Anne Frank
While the Frank family went into hiding to avoid being deported to a concentration camp, the Kleins continued to live freely.
‘Anne Frank: The Collected Works’ to be published in US
“Otto Frank understood in 1955 that the diary had to go on stage to reach family audiences,” said Anne Frank Fund board member Yves Kugelmann. “We are looking to appeal to millennials in other ways.”
“If you’re offended by anything you see tonight,” declares Jeff Ross, the host, who dons a yellow Star of David armband, “just do what FDR did—and look the other way.”
“The Harvard Lampoon is garbage,” tweeted Catherine Zhang, a senior at the university.
“Here of all places, where Anne Frank was forced to hide because of her identity, I have to hide my Jewish identity?” asks Barry Vingerling, an employee at the Anne Frank House.
The announcement was made the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day, and just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed against the organization for thwarting Israeli policy and trying to erase Israel’s Jewish character.
