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Anne Frank: A History for Today exhibit This spring, in partnership with the Netherlands Consulate General in Miami, The Anne Frank Center USA will open our definitive exhibit – Anne Frank: A History for Today, at locations in Miami, Florida. The bilingual English/Spanish exhibit tells the powerful story of a young Jewish girl in hiding from the Nazis during WWII through photographs, letters, and of course Anne’s own poignant and wonderfully candid writing in her diary. The exhibit engages viewers in Anne’s experiences before and during the War, with the goal of promoting an understanding of how racism, indifference, and apathy can destroy individuals, families, and entire communities. Exhibition Venues: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Kendall: Koubek Center, Miami Dade College 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL 33135 March 17 – April 3 Monday – Friday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Downtown Miami: MDC Museum of Art + Design Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College 600 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132 April 8 – April 26 Wednesday – Sunday 12:00 – 5:00 pm Miami Beach: FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios 1618 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 April 28 – May 22 Tuesday – Wednesday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Thursday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm The exhibits are free and open to the public. Anne Frank: A History for Today Miami The exhibits are made possible through generous funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Additional support provided by the Koubek Center, Miami Dade College; MDC Museum of Art + Design; FIU College of Architecture + the Arts Miami Beach Urban Studios; Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation; the Florida Department of Education; and the Anne Frank House. Major Funding Provided by Image credit © AFF Basel / AFS Amsterdam

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Page 1: Anne Frank - Jean Monnet...Anne Frank Center USA will open its definitive exhibition Anne Frank: A History or Tf oday – designed to educate visitors of all ages about the dangers

Anne Frank: A History for Today exhibitThis spring, in partnership with the Netherlands Consulate General in Miami, The Anne Frank Center USA will open our definitive exhibit – Anne Frank: A History for Today, at locations in Miami, Florida. The bilingual English/Spanish exhibit tells the powerful story of a young Jewish girl in hiding from the Nazis during WWII through photographs, letters, and of course Anne’s own poignant and wonderfully candid writing in her diary. The exhibit engages viewers in Anne’s experiences before and during the War, with the goal of promoting an understanding of how racism, indifference, and apathy can destroy individuals, families, and entire communities.

Exhibition Venues:––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kendall: Koubek Center, Miami Dade College

2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL 33135 March 17 – April 3

Monday – Friday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Downtown Miami: MDC Museum of Art + Design

Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College 600 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132

April 8 – April 26 Wednesday – Sunday

12:00 – 5:00 pm

Miami Beach: FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios

1618 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 April 28 – May 22

Tuesday – Wednesday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Thursday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm,

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The exhibits are free and

open to the public.

Anne Frank:A History for Today Miami

The exhibits are made possible through generous funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Additional support provided by the Koubek

Center, Miami Dade College; MDC Museum of Art + Design; FIU College of Architecture + the Arts Miami Beach Urban Studios; Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish

Federation; the Florida Department of Education; and the Anne Frank House.

Major Funding Provided by

Image credit © AFF Basel / AFS Amsterdam

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Confronting Intolerance TodayA panel discussion on immigration reformMarch 24, 2015 6:30 – 8:30 pmThe Koubek Center, Miami Dade College As a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank was among the millions of victims of religious and ethnic persecution at the hands of the Nazis. In 1938, her father, Otto Frank, tried unsuccessfully to emigrate with the family to the United States. Even with the support of prominent American businessman, Nathan Straus, without the necessary entry papers the Franks were unable to gain passage. For the refugees who escaped Nazi Germany, America naturally represented a beacon of hope for a better world and a new beginning. But a drastic tightening of U.S. immigration policy, based partly on fears that some immigrants might be spies or saboteurs, meant that transit visas, and safe passage through Europe to the United States became increasingly impossible to obtain.

The Franks’ immigration story did not end there. On December 1, 1941, the Cuban government issued a single visa in the name of Otto Frank. Ten days later on December 11, Germany declared war on the United States and the Cuban visa was cancelled. Otto Frank survived the war, but his family did not.

With this history in mind, The Anne Frank Center USA will host its next Confronting Intolerance Today program at the Koubek Center in Miami, a city rich with immigrant history and culture. This important and timely event will examine discrimination on the basis of nationality and citizenship, specifically addressing immigration reform and the dream of a new world with new possibilities.

The event will feature Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez, Deputy-Managing Director of United We Dream, who recently walked on the Trail of Dreams to draw attention to the need for the DREAM Act and to push for an end to deportations; Maria Rodriguez, Executive Director, Florida Immigrant Coalition, who has worked for 25 years on behalf of low-income and migrant peoples; and Marleine Bastien, Executive Director Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (Haitian Women of Miami), who was recently named a

“Woman of the Year” by Ms. Magazine.

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www.unitedwedream.org www.floridaimmigrant.org www.fanm.org

This event is made possible through funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the

Netherland-America Foundation, and KLM Royal Dutch airlines, the official airline of The Anne Frank Center USA. The event is

kindly sponsored by the Consulate General of the Netherlands, Miami, and the Koubek Center, Miami Dade College.

March 24, 2015 6:30 – 8:30 pm

The Koubek Center, Miami Dade College, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami FL 33135

Free and open to the public

RSVP to [email protected]

Valet parking $5

In conjunction with this panel, The Anne Frank Center USA will open its definitive exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today – designed to educate visitors of all ages about the dangers of intolerance – at the following locations in Miami, Florida.

The Koubek Center Miami Dade College March 17 – April 3

The Freedom Tower Miami Dade College April 8 – 26

Miami Beach Urban Studios Florida International University April 28 – May 22

photo credit: United We Dream

About The Anne Frank Center USA The Anne Frank Center USA, a partner of the Anne Frank House, uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank as unique tools to advance her legacy, to educate young people and communities in North America about the dangers of intolerance, antisemitism, racism and discrimination, and to inspire the next generation to build a world based on equal rights and mutual respect.

www.annefrank.com

44 Park PlaceNew York, NY 10007

212.431.7993

[email protected]

The Anne Frank Center USA in partnership with the Consulate General of the Netherlands, Miami is proud to present