The West Coast tour is coordinated by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in San Francisco and the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. The exhibit has traveled to high schools in California, Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and will continue to do so in Sacramento, San Diego, Portland, and San Diego.
For what would have been Anne’s 90 th birthday, students shared their experiences with the exhibition in a video: Therefore, the exhibit allows for discussions involving topics as mutual respect that hit close to home for many students. Telling the story of a 15-year-old, to 15-year-old students, by 15-year-old tour guides makes the exhibition a powerful experience. Selected students from participating schools are trained by the Anne Frank House as tour guides for their fellow students. The Anne Frank exhibit “A History for Today” tells the story of Anne Frank during the Holocaust and the World War II, linking it to today’s topics as human rights and tolerance. Therefore, we should challenge ourselves to think about the role of those values in our own life,” says Gerbert Kunst, Consul General of the Netherlands in San Francisco.
“Anne Frank teaches us some important lessons about tolerance, freedom, and inclusion - values that the United States and the Netherlands share.
Seventy-four years after her death, the Netherlands continues to keep alive her story and the lessons from her life through the travelling exhibition “Anne Frank, A History for Today,” which travels to high schools on the US West Coast and South Carolina. By Kimberly Beijersbergen and Sietze VermeulenĬonsulate General of the Netherlands in San Anne Frank were alive today what would she write about? Where would she live? What would her life be like? As June 12, 2019, marks what would be her 90 th birthday, her diary remains one of the most famous pieces of literature, giving personal insight into the Holocaust and World War II experiences of a 15-year-old girl.
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