A Message on Behalf of the - Saskatchewan Human … · believe in Anne Frank’s universal and ... Monica Goulet, Michael Gertler. Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,

T he Saskatoon Anne FrankCommittee is proud to behosting the exhibit, Anne Frank

in the World 1929-1945, at theDiefenbaker Canada Centre. Thisimportant exhibit was curated by theAnne Frank Foundation, Amsterdam,and comes to us from the AnneFrank Center, New York. It has beenviewed by over three million peopleworldwide.

Bringing the exhibit to our city hasbeen realized through a coalition ofsome 30 community groups whobelieve in Anne Frank’s universal andinspirational message that we needto collectively strive towards being amore just and inclusive community.

In Saskatoon, we enjoy a quality oflife not experienced by countriesfacing social upheaval, war andwidespread poverty. Yet, poverty,racism and discrimination remainserious problems. When we wereapproached by the Anne FrankCenter about hosting the Anne Frankin the World exhibit, many peoplesaw this as an important opportunityto address the race relationschallenges that we face here andnow.

Moving, and at timesdisturbing, the story of onefamily’s experience in adeadly decade ofdiscrimination and genocideillustrates why communitiesmust take action earlyagainst all forms ofintolerance and prejudice.We hope that the story ofthe Holocaust and Anne’sefforts to make sense ofwhat was happening to herfamily and community willspark a critical examination

of the roots of anti-Semitism andother forms of racism. We hope toothat Anne’s hopeful and positive

message will inspire others to take amore proactive role in building acompassionate community andpreventing hate crimes and otherbias-related acts.

Anne Frank is an inspiring exampleof the power of an individual voice.While her own life was cut tragicallyshort, her story also celebratesresistance, perseverance and thetriumph of humanity overinhumanity.

We would like to thank the manydozens of volunteers who havegiven selflessly of their time and themany organizations who haveassisted us in raising the fundsnecessary to bring Anne’s messageto Saskatoon. We wish especially toacknowledge and celebrate MaryMiller (1943-2004) who, as Directorof the Diefenbaker Canada Centre,was passionate about hosting thisexhibition.

The Saskatoon Anne FrankCommittee plans to continue thework we have begun together inaddressing and healing racism andother forms of discrimination in ourcommunity. We welcome yourparticipation.

Michael GertlerFellow in Community and Co-operativeDevelopment, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan

Monica GouletCultural Diversity and Race RelationsCoordinator, City of Saskatoon

Donna Scott, Q.C.Chief Commissioner, Saskatchewan HumanRights Commission

2 Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 16 - June 30, 2005

A Message on Behalf of the

Saskatoon Anne Frank Committee

The Anne Frankin the World1929-1945

Exhibit ToursMay 16 - June 30, 2005Open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.Free Admission

Diefenbaker Canada CentreUniversity of Saskatchewan101 Diefenbaker PlaceSaskatoon, Saskatchewan

For further information or tobook tours, please call (306) 966-8384.

This exhibit is intended foraudiences 10 years of age andover. Some viewers may find itdisturbing.

From left to right: Donna Scott, Monica Goulet, Michael Gertler

Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 16 - June 30, 2005 3

Why Bring theExhibit toSaskatoon?

Anne Frank is an inspiring exampleof the power of an individual voice,and the ability to maintain faith inhumanity in the face of prejudiceand human destructiveness.

The lessons of her life and herwritings will illustrate whydiscrimination and intolerance areunacceptable, harmful, dangerous,and potentially lethal. ThroughAnne Frank’s story, it is hoped thata critical examination of prejudice,bias, and discrimination, and theirroot causes, will provokeunderstanding in people.

It is hoped that the viewer will takean active role in the prevention ofhate crimes and bias-related acts,serious problems that remain inour community.

Who was AnneFrank?

Anne Frank’s name will be foreverremembered thanks to theextraordinary diary she kept of herlife during a time of war, hatredand persecution.

Born to a Jewish family living inGermany, Anne moved with herfamily to Amsterdam (Holland) in1933 in the hopes of avoiding thegrowing anti-Semitism in Germany.Her life was relatively carefree untilGermany invaded Holland in 1940during the opening months ofWorld War II.

In July 1942, her family was forcedinto hiding for fear of deportation.The ‘Secret Annex,’ a hidden roomabove her father’s office, becametheir new ‘home.’

Anne faithfully recorded the nexttwo years of hiding in her diary. InAugust 1944, when the ‘SecretAnnex’ was discovered, Anne andher family were forcibly sent toconcentration camps in EasternEurope. Anne died of typhus in theBergen-Belsen concentration campin March 1945.

Anne’s diary was recovered afterthe war ended. Her father Otto, theonly member of the Frank family tosurvive the war, published herwords for the first time in 1947.

Specific Goals ofthe Exhibit

• To inform visitors about thehistory of the Holocaust fromthe perspective of the Frankfamily.

• To affirm the need to accord allpeople just and equaltreatment.

• To challenge each individual tothink about the links betweenvalues and choices, to showwhat can happen when mutualrespect and one’s place insociety are not guaranteed, andto urge everyone to be vigilantabout the infringement ofhuman rights.

The Exhibit is an ideal vehicle for addressing intolerance; its universaland inspirational message will poignantly remind audiences that we needto collectively strive towards being a more just and inclusive community.

It is my pleasure to extendgreetings on behalf of HerMajesty Queen Elizabeth II,

Queen of Canada, upon theopening of the Anne Frank exhibitat the Diefenbaker Canada Centrein Saskatoon.

As we celebrate our Centennial inSaskatchewan, we have so muchfor which to give thanks, includingthe fact that most Canadianchildren have never experiencedthe horrors of war. We live in oneof the world’s most privilegednations, where we enjoy rights,freedoms and a standard of livingthat are unimaginable by billions. Itis often easy to take our goodfortune for granted.

The Anne Frank exhibit is anexcellent opportunity for Canadiansof all ages, and particularly youngpeople, to learn about a dark periodof history through the eyes of ateenager. This fascinating exhibitalso raises important issues aboutracism that are as relevant in 2005in Saskatchewan as they were in1944 in Europe.

I wish to thank the City ofSaskatoon, the SaskatchewanHuman Rights Commission, andthe many sponsors for bringingthis informative and meaningfulproject to Saskatoon.

Dr. L.M. HaverstockLieutenant GovernorProvince of Saskatchewan


A Message from the Lieutenant

Governor of Saskatchewan

A Message from the City

of Saskatoon Mayor

As Mayor of Saskatoon it is mypleasure to extend a warmwelcome to all visitors to the

Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945exhibit.

