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The Anne Frank Foundation ( Dutch: Anne Frank Stichting) is a foundation in the Netherlands originally established to maintain the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. This foundation also advocates the fight against antisemitism and racism and publishes the Dutch annual Monitor Racisme en Extreem-rechts (Racism and Extreme Right Monitor), in which ...
Otto Frank was committed to a cosmopolitan society showing solidarity, without prejudice or marginalisation. In 1963 he established the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel. He designated the foundation as his sole heir and legal successor.
Take a look around and discover the Secret Annex where Anne Frank hid for more than 2 years during WWII and where she wrote her diary. Step inside Hiding in the Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht
The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
- Anne’s first years. Anne Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929. Anne’s sister Margot was three years her senior. Unemployment was high and poverty was severe in Germany, and it was the period in which Adolf Hitler and his party were gaining more and more supporters.
- Nazi Germany invades the Netherlands. Before long, Anne felt right at home in the Netherlands. She learned the language, made new friends and went to a Dutch school near her home.
- Anne has to go into hiding in the Secret Annex. The Nazis took things further, one step at the time. Jews had to start wearing a Star of David on their clothes and there were rumours that all Jews would have to leave the Netherlands.
- Anne keeps a diary. On her thirteenth birthday, just before they went into hiding, Anne was presented with a diary. During the two years in hiding, Anne wrote about events in the Secret Annex, but also about her feelings and thoughts.
The Anne Frank House has established an ‘Anne Frank House Fund’ with the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF), a 501 (c)3 not-for-profit organisation. As a non-profit organisation, we rely on donations to carry out our mission. Help us make young people aware of the dangers of antisemitism, racism, and discrimination.
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The Anne Frank Center provides information and educational materials about Anne Frank, the history of the Holocaust, and discrimination today.
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