Anne Frank
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February 12, 2026, 12:19 pm
Honouring Anne’s voice
More than 70 years after publication, Anne Frank’s diary is finding new life on Australian stages in an award-winning production shaped by Otto Frank himself. Jessica Abelsohn spoke to lead actress, Chloe-Jean Vincent.
By Jessica Abelsohn
September 3, 2025, 2:33 pm
Anne visits the Opera House
Alexis Fishman returns home to star in Anne Being Frank, a one-woman show written by Melbourne playwright, Ron Elisha. The bold reimagining of Anne Frank’s story will debut at the Sydney Opera House.
By Jessica Abelsohn
June 11, 2025, 12:56 pm
Resurrecting Amy’s voice
Sydney-born performer Alexis Fishman brings her acclaimed Amy Winehouse tribute show home, offering audiences a deeper look beyond the headlines.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Alexis Fishman. Photo: Kaye Tuckerman
August 11, 2023, 7:29 am
Reimagining the story of Anne
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart ..." Anne Frank wrote these words a mere three weeks before she met true evil. They have become synonymous with Anne and her story. But after being taken by the Nazis, would she still believe this statement? Jessica Abelsohn spoke to Ron Elisha and Alexis Fishman about their new off-Broadway play, Anne Being Frank.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Hannah Pick-Goslar, on right, is seen with her friend Anne Frank in an undated image. Photo: Anne Frank Fonds Basel
June 26, 2023, 2:51 pm
Anne’s friend shares her story
Hannah Pick-Goslar, Anne Frank's best friend, spent decades telling her story through interviews and lectures, but her recollections have only just been published for the first time in a memoir.
By Shira Li Bartov
June 13, 2023, 7:24 am
A link to the past to look to the future
Tulips for Breakfast is set in Amsterdam during WWII, during which the main character Adelena lives in hiding. She has been left in the care of a non-Jew as her parents believed that was her only chance of survival.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Screenshot from the video Anne Frank - After the Arrest.
August 14, 2022, 9:00 am
Anne Frank’s last six months depicted in new videos
Anne Frank – After the Arrest shows the young diarist's deportation and death, filling in what she could not write.
Anne Frank in 1941 aged 12. Photo: ADN-Bildarchiv/ullstein bild via Getty Images
April 21, 2022, 8:26 am
Painful aftermath to Anne Frank cold case
'I speak for and with survivors and descendants of the Van den Bergh family'
By Ruben Vis
Actor Liev Schreiber arrives for the 75th Golden Globe Awards. Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images via JTA
April 19, 2022, 3:02 pm
Liev Schreiber to play Anne Frank’s dad in new Disney+ series
‘A Small Light’ will follow Miep Gies, Otto Frank’s non-Jewish Dutch employee, who together with her husband hid the Frank family in a secret annex for two years to evade the Nazis.
By Andrew Lapin
A photo of the book cover of The Betrayal of Anne Frank.Photo: Harper Collins
February 10, 2022, 9:14 am
Printing halted of Frank betrayer book
Anne Frank. Illustration: Adriana Alvarez
February 7, 2022, 10:10 am
Who really betrayed Anne Frank ?
As a Dutch Shoah survivor who endured the horrors of Bergen-Belsen at the same time as Anne Frank, Sydney's Eddy Boas is appalled at the recent discussion over who betrayed the young diarist and her family to the Nazis.
By Eddy Boas
Arnold van den Bergh (second from left) with other members of the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council.
January 27, 2022, 8:23 am
Frank betrayer theory slammed
"It contributes not to uncovering the truth, but to confusion and in addition it is full of errors," - John Goldsmith
Anne Frank.
January 18, 2022, 5:14 pm
The man who betrayed Anne Frank’s family?
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
Anne, with her imaginary friend Kitty, to whom Anne wrote her diary. Photo: Purple Whale Films.
July 23, 2021, 7:20 am
Revitalising Anne Frank’s story
It's up to each of us to make sure that future generations understand what happened during the Holocaust. A new movie adaptation of Anne Frank's story targets younger audiences.
By Jessica Abelsohn
The Anne Frank-inspired candle sold by Short Story.
February 11, 2021, 3:10 pm
Anne Frank candle pulled from sale
'Commercialising and commodifying the Holocaust, regardless of the company’s intention, was grossly disrespectful and in poor taste'.
By Zeddy Lawrence
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