I am encouraged that you havetaken the opportunity to participatein this important remembrance ofthe Holocaust. By learning the storyof Anne Frank we can attempt tocomprehend the hardship andsuffering endured, and understandthe strength and courage of theheroic individuals from this tragicera in history.

Each and every one of us plays avital role in ensuring that there iszero tolerance for racism anddiscrimination in our community.One of the City of Saskatoon’s core

values is to work with communityorganizations, business and labour,all orders of government, and otherstakeholders to create an inclusivecommunity, where culturaldiversity is welcomed and valued,and where everyone can live withdignity and to their full potential,without facing racism ordiscrimination.

To the Saskatoon Anne FrankCommittee, friends and supporters,I offer my thanks and appreciationfor your efforts in bringing thisthought provoking exhibit to ourcommunity.

Sincerely,

Donald J. AtchisonMayor


A Message from the

Premier of Saskatchewan


I am honoured to bringgreetings on behalf of theSaskatchewan Department of

Justice to all visitors to the AnneFrank in the World exhibit.

Anne Frank’s story, combinedwith haunting images of Naziterror and the Holocaust, serveas a sobering reminder of howblessed we are to live in a freecountry. The events captured inthis exhibit demonstrate man’scapacity for evil when racismand hatred are allowed toflourish within society. Neverbefore have we seen suchinhumanity and cruelty within ageneration, and hopefully wewill never see it again.

The events of the Holocaustforce us to recognize theimportance of human rights andthe role of our justice system inprotecting and maintainingthose rights within society. Thegreatest test of our system ofjustice is guaranteeing the rightsof citizens and inspiring theirtrust and confidence in thatsystem.

The magnitude of injustice thattook place during the dark daysof the Holocaust is almostinconceivable. It has echoedthroughout history and willcontinue to do so forgenerations to come, if only as areminder of how such

inhumanity affects us all. MartinLuther King, Jr. once said,“Injustice anywhere is a threatto justice everywhere. We arecaught in an inescapablenetwork of mutuality, tied in asingle garment of destiny.Whatever affects one directly,affects all indirectly.”

As we celebrate our Centennialand look to the future, we mustdo so with hope. If a youngAnne Frank could find hopewithin her dire circumstances,we can most certainly do thesame with great courage andthanksgiving. My hope is thatwe, as a province, can lead thiscountry in the cause of socialjustice to help ensure apeaceful, tolerant, andcompassionate society forgenerations to come.

I would like to congratulate theSaskatoon Anne FrankCommittee, the City ofSaskatoon, and everyone whodedicated themselves to bringthis important exhibit toSaskatchewan.

Yours sincerely,

Frank Quennell, Q.C.Minister of Justice andAttorney General

A Message from the

Saskatchewan Minister of Justice

On behalf of the University ofSaskatchewan, I am verypleased to welcome the

Anne Frank exhibit to theDiefenbaker Canada Centre on theUniversity of Saskatchewancampus.

This dynamic exhibit on the lifeand experiences of Anne Frankfrom 1929-1945 will be of interestto many people in theSaskatchewan community, andbringing it to Saskatoon providesthem with an opportunity to seethis very unique exhibit.

The University of Saskatchewan

believes that diversity andmulticulturalism are integral to thesuccess of this province and thisexhibit will compel the people ofSaskatchewan to explore their ownexperiences with discrimination.

I applaud all of those involved inorganizing this exhibition andencourage as many people aspossible to take advantage of thiseducational and revealing display.

With best wishes,

Peter MacKinnonPresident

A Message from the University

of Saskatchewan President

W e are proud to participatewith the more than 30agencies and diverse

organizations, which have workedtirelessly through the SteeringCommittee, to bring the world-class “Anne Frank in the World”exhibit to Saskatoon.

Congratulations to the SteeringCommittee. Your dedication andhard work is an example of whatour community can do when weembrace cultural diversity andharmony. We also thank theDiefenbaker Canada Centre for itsgenerosity in hosting this exhibit.

The story of Anne Frank ispowerful. It has come not only tosymbolize those horrors andatrocities of the Holocaust, but

has also served to provide us withan example of how non-Jewishpeople risked their lives to helpothers.

As we commemorate the 60thanniversary of the liberation ofthe death camps and the end ofWorld War II, fewer survivors ofthe Holocaust remain to bearwitness to those horrific events.This exhibit honors the memoryof those who perished and showsgratitude to those who reachedout in the face of adversity. Itprovides the citizens of Saskatoonwith an opportunity to learn fromthe past, and to developprinciples and hope for thefuture.

In Saskatoon, we have our ownchallenges and opportunities. As

we acknowledge those issues, wemust resolve to take action sothat healing can truly happen. Asthe famous philosopher GeorgeSantayana said: "Those whocannot remember the past arecondemned to repeat it."

May we all find visiting “AnneFrank in the World” an inspirationfor Shalom…peace.

Linda EpsteinPresident

Congregation Shir Chadash wasestablished in 2000. It provides a groupof Jewish people with the opportunity toworship in both egalitarian andtraditional services within a kosherenvironment.

A Message from the

Congregation Shir Chadash


A Message from the Saskatchewan

Indian Gaming Authority

A Message from the

Congregation Agudas Israel

O n behalf of theSaskatchewan IndianGaming Authority (SIGA), I

am pleased to welcome the AnneFrank exhibit to the city ofSaskatoon.

Miskâsowin represents the value offinding one's sense of origin andbelonging. The goal of this principleis to celebrate a positive sense oforigin and belonging among all usin a uniquely First Nationsorganization, driven by FirstNations culture and values.

Wîtaskêwin, another of ourpowerful guiding principles, speaksto living together in harmony and

sharing our success. The exhibitwill challenge us to explore ourown experiences withdiscrimination.

I would like to congratulate theSaskatoon Anne Frank Committee,as you have dedicated your timeand resources in organizing thisproject. I would like to extend awarm welcome to the visitors ofthis exhibit and hope you find theexperience moving.

Sincerely,

Edmund BellegardeSIGA CEO/President

The congregation is verypleased to be partners withso many fine organizations

and individuals who are dedicatedto making our community a better,safer place for everyone. The storyof Anne Frank illustrates the needfor each one of us to maintain andextend the umbrella of humanrights. Hate is so easy to spread.

