Anne Frank to one of her best friends has been found in a Dutch antique shop, the BBC reports. The card, sent by the 8-year-old Anne in 1937, shows a Christmas bell in a snowy field and wishes her friend good luck for the... More »

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museum • Amsterdam • concentration camp • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank's Lost Love Revealed

Childhood friend of diarist's darling 'Petel' donates photo

Feb 27, 08 4:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Anne Frank's sweetheart now has a face to go along with his pet name. A photo of 12-year-old Lutz Peter Schiff, or Petel, as she sometimes called him, has been donated to the Anne Frank House by a childhood friend, reports ABC News. Frank wrote that she loved so strongly... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • love • Amsterdam • photograph • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • Anne Frank Foundation

'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

Account of life in Nazi-occupied Paris only now available

Jan 10, 08 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Often called France’s Anne Frank, Helene Berr was a young Jewish student living in Nazi-occupied Paris who, like Frank, kept a diary detailing the journey from her privileged life to the reality of her fate. Just published for the first time, the diary has become a literary phenomenon, selling... More »

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Holocaust • France • concentration camp • Nazi • book • Anne Frank • Helene Berr • typhus

Curtain Rising on
Anne Frank, the Musical

Creator compares teen's life to tragic opera

Jan 7, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - A first-of-its-kind musical adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank will take the stage in Madrid next month, the Guardian reports. The Spanish-language play gained the approval of the Anne Frank Foundation, which closely guards the rights to the story of the doomed Jewish teenager; a spokesman says the work... More »

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theater • Spain • Holocaust • history • Madrid • musical • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • Anne Frank Foundation

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