A new Anne Frank exhibition opens in New York on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, featuring a full-scale reconstruction of the annex where Anne and her family hid during World War II. The exhibition includes over 100 original artifacts and provides insight into Anne's life and legacy, aiming to transfer this poignant history into the 21st century. The annex's detailed recreation aims to evoke a powerful connection to the past, especially in the context of rising antisemitism today. The exhibition will run for three months before traveling to additional cities.
The exhibition aims to show how this history, how this memory will go into the 21st century, Ronald Leopold, executive director of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, said in an interview.
The reconstructed annex has five rooms, each with the exact details and dimensions as its counterpart at the Anne Frank House, which more than 1.2 million people visit each year.
Unlike the original space, which has been intentionally left empty, each room in the exhibition is filled with furniture and possessions, including books and a board game.
This is the first time the annex has been completely reconstructed outside Amsterdam.
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