Canada is often held aloft as anexample of many peoples livingtogether in harmony, as a countrywhere everyone has theopportunity to enjoy the bountyfrom education, health care, andjustice. We should be proud of ourcollective successes but we must

also admit that there is much moreto be done. Canadian history andrecent events can too easily providemany examples of discrimination,racism and injustice.

Inspiration is, literally, the breath ofthe divine. We hope that eachvisitor will be inspired to recognizeand react to all forms ofdiscrimination and intolerance. Inthis way, our community and ourworld can be healed.

Shalom,

David Katzman Congregation Agudas Israel

Darkness cannot driveout darkness; only lightcan do that. Hate cannotdrive out hate; only lovecan do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.



A Message from the Federation of

Saskatchewan Indian Nations

A Message from the

Saskatoon Tribal Council

On behalf of the Federation ofSaskatchewan IndianNations, Member Nations,

Executive, Senate and staff, I ampleased to support the SaskatoonAnne Frank Committee.

I would like to congratulate thosewho have dedicated their time inorganizing and bringing thisopportunity to the Province ofSaskatchewan. This exhibitpromises to be unique, as it willshare the life of Anne Frank and thechallenges she faced and it is anopportunity to learn.

Men and women from acrossCanada joined the ranks of the

military to combat against racism.Many of these men and womenwere First Nations and believed inthe cause that they were fighting.Veterans from across Canada,including First Nations Veterans,traveled overseas this year tocommemorate VE-Day and to markthe 60th anniversary of the end ofthe Second World War. We need toreflect on the sacrifices thesepeople gave and learn from theirexperiences.

I would like to extend my greetingsto everyone and hope they find thisexperience truly significant.

Chief Alphonse Bird

F irst Nations people believeall life coming from theCreator is to be respected.

We denounce the Holocaust. Weabhor the mistreatment of anyperson, but especially of children.It repulses me to think ofinnocent children being locked upin concentration camps andstarved.

We, as First Nations people, wantto honor the memory of a littleJewish girl because of herimmense courage. We want tothank the City of Saskatoon,Mayor Don Atchison and CulturalDiversity and Race RelationsCoordinator Monica Goulet fortheir hard work in bringing thisworld-class exhibit here to ourcity.

I believe the Anne Frank displaywill inspire courage in the peoplewho see it, those who read thewords of a brave child in hiding.It’s almost unfathomable that herlittle diary – the pages oncescattered as she was torn fromher sanctuary – will be right herein our midst. The words she putto paper will touch our FirstNations and Métis people. Theseare words that will inspire thosecast into any kind of ghetto – justas the Jews were in manyEuropean cities.

What we will see in this exhibitdemonstrates the tremendouswill of people to survive. I amcontinually awed by the couragethat comes out of people.

Anne spoke of the “chaos,suffering and death” all around

her, but she said when she lookedup to the sky she somehow felteverything would “change for thebetter and that this cruelty tooshall end, that peace andtranquility will return once more.’’

I believe the Anne Frank exhibitwill help us look to the sky.

I would like to send sincerethanks to the Saskatoon AnneFrank Committee on behalf of theSaskatoon Tribal Council.

Tribal Chief Glenn Johnstone

Department of Saskatchewan JusticeSaskatoon Tribal CouncilGovernment of CanadaCameco (Secret Annex)Saskatchewan Indian Gaming AuthorityHuman Resources and Skills Development CanadaSaskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatchewan Department of First Nations & Métis Government RelationsSaskatchewan LotteriesB’nai Brith, SaskatoonCity of SaskatoonMendel Art GalleryDiefenbaker Canada Centre President’s Office, University of SaskatchewanUnited Community Funds of SaskatoonCongregation Agudas IsraelCP Rail, Saskatchewan Service AreaSaskatoon Foundation (Art Smart)Sherwood ChevroletUniversity Secretary’s Office, University of SaskatchewanNative Law Centre, University of SaskatchewanDepartment of Sociology, University of SaskatchewanCongregation Shir Chadash SisterhoodSaskatoon Public School DivisionSaskatoon Catholic School DivisionSaskatoon Police ServiceCollege of Law, University of SaskatchewanSheraton CavalierSaskTel

We wish to acknowledge and thank all of the individuals andorganizations that have graciously donated funds and servicesin-kind. We would not have been able to make this dreambecome a reality without your support!


Thank you to our Sponsors

AMJ Campbell

Official Transporter of the Anne Frank Exhibit901-57th Avenue N.E., Calgary Toll free: 1-800-661-3993


Participating Schools

Aden Bowman CollegiateAberdeenAllanBig RiverBishop KleinBishop James MahoneyBedford Road CollegiateBrevoort ParkBriercrestBrownellBrunskillBuena VistaCaroline RobinsCarrot RiverCaswellCity Park CollegiateCollege ParkDavidsonDelisle CompositeDinsmoreDr. John G. EgnatoffDumont Tech InstituteDundonaldEcole VickersEsten

FairhavenFather MegretFather RobinsonForest Grove Grean Leaf Hutterite ColonyGreystone HeightsHector ThiboutotHerbertHollistonHoly CrossHoly Cross (P.A)Holy Family (N.B.)Howard CoadHugh Cairns V.C.InvermayJohn D’or Prairie John LakeKelliherKing GeorgeLakeridgeLakeviewLanghamLawson HeightsMildenMt. Royal Collegiate

North Park WilsonNorth West Central Nutana CollegiateOgemaOslerPlains MennonitePrairie ViewPrince PhilipPrincess AlexandraQueen ElizabethRiverbend ColonyRoland MichenerSilverspringSilverwood HeightsSt. AngelaSt. Anne’sSt. BernardSt. FrancisSt. GeorgeSt. HenrySt. JamesSt. John’s St. LukeSt. MarkSt. Mary (Regina)

St. MathewSt. MichaelSt. PetersSt.VolodymyrSunningdaleTisdaleTurtlefordVal Marie Venture HeightsVincent MasseyW.P BateWalter AseltaneWarmanWestmountWhite Fox WhitewoodWalter Murray CollegiateZenon Park

The Saskatoon Anne Frank

Committee Membership

B’nai Brith, SaskatoonCongregation Agudas IsraelCongregation Shir ChadashDiefenbaker Canada CentreEagle Feather NewsFederation of Saskatchewan Indian NationsGabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied ResearchGovernment of CanadaMendel Art GalleryNative Access to Nursing Program, U.of S. and SIASTPersephone TheatreSaskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority

Saskatchewan Intercultural AssociationSaskatchewan LearningSaskatoon Catholic School DivisionSaskatoon Catholic Schools Foundation (Brokers) Saskatoon Community Youth Arts ProgrammingSaskatoon Public LibrarySaskatoon Public School DivisionSaskatoon Tribal CouncilShir Chadash SisterhoodUnited Way of SaskatoonUniversity of Saskatchewan

Secretariat and Co-conveners:City of Saskatoon Cultural Diversity and Race Relations Office Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

This magazine will be available free of charge for all visiting studentsthanks to the generous donation of Elaine and Sherwood Sharfe.

