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Alice Hoffman's novel about Anne Frank will be published in September
Read full article: Alice Hoffman's novel about Anne Frank will be published in SeptemberWith the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic.
Graphic version of Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
Read full article: Graphic version of Anne Frank book removed by Florida schoolA high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust.
Videos in English depict last 6 months of Anne Frank's life
Read full article: Videos in English depict last 6 months of Anne Frank's lifeThe Anne Frank House museum is releasing an English-language version of three videos in which an actress playing the young Jewish diarist describes the last six months of her life.
Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critique
Read full article: Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critiqueA group of Dutch historians has published an in-depth criticism of the work and conclusion of a cold case team that said it had pieced together the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.
Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank
Read full article: Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne FrankA cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.
Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove denial posts
Read full article: Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove denial postsBERLIN Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site. We take down any post that celebrates, defends, or attempts to justify the Holocaust, Facebook told the AP. More than 500 companies on July 1 began an advertising boycott intended to pressure Facebook into taking a stronger stand against hate speech. Several Holocaust denial groups have been identified on Facebook by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League, some hidden and most private. The United Nations has acknowledged that Holocaust denial is a form of anti-Semitism, and of course anti-Semitism is hate speech, he said.