Anne Frank Foundation
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The Anne Frank Foundation or 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 (Monitor Racism and Extreme Right), in which the activities of present day racists are studied.
Outside of The Netherlands the Anne Frank Foundation organizes expositions and informs on Anne Frank
.
The Anne Frank Stichting was founded on 3rd May 1957 to prevent the tearing down of the house in Amsterdam in which Anne Frank was hidden since 1942 during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War. In 1960 the Anne Frank Huis became a museum.
Director of the foundation is Hans Westra, who will retire in 2011 and will be followed up by Ronald Leopold.
Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House on Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the building...
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. This foundation also advocates the fight against antisemitism and racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
and publishes the Dutch annual Monitor Racisme en Extreem-rechts (Monitor Racism and Extreme Right), in which the activities of present day racists are studied.
Outside of The Netherlands the Anne Frank Foundation organizes expositions and informs on Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
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The Anne Frank Stichting was founded on 3rd May 1957 to prevent the tearing down of the house in Amsterdam in which Anne Frank was hidden since 1942 during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War. In 1960 the Anne Frank Huis became a museum.
Director of the foundation is Hans Westra, who will retire in 2011 and will be followed up by Ronald Leopold.