Coming Together - Uniting ProjectsEvents Coinciding with Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945

The Saskatoon Foundation andthe Mendel Art GalleryPresent...

DiverCityDiverCity is an exhibition at theMendel Art Gallery featuringCelebrating Culture panels createdby the students of St. GorettiSchool, as well as artworks from theMendel Art Gallery’s permanentcollection and video documentariescompleted by Walter MurrayCollegiate students. Students of theMedia Studies 20 class at WalterMurray Collegiate researched,wrote, filmed, and edited adocumentary video based on thestories of recent immigrants fromwar-torn countries.

May 16 - June 30, 2005

For more information contact theMendel Art Gallery at (306) 975-7610or visit www.mendel.ca

The Saskatchewan HumanRights Commission Presents...

The 2005 AnnualConference of theCanadianAssociation ofStatutory HumanRights Agencies(CASHRA)As one of the organizing partnersbringing Anne Frank in the World1929-1945 to Saskatoon, theSaskatchewan Human RightsCommission is proud to feature theexhibit during the upcomingCASHRA conference. Theconference will provide delegatesfrom across the country with theopportunity to view this meaningfulexhibit on one of its few stops inCanada.

The Saskatoon Anne FrankCommittee Presents...

Social JusticeYouth Art RetreatSelected youth from the communityand local professional artists willuse visual and literary art to expresstheir personal views on AnneFrank’s story, racism, discrimination,and the importance of human rightsdiversity. The youth will createpanels that reflect their feelings andopinions about how these issuespertain to our community. Thepanels will form part of the AnneFrank in the World 1929-1945 exhibitand will remain in Saskatoon toserve as a legacy for the years tocome.


SCYAP and Cameco Presents...

The Anne Frank Secret Annex ProjectMay 16 - June 30, 2005Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming (SCYAP)253 - 3rd Avenue S, Saskatoon

Youth at the SCYAP centre will host a Community Journaling Workshop. This freeworkshop, which operates on a drop-in basis, includes three major components:

• A guide and interactive tour of a reproduction of the Frank family’s hiding place, the‘Secret Annex’

• A tour of an exhibition of commissioned artworks created by marginalized or ‘at risk’youth

• A hands-on journaling exercise and opportunity to participate in the CommunityJournal

Hours: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Closed Mondays

For more information contact Bevin Bradley at (306) 652-7760 or visit www.scyapinc.org.This project is funded in part by the City of Saskatoon.


Each year around this timeJews worldwide gather tocommemorate the worst

genocide in human history: themurder of six million Jewishpeople, more than one-and-a-halfmillion of them children. This yearSaskatoon has been awarded theprivilege of hosting the exhibit,Anne Frank in the World, the startof which coincides with theHolocaust Memorial days. AnneFrank was a hidden child who,through the betrayal of someone,was discovered and later perishedin the fires of the Holocaust.Miklos Samual Kanitz, now aresident of Saskatoon, was also ahidden child during theHolocaust, but unlike Anne Frank,he and his immediate familysurvived.

The Saskatoon Anne FrankCommittee is honoured thatMiklos has agreed to speak at theSaskatoon opening of the AnneFrank in the World 1929-1945exhibit.

Born in Budapest, Miklos wasjust a toddler at the outbreak ofWorld War II in September 1939.The Hungarian government,despite pressure from Naziofficials, resisted the deportationof the 750,000 Jews living inHungary to the German-runconcentration camps. This did notstop the Horti government fromenacting anti-Jewish lawsfashioned after Hitler’sNuremberg laws, and by 1941

Hungarian Jews were excludedfrom all social and economic lifein Hungary. At this time, all able-bodied Jewish males were takeninto work battalions. Of the morethan 100,000 labourersconscripted, only a handfulsurvived the war.

The very limited sense of securityenjoyed by Hungarian Jews cameto an end in March 1944 at whichtime the Hungarian Nazi Party(Arrow Cross), with the aid of theGerman army, seized power inHungary and the roundup of theHungarian Jews commenced.During one of these round-ups,Miklos, his mother, and olderbrother Julius, were taken to aghetto in Budapest, the site of anabandoned factory yard.Eventually, there were more than15,000 Jews held in thiscompound under the mostprimitive conditions. During hisstay at the ghetto, Mikloswitnessed numerous murders andthe most brutal treatmentcommitted by the Arrow Crosssoldiers. In May, selections beganand nearly all the Jews held atthis ghetto were shipped toAuschwitz where they wereimmediately gassed and crematedupon arrival. Between May 15,1944 and June 6, 1944, more than500,000 Hungarian Jewishwomen, men and children wereshipped out and then brutallymurdered upon arrival toAuschwitz.

In June 1944, Miklos and hisfamily were taken out of theghetto by a Christian friend of hismother, who risked her own life tohide them in a root cellar locatedin her yard. Miklos and his familyspent the next seven terrifyingmonths hiding in the cellar,constantly fearing discovery.Thanks to the arrival of the Sovietarmy in February 1945, Miklosand his family were finally able toleave their hiding place.

Miklos’s father, Peter, escapedfrom the slave camp in February1945 only to be captured andimprisoned by the advancingRussian armies. He later managedto return to his family inDecember 1945.

Of numerous family membersfrom both sides of his family, onlysix survived the horrors of theHolocaust. It took Miklos morethan 50 years to gain the courageto speak of his childhoodexperiences. Since then, he hasrelated the story of his survival tothousands of Saskatchewanstudents and has been a guestspeaker to numerous civic andprofessional groups. Like NanetteKonig, a childhood friend of AnneFrank, Miklos holds the firm beliefthat those who survived theHolocaust must bear witness towhat happened.

It took Miklos Kanitz more than 50 years to gain

the courage to speak of his childhood experiences.

