Anne Frank - exhibition

Anne Frank and the Holocaust - the exhibition

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Introduction What is the Anne Frank exhibition? About the exhibition Aims of the exhibition Content of the exhibition	The exhibition and the community Teaching resources Exhibition dates and itinerary Community tour programme Campus tour programme

Introduction

This page has information about the Anne Frank Exhibition which is currently touring the UK. Look for information about what the exhibition is, why you should attend it, and about the exhibition's itinerary.

What is the Anne Frank Exhibition?

Anne Frank: a History for Today is the title of a travelling exhibition, designed by the curators of the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam. The exhibition challenges us to think of tolerance, human rights and democracy. How? By telling Anne Frank's story and that of her family and by showing the history of the Holocaust through the testimony of other contemporary witnesses. The exhibition encourages the visitor to think about then and now - to see parallels and differences in events.

About the exhibition

The aims of the exhibition

The exhibition, Anne Frank: A History for Today,

Informs visitors about the history of the Holocaust from the point of view of Anne Frank and her family.
Shows visitors that there are differences - cultural, ethnic, religious and political - amongst people in every society. It shows how any attempt to organise society on the basis of the idea of a superior or pure race, religion or ethnic group leads to intolerance. Those who do not conform to the ideal will be discriminated against, excluded, persecuted and sometimes even murdered.
Encourages visitors to consider the concepts of tolerance, mutual respect, human rights, democracy, and their meaning at the start of the new millennium.
Convinces visitors that a society which respects differences between people does not arise by chance. As well as having laws to defend and protect the weak and vulnerable, all of its citizens should be committed to the principles behind these laws.

The content of the exhibition

The exhibtion presents Anne Frank's life in five periods. For each period there is a theme which is still relevant today. As well as Anne Fank's diary there are other witnesses whose words speak to us today. The facts and wider history of the Holocaust are made more immediate in these personal accounts.

The Anne Frank Educational Trust UK has added a further display on life in Britain today, including the story of Stephen Lawrence, murdered in 1993.

The exhibition and the community

Anne Frank: a History for Today is meant to be the focus for activities which help us to look at our immediate community as well as the wider national and international communities to which we belong. We hope that students will research local documents and events, discover personal testimonies and organize related events to commemorate the past and help us today as we try to create a fairer world.

Teaching resources

Teachers can obtain an education pack, with ideas for things to do before and after a class or school visit to the exhibition. Group leaders can obtain a pack with a programme of things to do while visiting the exhibition.

At the end of the exhibition visitors will be able to buy other study materials from a bookstall. Among these are a catalogue of the exhibition, an exhibition journal in which its themes are further examined, and a videotape record of the exhibition.

Exhibition dates and itinerary

In 2000 a new version of Anne Frank: a History for Today was launched for university and college campuses in the UK. This has some special exhibits and resources developed for young people, particularly looking at what happened to students in the Third Reich. The itineraries here give dates both for the original community tour of the Anne Frank: a History for Today exhibition and the new campus version.

Community tour programme

29 December 2000 - 5 February 2001 City Art Centre, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE, Scotland
10 - 25 February 2001 New Lanark Mill, New Lanark, ML11 9DB, Scotland
18 - 24 February 2001 Trinity College, Carmarthen, SA31 3EP, Wales
1 - 29 March 2001 The Guildhall, St Giles Square, Northampton, NN1 1DE
1 - 29 April 2001 Lifeforce, Bradford, BD1 4TY
1 - 30 May 2001 Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL
1 - 30 June 2001 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire
1 - 30 September 2001 Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 0DP
1 - 30 October 2001 Hartlepool Art Gallery, Hartlepool, TS24 7EQ
1 - 30 November 2001 Brighton College, Brighton, East Sussex
1 - 31 January 2002 Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, WR1 2LH
1 - 31 March 2002 Shropshire, Telford and Shrewsbury
1 - 30 June 2002 London Borough of Hillingdon
1 - 30 June 2002 The Leas, Folkestone
1 - 31 July 2002 Winter Gardens, Margate
1 - 30 August 2002 Plymouth City Art Gallery
1 - 30 September 2002 RAF Museum, London Borough of Barnet
1 - 31 October 2002 Tullie House, Carlisle
1 - 30 November 2002 Hastings, East Sussex
1 - 31 January 2003 London Borough of Croydon
1 - 31 May 2003 Guernsey Museum, Channel Islands
1 - 30 November 2003 Norwich Cathedral

Campus tour programme

14 - 28 January 2001 Hammersmith and West London College
28 January 2001 - 3 February 2001 University College London
4 - 10 February 2001 University of Wales at Cardiff
25 February 2001 - 9 March 2001 University of Wales at Swansea
10 - 17 March 2001 Millennium Youth Theatre, Sedgley
18 - 24 March 2001 University of the West of England, Bristol
30 April 2001 - 5 May 2001 Manchester University
8 May 2001 - 11 May 2001 University of Central Lancashire, Preston
30 September - 12 October 2001 City College, Norwich
15 - 26 October 2001 Sheffield Hallam University
29 October - 02 November 2001 Strathclyde University, Jordanhill Campus
12 - 16 November 2001 Edinburgh Telford College
19 - 23 November 2001 Sunderland University