Blog: Anne Frank

On May 15, 2018, the Anne Frank House, the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, published hidden text found beneath gummed paper in Anne Frank's first diary. 

On December 16, 2016, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam published new research about the arrest of Anne Frank and the occupants of the Secret Annex.  It does not refute the possi

March 8, 2017, is International Women's Day, a global celebration of the achievements of women. Learn about the many ways women responded to Nazi oppression during the Holocaust. 

The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most popular books of the 20th century.

Yesterday, staff and volunteers of the Commission participated in an enrichment session addressing changes to the scholarship about Anne Frank. The program examined new research about the deaths of Anne and Margot Frank.

July 6 marks seventy-three years since Anne Frank and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam.

On June 12, 1939, nine girls lined up with their arms around each other and posed for a photo in front of the apartments at Merwedeplein in Amsterdam. It was their friend's 10th birthday.

Seventy years ago today, the 8 occupants of the Secret Annex are deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in Poland. The Frank family, the Van Pels family, and Fitz Pfeffer were among 1, 019 others selected for deportation. This was the last transport of prisoners from Westerbork to Ausc

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the arrest of the occupants of the Secret Annex. 

It is a sunny day in Amsterdam.

In commemoration of Anne's 85th birthday, we launched a campaign for you to submit your thoughts, comments, wishes, notes, reflections, or photos. We shared your submissions online throughout the day on June 12.