Holocaust Survivor Opens

Saskatoon Exhibit


1929 – 1945

The End

On January 27, 1945, shortlyafter his wife Edith’s death atAuschwitz-Birkenau, Otto Frankis liberated from theconcentration camp by theRussian army. He does not knowat this time the fate of hisdaughters, Margot, born 1926,and Anneliese Marie, born in1929. Upon liberation, OttoFrank is first taken by theRussians to Odessa, and finallyhe is allowed to go to France, byway of Marseille.

Eventually, Otto Frank makes hisway to the family home inAmsterdam, where on June 3,1945 he is re-united with formerco-workers Miep and Jan Gies.The desperate search is on forhis daughters.

Later that summer, he begins toaccept that his children haveprobably died. At the same time,he is presented with a packagecontaining photos andnotebooks which Miep Gies hasrescued from the Secret Annexwhere the Frank family hidbetween 1942 and 1944. Forweeks, Otto Frank refuses tolook at the package.

Finally, on October 24, OttoFrank receives notification in theform of a letter that Margot andAnne are both dead.

A few months later, in 1946,there is reference in a Dutchnewspaper to a diary kept byAnne Frank. In the summer of1947, the first 1,500 copies of

The Anne Frank Story

“One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countlessothers who suffered just as she did but whose faces haveremained in the shadows. Perhaps it is better that way; ifwe were capable of taking in all the suffering of all thosepeople, we would not be able to live.”

– Primo Levi, author and survivor of Auschwitz, 1986

“I still hope to find my children,” -Otto Frank, July 7, 1945

“I had it in my hands but I couldn’t read it yet.”

-Otto Frank, August 26, 1945


“The Diary of Anne Frank” arepublished by Contact Publishersin Amsterdam. In 1951 the diaryis translated into English.

The book by the young AnneFrank fires the imagination ofthe public and is re-publishedand translated numerous times,eventually becoming one of themost widely read books in theworld.

The Beginning

The Frank family can trace itsorigins to at least the 17thcentury in the German city ofFrankfurt. Both Anne Frank’sparents are natives of Germansoil – her father Otto born onMay 12, 1889 in Frankfurt andher mother, Edith Hollander,born on January 16, 1900 inAachen.

During the First World War, OttoFrank serves in the GermanArmy as a lieutenant.

In 1925, Otto and Edith arejoined in holy matrimony.

Two months after their wedding,a malcontent, petty politicianfrom Austria publishes the book“Mein Kampf,” or “MyStruggle.” While serving aprison term for a failed coupattempt in Munich, Adolph Hitleroutlines his mission in life – toeliminate the threat posed by a

worldwide Jewish conspiracy todestroy the foundations of‘Aryan life.’ The book is tobecome the signature theme ofthe Nazis and their blueprint fora thousand year Reich– theGreater GermanCommonwealth.

Within a few years the author ofthat book, Adolph Hitler,becomes the rising star ofGerman politics and in anelection in 1932, his NationalSocialism party (the Nazis)captures 37.3 per cent of thevote and is asked to form acoalition government.

By 1934, with the tide of state-sponsored anti-Semitism risingin Germany, the entire Frankfamily re-locate to theNetherlands, a country which isconsidered tolerant and whichwas neutral during WWI.

It is here where Anne attendskindergarten at the MontessoriSchool. She is a happy childwho enjoys her school work andhas many friends to play with.

Although general war hasbroken out in Europe, familiessuch as the Franks try tomaintain as normal a life aspossible.

But on May 10, 1940, Germanparatroopers launch a surpriseattack on Holland and within fivedays the Dutch government

capitulates to the invaders andthe country comes underGerman occupation.

The noose begins to tighten onthe Jewish community. One ofthe first tasks of the Nazis is toregister all people of Jewishdescent.

In short order, the Germanoccupation decrees that allJewish students must beexpelled from Dutch publicschools, so Anne and Margotenroll in the Jewish School ofAmsterdam.

On June 12, 1942, in celebrationof her thirteenth birthday, Annereceives a diary from her fatherat a party attended by manyfriends. One of the young peopleat that party is Nanette Konig,who later is transported to aconcentration camp – survivesthe ordeal – and after the warmeets Otto Frank. Nanette is oneof the first people to read thepublished diary of Anne Frank.

However, not long after AnneFrank’s happy birthday party,disturbing news shatters thealready-nervous family. On July5, Margot Frank, then 16 yearsold, receives notice to report fordeportation to a “labour camp.”

The Frank family immediatelydecides to go into hiding. Theyleave their home forever and gointo the “Secret Annex” of Otto


Frank’s business at 263Prinsengracht.

It is to be their secret home forthe next 25 months and whereAnne Frank will fillapproximately 300 pages ofdiary and notebook paper withher thoughts, fears, and hopes,and the daily minutiae whichdescribe the secret life of anoppressed family.

The Diary

Eight people reside in SecretAnnex at 263 Prinsengracht inAmsterdam. In addition to thefour members of the Frankfamily, there are Mr. and Mrs.van Daan, their teenage sonPeter, and Mr. Dussel.

Those who most actively assistthe people in hiding are Mr.Koophuis, Miep Gies, Elli Vassenand Mr. Kraler.

With German security forcesactively searching for Jews,extreme caution has to be takenby everyone at all times.Although there is a Dutchresistance movement, it is small,and there are enoughcollaborators to make life forJews perilous.

Otto Frank’s business associateshelp the families in hiding,bringing them food, water andother supplies.

Hiding from the Nazi forces is agame of patience and learningto overcome boredom overlainwith fear as one day passes intothe next.

It is clear that even in herteenage years, Anne Frankdesires to be a writer. Thosewho have read “The Diary,” andother material she produces,remark at the young woman’spowers of observation. Like allgood writers, she makes use ofthe world around her. Nothing is

too large or too small to beomitted from her curious mind.

In a short period from May 20,1942 until the family is betrayedand arrested in August 4, 1944,Anne Frank busily rewrites andedits her original diary. Shedreams of writing a novel aboutthe Secret Annex, or“Achterhuis.”

“The entrance to our hiding place has been properly concealed.

Mr. Kraler thought it would be better to put a cupboard in front of the door,but of course it had to be a moveablecupboard that can open like a door. Mr. Vossen made the whole thing.”

-Anne Frank, July 11, 1942

“Believe me, if you have been shut upfor a year and a half, it can get toomuch for you some days. Cycling,

dancing, whistling, looking out into theworld, feeling young, to know that I’m

free – that’s what I long for . . . .”-Anne Frank, December 24, 1943

“Daddy, Mummy, and Margot can’t get used to the sound of the Westertoren

[Church] clock yet, which tells us the time every quarter of an hour.

