Empowering Students Through Anne’s Story
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Dear Friends,
Did you know that every $100 donation equips one more young person with the resources to learn about Anne Frank’s life and the lessons it offers?
This season of giving, please support the Anne Frank Center USA. AFC USA brings Anne’s words to classrooms across the country, teaching history and fostering empathy. Your gift on Giving Tuesday, December 3rd, makes our transformative programs possible.
Read more about our theatrical performances from Anne Frank Center actor and teaching artist, Olivia Konteatis, as she reflects on the work that we do and the ways that students inspire us.
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My name is Olivia Konteatis and I play Anne Frank in our educational performances. I have played more than 80 performances as Anne both in person and virtually and it has been the honor of my career.
Olivia performing as Anne in North Palm Beach, FL. photo by Jeremy Ferris
Many students have a strong reaction to seeing the show, but I remember one girl who came up to me after the performance and told me that she will never forget it. Seeing Anne come to life in front of her, having to go through such hardship that led to the immortal words we have today had a big impact on her.
It’s these students who I know will carry on the legacy, the show is for them and I couldn’t be happier to be a part of the work that the Anne Frank Center USA is doing right now.
Olivia with actor Mario Haynes (right) speaking to students at a post-show talk in Toledo, OH. photo by Dave Zapotosky
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About Anne Frank Center USA
The Anne Frank Center USA provides a powerful catalyst for social change by promoting Anne Frank’s timeless message of hope to young people. We bring programs and experts into schools and communities across the country, offering an affordable, high-impact educational model. Our vision is to grow communities across the United States that prevent bigotry, antisemitism, racism, and discrimination.
About Anne Frank
Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager from Frankfurt, Germany who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent over two years during World War II hiding in an annex of rooms on Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, today known as the Anne Frank House. After being betrayed to the Nazis, Anne, her family, and the others living with them were arrested and deported to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, seven months after she was arrested, Anne Frank died of typhus at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She was fifteen years old.
About The Diary of a Young Girl
Since it was first published in 1947, Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most powerful memoirs of the Holocaust. Its message of courage and hope in the face of adversity has reached millions. The diary has been translated into more than 70 languages with over 30 million copies sold. Anne Frank's story is especially meaningful to young people today. For many she is their first, if not their only exposure to the history of the Holocaust.
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