About the Awards

Each year in celebration of Anne Frank’s birthday, the Anne Frank Center sponsors the Spirit of Anne Frank Awards to recognize a humanitarian, a writer, a educator and a student who uphold Anne’s ideals of hope, justice, and equality.

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Congressman John Lewis speaks at the 2017 Spirit of Anne Frank Awards

Thank you!

​As Anne Frank said, “no one ever became poor by giving.”

Only through your generosity can we continue our educational programs and outreach, fulfilling the hope for humanity Anne Frank shared with the world.