I can. I loved it from the start, and especially in the night it’s like

a faithful friend.”

-Anne Frank, July 11, 1942

“You’ve known for a long time that my greatest wish is to be a

journalist and, later on, a famous writer. In any case, after the war I’d like to publish a book called

The Secret Annex.”-Anne Frank, May 11, 1944

“At long last I have started myAchterhuis, in my head it is as

good as finished.”

-Anne Frank, May 20, 1944


Anne Frank never finisheswriting Achterhuis. When theFrank family is betrayed, theyare arrested by German securityforces and taken to Westerbork,the main transit point for DutchJews being sent to theconcentration camps.

The family is split up and Anneis put on a train with manyothers, crowded like cattle, givenno food or water, and taken firstto Auschwitz-Birkenau, then laterto Bergen Belsen, two of themost notorious Naziextermination camps.

At Bergen Belsen, Anne Frankand her classmate NanetteKonig meet briefly across thebarbed wire fence separatingsections of the camp. Anne tellsNanette about her diary andhow one day she still hopes towrite a novel about herexperiences in the Secret Annex.

We don’t know if Annecontinues writing while atBergen Belsen. We do not knowwhat she experienced at thisconcentration camp. Nothing ofhers survives the time shespends at Bergen Belsen.

But her writings from the SecretAnnex in 1944 still speak ofoptimism.

The last we know of Anne Frankis when her father Otto receivesa letter from the InternationalRed Cross in 1954 confirmingthat Anne died there of typhusjust before the camp wasliberated by the British Army.Records indicate that a few daysbefore Anne dies, her sisterMargot falls from a bunk above,and because of her weakenedstate, dies from shock afterhitting the barracks floor.

When her father, Otto Frank,receives Anne’s notes after thewar, friends persuade him topublish the diary. It first appearsin print in 1947 under the title“Het Achterhuis” (The Annex).

On August 19, 1980, Otto Frankpasses away at his home inBirsfelden, Switzerland, at theage of 91.

“Could we be granted victory this year, 1944? We don’t

know yet, but hope is revived within me; it gives us fresh courage,

and makes us strong again.”

- Anne Frank, June 5, 1944

“One of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt, framer ofthe Universal Declaration of

Human Rights, 1948

“Some of us read Anne Frank’s diary on Robben Island and derived

much encouragement from it.”

- Nelson Mandela, president of South Africa, 1994


W orld War II can beroughly divided into twodistinct campaigns. The

war we talk about the most,that’s written about extensivelyin our history books, some ofour novels, and a spate ofHollywood movies, is the war ofnation state against nation state.The Axis versus the Allies. Theirprofessional soldiers againstours. A struggle for military,political and economicsupremacy in the world.

The other is the war against theJews. Even before the Germaninvasion of Poland whichtriggered WWII, the NationalSocialism (Nazi) movement hadbegun, as far back as 1933 whenHitler was appointed Chancellor,to take discriminatory actionagainst German citizens ofJewish origin.

In April of that year, Germanswere being urged to boycottJewish shops and businessesand Jews were barred fromholding positions in the civilservice and the universities.

In May of 1933 there were publicburnings of books by Jewishauthors. On July 14, the Nazi

party was proclaimed the onlylegal political party in Germany.

The period 1934 to 1935 sawHitler steadily consolidatepower. Through large publicrallies, skillful propaganda andthe strong arm tactics of theGestapo, opposition waseliminated or cowed intosilence.

In September 1935, Germanyenacted the Nuremberg Lawswhich declared that Jews wereno longer citizens of Germany,and prevented Jews frommarrying members of the Aryanrace. For nearly a decade beforethe start of WWII, Hitler hadalready shown himself to be afanatical racist.

The plan for the thousand-yearReich was beginning to unfold –at its centre was the purificationof the Aryan race and the needfor lebensraum . . . space for theGerman people to expand.

One of the first steps in March1938 was Anschluss withAustria, bringing this German-speaking country under Hitler’srule. All of Germany’s anti-Semitic polices wereimmediately applied to Austria.

Later that year in September,Germany occupied theSudentenland, followed sixmonths later when Germantroops occupied large parts ofCzechoslovakia.

Throughout the course of thisnaked German aggression anddespite the pleas of variousnationalities in Europe, Englandand France remained docile. Itwas not until September 1939,when Hitler invaded Poland, thatthe two nations declared war onGermany and full scale fightingbegan on a number of frontsthroughout Europe.

Hitler’s contempt for the Jewswas well known, as evidencedby his writing in 1926 of “MeinKampf” and his policies aschancellor of Germany in themid-1930’s. But few had anyinkling of the fate that wouldbefall the Jews of Europe at thestart of WWII.

That quickly changed when theGerman army took control ofPoland. Almost immediately,Jews were forced into ghettos inPolish cities. Soon, Austrian andCzech Jews were beingtransported to these Polish

The Holocaust and World War II

“… the Jews of Canada remember the six million of our Europeanbrethren who were murdered by the Nazis and we vow ‘Never Again.’”


ghettos. Jews in German-occupied areas were forced towear an arm band or yellow starto identify themselves.

Hitler’s “Jewish problem”became even larger in the springof 1940 when, on May 10,German armies wheeled intowestern Europe in a 500-kilometer arc stretching from theNetherlands, to Belgium and toFrance. Within five days theDutch government capitulated.Within five weeks of thatspringtime onslaught, Hitlercontrolled Paris.

Now, in addition to some threemillion Jews in Poland, the Nazioccupiers controlled hundreds ofthousands of more Jews inwestern Europe. As Hitler’smilitary conquests expandedthrough Greece, Yugoslavia andbeyond, many more Jews weretargeted by the Nazis.

In 1941, with the appointment ofAdolph Eichmann as head ofJewish affairs of the Reichsecurity office, the massacre ofEurope’s Jewish populationbegan on a large scale.

June of that year witnessed thefirst wave of Einsatzgruppenkillings – death by specialmobile squads. In two days ofSeptember, 34,000 Jews weremassacred at Babi Yar in today’sUkraine. In December, theChelmo extermination campkillings began.

The scale of Jewish killingescalated dramatically in 1942with large-scale exterminationsat Belzec, then at Sobibor,Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek,Buchenwald, and other deathcamps.

