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31-914: The organization was originally known as the American Friends of the Anne Frank Center . According to the Center, it originated as an affiliate of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam . Both the House and the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel , Switzerland, are among the Anne Frank Center's worldwide organizational partners. It said on its website that it was founded in 1959 with Anne's father Otto Frank as one of its founders. That

62-509: A "Band-Aid on the cancer of anti-Semitism that has infected his own administration." Goldstein called for Sean Spicer's resignation after his comment that, unlike Bashar al-Assad , " Hitler didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons." He called for Sebastian Gorka's resignation in response to allegations that the Order of Vitéz , of which Gorka is a member, is an antisemitic, Hungarian ultranationalist group. The Atlantic and

93-748: A house or other site associated with the lives of their subjects, such as Casa Paoli Museum . Other examples of house-based biographical museums are Anne Frank House in Amsterdam , Quinta de Bolívar in Bogotá, Colombia , the Keats-Shelley Memorial House in Rome , Italy , and the Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu National Museum in Krujë , Albania . Some homes of famous people house collections in

124-480: A part of the larger Anne Frank House complex that was in the process of implementing "The Maintenance and Future of the Anne Frank House" initiative in 1999. This project resulted in the preservation of the annex, front of 263 Prinsengracht, educational and functional purposes of 265 Prinsengracht, and the newly built corner structure that housed the entrance, cashier, cafe, and other amenities. Throughout

155-471: Is the rear extension of the building. It was concealed from view by houses on all four sides of a quadrangle. Its secluded position made it an ideal hiding place for Otto Frank , his wife Edith , two daughters, Margot and Anne , of whom Anne was the younger, and four other Jews seeking refuge from Nazi persecution. Though the total amount of floor space in the inhabited rooms came to only about 450 square feet (42 m ), Anne Frank wrote in her diary that it

186-670: The Anti-Defamation League , told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he believed Frank's name was abused and that "every time I read that he [Goldstein] says something under her banner, I feel uncomfortable." Foxman was himself a hidden child during the Holocaust . In a Washington Post profile, Goldstein rejected accusations that he is politicizing Anne Frank and called her "one of the greatest feminist and social justice leaders in history.” Goldstein resigned from

217-401: The 1999 restructuring process, ideas of a virtual journey of the museum were brought about. The first virtual reality tour was produced as a CD-Rom and consisted of photographs of an interpretation of the furnished house depicting the 1942-1944 years. In 2004, the www.annefrank.org website was published in six different languages to accommodate international audiences. The 2010 50th anniversary of

248-472: The English translation began production, it was realised that many English-speaking readers might not be familiar with the term and it was decided that a more evocative term (the 'Secret Annexe') would better convey the building's hidden position. Otto Frank's contributions to the diary were such that he is recognized as a co-author. Shortly after the book was published, Otto Frank's employees showed visitors

279-551: The Trump administration claiming it has failed to counter antisemitism and for his policies concerning refugees and immigrants. Following the presidential 2016 election, Liel Leibovitz writing in The Tablet , described it as "one of the loudest voices in the #resistance to Trump.". In February 2017, after the administration condemned threats against Jewish institutions, Goldstein called Trump's "sudden acknowledgment" of antisemitism "

310-625: The United States and Amsterdam, and that he was listed as president of the Foundation. It is described by its chairman Peter Rapaport as neither a Jewish nor a Holocaust organization. While it speaks out against antisemitism , it also criticizes what it sees as sexism , racism , Islamophobia , homophobia , transphobia , ableism , and other issues. It is headquartered in New York City and one of its former executive directors

341-538: The building became a warehouse, and the front warehouse with its wide stable-like doors was used to house horses. At the start of the 20th century, a manufacturer of household appliances occupied the building, succeeded in 1930 by a producer of piano rolls, who vacated the property by 1939. On 1 December 1940, Anne's father, Otto Frank , moved the offices of the spice and gelling companies he worked for, Opekta and Pectacon, from an address on Singel canal to Prinsengracht 263. The ground floor consisted of three sections;

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372-513: The capacity and accessibility problems the museum faced regularly. Additionally, the virtual tour would include parts of the annex that is off limits to the physical visitor. The virtual reality experience of the exhibit today is not an incredible, modern resource that allows users to experience the Anne Frank House experience from their own home. On display at the museum is the Academy Award that Shelley Winters won, and later donated to

403-755: The center in September 2017. Anne Frank House The Anne Frank House ( Dutch : Anne Frank Huis ) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank . The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht , close to the Westerkerk , in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands. During World War II , when the Netherlands was occupied by Germany, Anne Frank hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms, in

434-463: The daily online Jewish news site Tablet Magazine criticized the center for politicizing Anne Frank's legacy in its criticism of the Donald Trump administration. The magazines said that the media has paid undue attention to the Center because of its use of Anne Frank's name, and The Atlantic said that by "politicizing Anne Frank" it may undermine her legacy. Abraham Foxman , former head of

465-507: The front office while Victor Kugler worked in the middle office. The rear office held a large radio that the people in hiding used until 1943, after which the radio was handed in by the employees when the Nazis began confiscating Dutch radios. The Achterhuis ( Dutch for "back house") or Secret Annex – as it was called in The Diary of a Young Girl , an English translation of the diary –

496-434: The front was the goods and dispatch entrance, behind it in the middle section were the spice mills, and at the rear, which was the ground floor of the annex, was the warehouse where the goods were packed for distribution. Directly above the ground floor were the offices of Frank's employees, with Miep Gies , Bep Voskuijl (known in the early version of The Diary of a Young Girl as Elli Vossen) and Johannes Kleiman occupying

