As Memory of Holocaust Fades, Genocide Education Becomes Increasingly Critical
Anne Frank Center joins with legislators to “educate against hate” across the United States Today, only one in five U.S. states mandates that schools include the history of the Holocaust and other genocides in their curriculum. The impact of such educational scarcity has become clear: Nearly a quarter of American millennials say they’ve never heard […]
Anne Frank Center Welcomes Scholarly Addition
The Anne Frank Center USA celebrates and endorses the continued partnership between the University of South Carolina and the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Recent media coverage has mistakenly written that the University of South Carolina Anne Frank Center was the first Anne Frank Center in the United States. The Anne Frank Center USA was […]
Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect decries complicit violence
It is difficult right now to stay focused on “hope,” while we mourn the loss of George Floyd and countless others murdered by police brutality and the corrupt system that enables such racial violence. Some have suggested this is a post-racial world: that we each have the same opportunities, that ethnicity has no bearing on […]
Anne Frank Center Response to Covid-19
Dear AFC family, We begin with a wish for the health and safety of every member of the Anne Frank Center USA community. As with thousands of organizations around the world, we are hoping for the best but making preparations for continued operations and delivery of our mission in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
The Anne Frank Center USA and Context Travel announce partnership to spread the message of mutual respect and courage through live, online seminars
As the uncertainty of 2020 continues, two organizations are coming together to share a message of courage. Translated in 70 languages and with over 30 million copies sold, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has inspired generations of youth. Her words are quoted alongside great human rights leaders like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther […]
Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect: Lack of Mandated Holocaust and Genocide Education a National Scandal
Today, on December 9th, on what is International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect calls upon legislators of 40 states to pass and mandate Holocaust and Genocide education. For several years, the Anne Frank […]
Anne Frank Sapling Planted at United Nations to Educate and Inspire Future Generations
Today, on what would have been Anne Frank’s 90th birthday, a tree was planted in her memory on the grounds of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. But not just any tree. In the two years Anne spent in hiding at the “Secret Annex”—her name for the hideaway she and her family occupied to […]
Christchurch, Pittsburgh, and Charleston Religious Leaders Join to Address Acts of Terrorism
Hatred tears us apart, but if we can rise against it together, not only can it also unite us, but make us stronger. The Anne Frank Center’s mission has always been to educate and inspire future generations to build a world based on mutual respect. Now, in response to the disturbing and growing worldwide trend […]
After Knowing Anne Frank as a Child, a Lifetime of Humanitarian Service
Anne Frank’s name and words have become so iconic that it can be easy to forget she lived not so long ago—recently enough to still be actively remembered by the people who knew her. One of those people is Pieter Kohnstam, who knew Anne as his babysitter when he was a child in Amsterdam, before […]
Four Inspiring Community Projects from Spirit of Anne Frank Student Scholarship Winners
Students and educators honored at Anne Frank Center’s Spirit of Anne Frank Awards Over the past few years, we have witnessed the level of impact young people can have not only on culture, but policy. As our nation’s schools have increasingly become targeted by acts of hatred and violence, so students’ roles in combatting such […]
