Museum Review: The Anne Frank House

Curator Claire Amundson talks about her experience visiting the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and what she saw while in the museum.

15 Feb 2017: Anne and Bana

She is a girl, she suffers. And she writes about her suffering, puts her life into words. She gets famous. It is a sad fame. Her name is Anne. Anne Frank. No, it’s Bana. Bana Alabed. She was born in Frankfurt or in Syria, dying from bombs or in death camps. She has...

Girls of TEDTalks: Adora Svitak – What adults can learn from kids

Adora Svitak was only 12 years old when she did her TED talk and I have to confess I was pretty surprised when I saw her standing up on stage looking so young and yet so confident. As I’m sure many others did I wondered what it was a 12 year old could have to say...

Living in a crazy time: A visit to the Anne Frank House

Anne Frank Memorial statue in Amsterdam I’m sitting with a friend on our holiday to Amsterdam. She’s drinking ginger ale, I have a cappuccino and we’re sharing a brownie. We’re both silent, taking advantage of free wifi to catch up on Facebook on our smartphones....

Sexualizing the Past

One of the women featured in our Heroines Quilt exhibition is Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam during the Holocaust. Even though she eventually died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, she has become known throughout the world...

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