Anne Frank Huis
Anne Frank House is a museum that has its own, special, history. It is located in the center of Amsterdam; here, visitors can see the hideout where Anne kept her now world-famous diary during World War II. Anne Frank was a very ordinary girl who found herself in unusual circumstances. For more than two years, she kept a diary, describing in it the lives of her family hiding in a secret hideout. The original copy of her diary is one of the exhibits in the Anne Frank Museum’s permanent exhibition. The museum’s collection, as well as the temporary exhibitions on display, focus on the persecution of Jews during the war, modern fascism, racism and anti-Semitism.
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A visit to the Anne Frank House Museum has deeply touched the hearts of millions of people traveling to Amsterdam from all over the world.
Video: Anne Frank House
Contents- History of the house
- Attractions of the museum
- Exhibit of the house-museum
- Film about Anne Frank
- Practical information
History of the house
The house was built in 1635 by Dirk Van Delft. Originally it housed a mansion, then a warehouse. At the beginning of the twentieth century it housed the manufacture of household appliances. On December 1, 1940, the company “Opekta”, producing jam admixtures and additives, where Anne’s father Otto Frank worked, moved here. On July 6, 1942, the Anne Frank family moved into the “Sanctuary” set up by the firm’s employees in the back rooms of the house. The entrance was disguised as a filing cabinet. This is where Anne wrote her diary “Asylum” from 1942-1944. In 1944, Nazi authorities received a denunciation and searched the house on August 4. The Frank family was arrested and sent to concentration camps.
.Attractions of the museum
In front of the house stands a small statue depicting Anne Frank, a thirteen-year-old girl who experienced the horrors of war and persecution by the Nazis. Near this monument to grief and courage there are always fresh flowers.
The most important exhibit of the museum, opened in the house on the Prinsentgracht embankment, of course, was the original diary. Based on Anne’s narrative, director George Stephenson made the movie “The Diary of Anne Frank”, one of whose actresses – Shelley Winters – won the prestigious Oscar for her supporting role. The statuette is also one of the museum’s exhibits.
.House Museum Exhibit
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