A replica of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis during World War II will open in New York next week. The recreation, the first outside of Amsterdam, aims to teach a new generation about the Holocaust through interactive displays and minimal text narration.
NEW YORK, United States — A replica of the annex where Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis will open in New York next week, targeting a new generation with the lessons of the Holocaust .The recreation of the cramped hiding space shared by Anne and seven others at Manhattan's Center for Jewish History is the first replica displayed outside of Amsterdam, and will be free to visit for thousands of schoolchildren.'They live in a different world.
Not just 'in the past' Mockups of the rooms used by Anne Frank and her family were recreated by an exhibition designer with experience of theater and opera using two scale models commissioned by Anne's father Otto Frank in the 1960s.The daily struggle of living in hiding is illustrated with ordinary objects and photos including artifacts that belonged to Anne Frank, like the first diary book gifted to her on her 13th birthday on June 12, 1942.
HOLOCAUST HISTORY ANN FRANK MUSEUM EDUCATION
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