In 2021 Hanukah starts on the evening of Sunday in November and ends on a Sunday in December, being an eight day festival. In 1942 when Anne Frank and her family were in hiding, Hanukah was close to Christmas. Hanukah follows the lunar calendar like all Jewish festivals (and Muslim and Chinese festivals).
Anne Frank and her family were not Orthodox but Liberals. They celebrated Hanukah. They lit candles for ten minutes because candles were in short supply.
In the Netherlands, in the capital, Amerstardam, you can see the tall canal-side house where Anne Frank's family hid. They occupied the two top floors with access to the attic.
When I visited it, I saw a large exhibition at the end showing what the Anne Frank Foundation has been doing. They are not just commemorating Anne Frank and her family by keeping alive the memory of Anne but also promoting harmony worldwide.
Monuments, Museums and Visits (alphabetically by country)
ARGENTINA
Cordoba statue, Argentina. Photo by Maula. Anne wearing a short sleeved garment with book and trunk.
GERMANY
Aachen
A border town. Has the solpersteins, (stumbling stones) embedded in the pavement, for Anne, her sister Margot and her mother Edith.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Memorial at house where she lived with her sister and granny whilst her father was establishing his new job and business in the Netherlands. The plaque shows the two sisters with a friend called Grace between them.
The German text, which I have translated into English, reads: Anne Frank, born on the 12th of June, 1929, lived with her grandparent and elder sister Margot from March 1931 in this house.
From her diary entry 11 April 1944: "Once this terrible war is over, once again we will become human beings and not all be (only) Jews."
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam: Anne Frank House museum.
Statue of Anne Frank.
Street art mural.
MALAYSIA
Kuching Cat museum
Displays inside include a picture of Anne Frank's cat.
UK
London
Bust of Anne Frank at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, near Baker Street.
The British Library also has a tree commemorating Anne Frank, with a plaque inscribed with a poem by Michel Rosen, an English, Jewish, author of poems and books for children. I met him in Pinner where he was running a workshop for children. (The British library won an award for architecture and has many busts, sculptures, exhibitions and a bench in the shape of an open book, with the open pages forming the seat and backrest.)
Memorial to Anne Frank and Holocaust victims and survivors in Hyde Park.
The only survivor of the Secret Annexe was Anne's father who went back to Holland, looking for his family, then to Switzerland, finally in Edgware, NW London, where I lived. I had no idea he was living near me.
SCOTLAND
SWITZERLAND
Grave of Anne Frank's father, which you can see on the website Find A Grave.
USA
Useful Websites
ONLINE INFO
Background story on how the Franks set up the Secret Annexe in the year July 1941 to 1942:
https://brainpop.fandom.com/wiki/Anne_Frank
Model of the annexe online
https://www.annefrank.org/en/downloads/imagevault/twhfyPR55NkvvEyArJTo.pdf
https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205858.pdf
PLACES TO SEE
NETHERLANDS
To visit the house:
The house museum shop sells books and DVDs, postcards, cotton tote bags and a cardboard model of the house.
https://webshop.annefrank.org/en/miscellaneous/
The Diary in many languages
https://webshop.annefrank.org/en/the-diary/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monuments_and_memorials_to_Anne_Frank
UK
http://www.6millionmemorials.co.uk/uk-holocaust-memorials/anne-frank---british-library
http://www.6millionmemorials.co.uk/uk-holocaust-memorials/holocaust-memorial-garden
BIOGRAPHY
Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5
The Author of several books, including Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.
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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President
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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.
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Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.
Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.
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Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.
Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.
Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.
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