527-591: The hiding place (the Secret Annex at rear of 263), with the other buildings expanding the permanent exhibition on the life and times of Anne Frank, and has an exhibition space about all forms of persecution and discrimination . In 2017, the museum had 1.27 million visitors and was the third most visited museum in the Netherlands , after the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum . The house – and

558-435: The museum concurred with the production of a 3-D virtual reality, which was introduced at the event. For three important reasons a virtual tour was encouraged. First, for visitors who are unable to travel to Amsterdam they would have access to the exhibits virtually. Second, visitors could better prepare for their visit by visiting the virtual exhibit before attending the physical museum. Last, a virtual reality tour would address

589-801: The museum, for her performance as Petronella van Daan in the 1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank . The award now sits in a bullet-proof glass case in the museum. In 1998, the Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin was opened after the completion of a cooperation agreement with the Anne Frank House. Ronald Leopold has been executive director of the museum since 2011 and Garance Reus-Deelder has been managing director since 2012. The museum had 1.15 million visitors in 2012, 1.20 million visitors in 2013, and 1.23 million visitors in 2014. It had 1.29 million visitors in 2016, with ongoing renovations during 2017 marginally reducing visits to 1.27 million; for 2017, it

620-404: The neighboring 265 Prinsengracht house, shortly before the remaining buildings on the block were pulled down as planned. The restoration of 263 Prinsengracht began and the building was opened as a museum to the public in 1960. The former hiding place of Anne Frank attracted a huge amount of interest, especially as translations and dramatizations of the diary had made her a figure known throughout

651-490: The one next door at number 265, which was later purchased by the museum – was built by Dirk van Delft in 1635. The canal-side façade dates from a renovation of 1740, when the rear annex was demolished. It was a private residence until the nineteenth century - in 1821, for instance, a Captain Johannes Christiaan van den Bergh, plaats-majoor der tweede klasse (adjutant third class) resided there. Subsequently,

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682-547: The rear building, of the 17th-century canal house , later known as the Secret Annex ( Dutch : Achterhuis ). She did not survive the war but her wartime diary was published in 1947. Ten years later the Anne Frank Foundation was established to protect the property from developers who wanted to demolish the block. The entire museum, which occupies the three adjacent buildings on the street front of Prinsengracht 263 to 267, opened on 3 May 1960. It preserves

713-759: The remaining contents (clothes, furniture, and personal belongings) of the Frank family and their friends were seized and distributed to bombed-out families in Germany. Before the building was cleared, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, who had helped hide the families, returned to the hiding place against the orders of the Dutch police and rescued some personal effects. Amongst the items they retrieved were books and papers that would eventually be compiled into The Diary of Anne Frank . After Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam in June 1945, he

744-504: The secret rooms where the families hid. However, by 1955, the clothing manufacturing company, the Berghaus Company, bought the row of houses on Prinsengracht and had plans to demolish for and rebuild for their company's growth. Due to public pushback, the demolition was cancelled. A campaign to save the building and to list it as a protected monument was started by the Dutch paper Het Vrije Volk on November 23,1955. The building

775-506: The world. Over 9,000 visitors came in the museum's first open year. In a decade, there were twice as many. Over the years, the building required renovations to manage such a large number of visitors, and it closed temporarily for this reason in 1970 and 1999. To accommodate the growing number of visitors, in the late 1980s the City of Amsterdam proposed a new building be constructed on the corner of Prinsengracth and Westermarkt. This building became

806-547: Was disputed by The Atlantic , which reported in an April 2017 profile of the group that past staffers and documentation indicate it was actually started in 1977, with no involvement by Otto Frank. After the Atlantic article appeared, the organization provided a document from 1959 which shows that Otto Frank gave permission to use of his name in fundraising literature for the Anne Frank Foundation Inc. in

837-416: Was given Anne's diaries and papers and subsequently compiled the two versions of his daughter's diaries into a book published in Dutch in 1947 under the title Het Achterhuis , which Anne had chosen as the name of a future memoir or novel based on her experiences in hiding. Achterhuis is a Dutch architectural term referring to a back-house (used comparatively with voorhuis meaning front-house). However, when

868-463: Was political activist Steven Goldstein , known for his advocacy of LGBT rights as founder of Garden State Equality . It was under Goldstein's leadership that the Center changed its name to add "mutual respect", and broadened its mission to include an emphasis on "exposing and fighting hate". From 2011 to 2016 the center had a small public gallery in lower Manhattan. The center received significant press attention in early 2017 due to its criticism of

899-472: Was relatively luxurious compared to other hiding places they had heard about. They remained hidden here for two years and one month until they were raided by the Nazi authorities, arrested, and deported to their deaths in concentration and death camps. Of the hidden group, only Otto Frank survived the camps. After those in hiding were arrested, the hiding place was cleared by order of the arresting officers and all

930-420: Was saved by campaigners who staged a protest outside the building on the day of demolition. The Anne Frank Foundation was established on May 3, 1957 in leadership of Otto Frank, with the primary aim of collecting enough funds to purchase and restore the building. In October of that year, Berghaus Company donated the building to the foundation as a goodwill gesture. The collected funds were then used to purchase

961-536: Was the third most visited museum in the Netherlands , after the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum . The museum is a member of the Museumvereniging (Museum Association). Biographical museum A biographical museum is a museum dedicated to displaying items relating to the life of a single person or group of people, and it may also display the items collected by their subjects during their lifetimes. Some biographical museums are located in

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