Anne and Margot dressed for Purim in 1932
the Jewish holiday Purim
The Story of Purim The holiday commemorates the events that took place in the Persian Empire during the 4th century BCE. The villain of the story is Haman, the king's…
”How wonderful is is that no one has to wait, but we can start right now to gradually change the world!”
Changing the World, Right Now In a small, hidden room in Amsterdam, a teenage girl wrote words that would one day inspire millions. Anne Frank, confined to the Secret Annex…
Anne in her diary on 29 March 1944.
The Diary That Became a Book On March 29, 1944, a small piece of news from a radio broadcast sparked a monumental idea in the mind of a teenage girl.…
Anne, 1939
Anne in her diary April 5, 1944.
The Girl Who Wanted to Live Forever On April 5, 1944, confined to the Secret Annex, Anne Frank wrote a passage in her diary that would become a profound statement…
On April 9th 1934, Anne was finally allowed to go to kindergarten
The School That Knew Anne For a child as strong-willed and independent as Anne Frank, a traditional classroom would have been a poor fit. Fortunately, on April 9, 1934, she…
In April 1942, the family Frank and the van Pels family, celebrated Passover together.
The Last Seder: A Memory of Light Before the forced silence of the Secret Annex, there was the quiet celebration of Passover. In April 1942, just a few short months…
Anne and Margot, 1938
The concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated on April 15, 1945.
The Last Days of Bergen-Belsen On April 15, 1945, the British army liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. For the exhausted and starving prisoners, it should have been a moment of…
In the fall of 1939, Juanita Wagner picked a name from a list of pen pals.
The Pen Pal Who Knew a Secret In the quiet classrooms of Iowa, a ten-year-old girl named Juanita Wagner was given a simple assignment: choose a name from a list…
Margot and Anne, 1941
In April 1941, Otto Frank wrote to his old friend Nathan Straus Jr, the son of the founder of Macy’s department stores in New York.
The Door That Never Opened Before the secret rooms and whispered prayers of the Secret Annex, there was a quiet desperation to leave. In April 1941, Otto Frank reached out…
On January 19, 1945, the last transport of 2500 prisoners left Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Last Journey of Peter van Pels On January 19, 1945, a brutal winter had settled over Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was on this day that the final transport of 2,500 prisoners…