For four years, from 1941 to1944, the Nazis systematicallymurdered millions of EuropeanJews. In the concentrationcamps, Jews were forced tolabour until many died ofstarvation. Many more becamevictims of unimaginable crueltythrough bizarre medicalexperiments.

But at the height of the Nazikilling spree, the tides of warwere starting to turn against theAxis. Hitler’s ill-fated campaignagainst the Soviet Union in 1941ultimately ended in defeat forthe German army and the lossof valuable military assets. TheJapanese attack on PearlHarbour, in December 1941,brought the United States intothe global conflict. From theirbases in England, the Alliesstarted getting the upper hand inthe air war over Europe andgave them time to mount aninvasion force to repel theGerman armies.

The beginning of the end cameon D-Day June 6, 1944 with theAllied invasion of Normandy.Now, two mighty armies – theAllies from the west and the

Russians from the East – turnedtheir full fury on the Nazis.

But even as German forces wereretreating, the Nazis continuedoperating their exterminationcamps almost to the last minute.

When Soviet troops liberatedthe first of the camps -Auschwitz in January 27 – theywere horrified at the condition ofthose few remaining Jews.Further evidence of Naziatrocities emerged when U.S.forces liberated 20,000 prisonersat Buchenwald on April 11 andthen again at Dachau on April29, when 32,000 more Jewswere set free.

Although the end was not quick,it was complete. On April 30,1945, Hitler committed suicideand a few days later came V-EDay, Germany surrendered, theThird Reich expired.

Each November onRemembrance Day, Canadiansof all faiths pay tribute to thethousands of men and womenwho paid the ultimate sacrificeto free the world oftotalitarianism.

In addition to that, the Jews ofCanada remember the sixmillion of our European brethrenwho were murdered by theNazis and vow “Never Again.”


1933 January 30 Adolf Hitlerappointed Chancellor ofGermany

March 22 Dachauconcentration camp opens

April Boycott of Jewishshops and businesses;Jews barred from holdingcivil service, university andstate positions; Gestapoestablished

May 10 Public burning ofbooks written by Jews

July 14 Nazi partyproclaimed sole legalpolitical party in Germany

1934 August 2 Hitler proclaimshimself Fuhrer andReichskanzler

1935 September 15Nuremberg Laws enacted –Jews no longer consideredcitizens, Jews cannot marryAryans

1938 March 13 Anschluss(incorporation of Austria);all anti-Semitic decreesimmediately applied toAustria

June 13 Evian Conferenceheld in Evian, France on theproblem of Jewish refugees(No country agrees to openborders to Jews)

September 30 MunichConference: Great Britainand France agree toGerman occupation of theSudetenland

November 7Assassination in Paris ofGerman diplomat Ernstvom Rath by HerschelGrynszpan

November 9-10Kristallnacht (Night ofBroken Glass): anti-Jewishpogroms in Germany,Austria, the Sudentenland.200 synagogues destroyed,7,500 Jewish shops looted,30,000 male Jews sent toconcentration camps.

November 12 All Jewsforced to transferbusinesses to Aryan hands

November 15 All Jewishstudents expelled fromGerman schools

1939 March 15 Germansoccupy Czechoslovakia

August 23 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed; non-aggression pactbetween Germany andSoviet Union

September 1 Beginning of World War II: Germanyinvades Poland

September 21 Directivesto establish ghettos inGerman-occupied Poland

October 12 Germanybegins deportation ofAustrian and Czech Jews toPoland.

November 23 Jews inGerman-occupied Polandforced to wear arm band oryellow star

1940 April 9 Germany occupiesDenmark and southernNorway

May 7 Lodz Ghetto sealed:165,000 people in 1.6square miles

May 10 Germany invadesNetherlands, Belgium,Luxembourg, and France

May 20 Concentrationcamp established atAuschwitz

June 22 Francesurrenders

November 16 WarsawGhetto sealed: ultimatelycontained 500,000 people

1941 March Adolf Eichmannappointed head of thedepartment for Jewishaffairs of the Reich SecurityMain Office

April 6 Germany attacksYugoslavia and Greece

June 22 Germany invadesthe Soviet Union

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Holocaust and World War II

1933Jan 30 Adolf HitlerappointedChancellor of Germany

1935Sept 15

NurembergLaws enacted– Jews no longer considered citizens

1938Nov 9 - 10

Kristallnacht(Night ofBroken Glass)

1939Sept 1

Beginning ofWorld War II:GermanyinvadesPoland


June-December Firstwave of Einsatzgruppen;mobile killing force

September 28-29 34,000Jews massacred at Babi Yaroutside Kiev

October Establishment ofAuschwitz II (Birkenau) for the extermination of Jews and others

December 7 Japaneseattack Pearl Harbour

December 8 Chelmnoextermination camp beginsoperations: 340,000 Jews,20,000 Poles and Czechsmurdered by April 1943

December 11 U.S.declares war on Japan andGermany

1942 January 20 WannseeConference in Berlin:Heydrich outlines the FinalSolution to the JewishProblem

March 17 Exterminationbegins at Belzec. By end of1942, 600,000 Jewsmurdered

May Extermination by gasbegins in Sobibor, byOctober 1943, 250,000 Jewsmurdered

July 22 Germansestablish Treblinka

Summer Deportation ofJews from France, Holland,Belgium, Warsaw Ghetto,to killing centres

1943 January German 6th army surrenders at Stalingrad

March 25 Liquidation ofKrakow ghetto

April 19 Warsaw Ghettorevolt begins; Jewishunderground fights Nazisuntil early June

June Himmler orders the liquidation of all ghettos inPoland and Soviet Union

October 14 Armed revoltin Sobibor exterminationcamp

October-NovemberRescue of Danish Jewry

1944 March 19 Germanyoccupies Hungary

May 15 Nazis begindeporting Hungarian Jewsto death camps

June 6 D-Day: Alliedinvasion at Normandy

July 20 Group of Germanofficers attempt toassassinate Hitler

July 24 Russians liberateMajdanek death camp

November 8 Beginning ofdeath march ofapproximately 40,000 Jewsfrom Budapest to Austria

1945 January 17 Evacuation ofAuschwitz, beginning ofdeath march – other campsto follow

January 27 Soviet troopsliberate 8,000 prisoners leftbehind at the Auschwitzcomplex

April 11 U.S. troopsliberate 20,000 prisoners atBuchenwald

April 29 U.S. troopsliberate approximately32,000 prisoners at Dachau.

