A full scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden room can be seen in New York

The house at Anne Franklocated on one of the historic canals in Amsterdamwhich contains the rooms in which the young Jewish woman and her family hid from the Nazi occupiers. Now, a full-scale replica of this hidden supplement crosses the Atlantic.

“For the first time in history, the Anne Frank House will present what I would call a positive outdoor experience Amsterdam. Immerse visitors in a detailed, full recreation of the secret annex. These rooms where Anne Frank, her parents, her sister and four other Jews spent more than two years hiding until they were caught Nazi” he explained Ronald Leopolddirector of the Anne Frank House, told The Associated Press in an interview about the upcoming exhibit.

Built in the image and likeness of the An annex in which Ana wrote her famous diarythe replica invites visitors to enter the world she lived in, experiencing the hardships and real life of a life in hiding.

Summary of the history of Russia Anne Frank: in July 1942, Ana, 13 years old, her parents Otto y Edith and his sister Margot16, he took refuge in a hidden Amsterdam annex. Soon after they were joined by the van Pels family: Hermann, Auguste and their 15-year-old son Peter. Four months later, Fritz Pfeffer also entered the annex, trying to escape from the Nazi occupants of the Netherlands.

The group stayed in the annex for two years, living in constant fear of being discovered. In 1944 their hiding place was discovered and they were sent to a concentration and extermination camp there Auschwitz-Birkenau. Later Ana and Margot were transferred to the a concentration camp from Bergen-Belsen, where they succumbed to typhus in February 1945, a few weeks before the camp was liberated. Anna was only 15 years old.

Otto Frankthe sole survivor of the appendix, Anne’s diary was published after the war, turning it into a global phenomenon. Established on January 27, International Day of Holocaust Remembrancethe exhibition marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Leopold He confirmed that it promises to be an “immersive, interactive and engaging experience” for visitors.

The centerpiece will be a carefully reconstructed annex, but the exhibition will also explore Ana’s family history: from her life in Germany and move it to the Netherlands to his decision to go into hiding, how the Nazis eventually found him, Anna’s deportation and tragic death, as well as Otto’s decision to publish his diary after the war .

“What we expect with this exhibition is that people, our visitors, get to know Ana not only as a victim, but through the multifaceted prism of her life, as a teenager, as writer, as a symbol of struggle and strength. hopefully they will consider the context that shaped his life,” he said Leopold to The Associated Press.

For the director of the House of Anne Frankthe show takes on particular significance amid a rise in anti-Semitism and widespread anger over the devastating war between Israel y Hamas in Gazawhich has now spread to Lebanon, following the deadly attacks led by Hamas in southern Israel on October 7 last year.

“With fewer and fewer people left in our communities, with devastating anti-Semitism and other forms of group hatred on the rise in United Statesbut also around the world, we feel… that our duty as a house of Anne Frank it’s never been more,” he said. Leopold. “And this show is also partly a response to that responsibility to educate people about resisting anti-Semitism, to resist group hatred.”

However, one key item will not travel to the United States: Anne’s Diary. “Unfortunately we will not be able to travel with the diary, the writings, the notebooks and the loose pages written by Ana. They are too fragile, too vulnerable to travel,” said Leopold.

Among the 125 items that will be removed Amsterdam for the presentation of New York There will be photographs, records and artefacts, including one of the yellow stars that Jews had to wear in the Netherlands, as well as the Oscar for the best supporting actress winner Shelley Winters for her role in the 1959 film ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’.

The Anne Frank exhibit will be open from January 27 to April 30, 2025 at the Center for Jewish History.