Anne Frank: A History for Today

THIS EXHIBITION IS NOW CLOSED
5 SEPT - 22 OCT 2012
PICTORIAL GALLERY (SECOND FLOOR)
FREE

Anne Frank was one of more than one million Jewish children who died in the Holocaust. This exhibition draws on material from her famous diary, written while in hiding from Nazi persecution, and over 200 Frank family photos to tell Anne’s story.

This touring exhibition was created by Amsterdam’s Anne Frank Museum and this is the last opportunity to see it before it leaves New Zealand.

DIARY MAKING
1-12 Oct 12
Weekdays, 10am – 12pm & 1.30 – 3pm
$5 drop-in
Armoury

Kids have the chance to create their own diary in a cosy corner of the Museum.

WHAT'S YOUR STORY? CREATING FUTURE HISTORY

Help us create a new record for the future. Anne told her history through her diary – we’re inviting school students to put down their stories on paper or write a letter to themselves for the future. A selection of submissions will be accessioned into the Museum’s manuscripts collection as a resource for future generations.

ANNE FRANK: FILM SCREENING AND TALK
Wed 12 Sept, 6pm
Free

Visit the Anne Frank exhibition after hours and take part in our evening programme with our guest speakers and a film screening of Anne Frank Remembered.

Holocaust survivors Bob & Freda Narev share their experiences and insights.

ANNE FRANK: FILM SCREENING AND TALK
Wed 17 Oct, 6pm
Free

Visit the Anne Frank exhibition after hours and take part in our evening programme with our guest speakers and a film screening of Anne Frank Remembered.

Chief Human Rights Commissioner David Rutherford & Associate Professor Dr Friedrich Voit will discuss the importance of communicating history and remembrance.

EGON’S DIARY

Sunday 3 September 1939
‘At sea toward Salamaua. The news from Europe sounds very bad; for a while the mood is somewhat depressed. In the evening we hear on the radio that England and France find themselves in a state of war with Germany.’

German-born Jew Egon Schoenberger immigrated to New Zealand just as WWII was beginning, unaware of the fate that awaited his family and his home country.

Follow our online blog series as we share diary entries and letters from our collections to reveal the events that led to the confiscation of the Schoenberger family business by the Nazi party and the fate of his mother and sister.

Watch an interview with Egon's daughter Michele presented by TVNZ.