April 30 Hitler commitssuicide

May 8 V-E Day: Germanysurrenders, end of ThirdReich

August 6 Bombing ofHiroshima

August 9 Bombing ofNagasaki

August 15 V-J Day;Victory over Japanproclaimed

September 7 Japansurrenders; end of WorldWar II

November 22 NurembergWar Crimes Tribunalcommences. Trials end onOctober 1, 1946, withsentencing of 12 to death, 3to life imprisonment, 4 tovarious prison terms and 3acquitted.

1940May 10

Germany invadesNetherlands,Belgium,Luxembourg, and France

1941March

Adolf Eichmannappointed head ofthe department forJewish Affairs ofthe Reich SecurityMain Office

1942Jan 20

WannseeConference inBerlin: Heydrichoutlines the FinalSolution to theJewish Problem

1943April 19

Warsaw Ghettorevolt begins;Jewishundergroundfights Nazis untilearly June

1944June 6

D-Day: Allied invasion atNormandy

1945Jan 27

Soviet troopsliberated 8,000prisoners leftbehind at theAuschwitz complex

May 8 Germanysurrenders, end ofThird Reich


T he Anne Frank Exhibit weare privileged to helpsponsor is but one of

several exhibitions and othermaterials that are available fromthe Anne Frank Center, USA, anot-for-profit organization basedin New York.

Founded in 1977, the Anne FrankCenter, USA is a non-sectarian,educational organization thatpromotes the universal messageof tolerance.

The Center has three broadprogram areas:

• the North American TravellingExhibit Program;

• the Exhibition and EducationCenter in New York City;

• the Annual Spirit of AnneFrank Awards.

The Spirit of Anne Frank Awardsare designed to honour thosewho have taken significantinitiatives to fight discriminationand to teach tolerance. Amongits internationally-renownedpatrons is the Governor Generalof Canada, the Right HonourableAdrienne Clarkson.

A major focus of the Anne FrankCenter, USA is to educate youngpeople and communities aboutissues of intolerance andprejudice in the world today. Itdoes this by preserving thelegacy of Anne Frank andthrough the creation ofinspirational and educationaltools that are made available toschools and to the generalpublic.

Since it was first published in1947, Anne Frank’s diary hasbeen translated into more than67 languages. Its message ofhope and courage has becomeone of the most widely readbooks in the world. Because shewas a teenager herself, AnneFrank’s story is especiallymeaningful to contemporaryyoung people.

The Anne Frank Center, USAmaintains extensive resourcesand links that are designed to beaccessed directly by school-agechildren. In addition, there arenumerous aids that have beendeveloped over the years toassist professional educators.

The Anne Frank Center, USAalso has an extensive on-linestore which houses an excellentcollection of books about AnneFrank – the diary and her otherwritings, commentary andanalysis, biography, and history.

This particular exhibit on view inSaskatoon, entitled Anne Frankin the World 1929-1945, isintended to inform visitors aboutthe history of the Holocaustfrom the perspective of AnneFrank and her family. It is basedon historical facts and eventswhich severely impacted thelives of this German-Jewishfamily.

This exhibit is a useful way toprovide people with anunderstanding of the basicevents of World War I and WorldWar II. It shows how the ideas ofNazism developed from the firstgradual steps of stripping awaythe civil rights of Jews and thedisabled, to grow into anunprecedented campaign ofsavage genocide – agovernment policy of killingJews, Gypsies, disabled people,homosexuals and Slavic people.

One of the purposes of the AnneFrank Center, USA is toencourage visitors to take amore active role inunderstanding current events intheir own community, andaround the globe, to be more

Anne Frank

In the World Today

“Founded in 1977, the Anne Frank Center, USA is a non-sectarian, educational organization that promotes the universal message of tolerance.”


aware of current issues ofprejudice, discrimination,violence, and genocide.

“The 20th century has been oneof repeated genocides from theArmenians in World War I to theHolocaust in World War II topost-1945 Cambodia, Rwanda,the former Yugoslavia and todayin Kosovo, East Timor and theDarfur region of Sudan,” statesa guide to the Center. At thesame time, we must try to workto prevent future genocides andbe informed, committed citizenswho are unafraid to takepersonal responsibility andleadership positions in ourcommunities to further a just,inclusive society.

Other independent but relatedAnne Frank institutions arecentred in several world capitalsand accessible on-line.

Perhaps the most important ofthese is the Anne Frank House inAmsterdam. Located adjacent toa canal, the building at 265Prinsengracht was the home ofAnne Frank for the 25 monthsshe, her family and friends were

hiding from the Nazis until theywere betrayed by an unknowncollaborator.

The canal-side house consists oftwo sections, where visitors willsee where Otto Frank carried outhis business, and the SecretAnnex, where the Frank familyhid.

Over the years following thewar, the Annex remained in itsauthentic state. In 1998, the frontpart of the house was restoredbased on historical photographsand blueprints.

It is here where Anne Frank’sdiary papers were left behindthe day Karl Silberhauer of theSicherheitsdienst (GermanSecurity Service) supervised thearrest. Later, two familyemployees – Miep Gies and BepVoskuijl – gathered up some 300pages of Anne Frank’s writingsand gave them to Otto Frankafter the war.

There are three other importantvenues, in addition to the AnneFrank Center, USA and the AnneFrank House and museum inAmsterdam.

• The Anne Frank Zentrum inBerlin houses materialsrelated to war-time Germanyand is very proactive inencouraging German schoolchildren to gain an accurateunderstanding of the horrorsinflicted by that country’sNational Socialist movement(unfortunately its website isonly available in the Germanlanguage).

• The Anne Frank-Fondslocated in Switzerland wasestablished as a foundationby Otto Frank and the Swissgovernment to help educateand promote the values oftolerance and understandingin the world.

• The Anne Frank Trust - UK isa similar organization basedin London dedicated to thevalues of mutual respect,compassion and socialjustice.

All these centres encouragevisitors, individualcorrespondence, and maintainextensive on-line informationand resources.

For further

inquiry:

Anne Frank Center, USAwww.annefrank.com

Anne Frank Housewww.annefrank.org

Anne Frank Zentrumwww.annefrank.de

Anne Frank-Fondswww.annefrank.ch

Anne Frank Trust-UKwww.annefrank.org.uk

Documents

A Message on Behalf of the - Saskatchewan Human … · believe in Anne Frank’s universal and ... Monica Goulet, Michael Gertler. Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,