Panel exhibition marking 85th anniversary of Anne Frank’s birth opens in Hiroshima
Nov. 10, 2014
by Takeshi Kikumoto, Staff Writer
An exhibition titled “Kibo no mirai” (“Future of Hope”) opened at Hiroshima City University’s satellite campus in downtown Hiroshima on November 4. The exhibition, which commemorates the 85th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank (1929-1945), has been organized by the Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama, a city located in the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. The center hopes people will turn their minds to peace by learning more about her life. The exhibition will run until November 10. Admission is free.
On display are about 30 panels, one of which shows part of Anne’s diary: “I would be so excited (if I could go outside) that I would not know what I should do first.” Anne had this wish because she was forced to remain in hiding out of fear over the persecution of Jews by the Nazis.
It is said that Anne wept over the killing of the Jews. She wrote, “What on earth is the point of war?” Through the words of a young girl who died at the age of 15, the exhibition conveys the importance of peace and ethnic harmony.
Rieko Koge, 58, a homemaker and Hiroshima resident, said, “Anne and many others lost their lives to war. So war must not happen again. I hope young people will see this exhibition.”
(Originally published on November 5, 2014)
An exhibition titled “Kibo no mirai” (“Future of Hope”) opened at Hiroshima City University’s satellite campus in downtown Hiroshima on November 4. The exhibition, which commemorates the 85th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank (1929-1945), has been organized by the Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama, a city located in the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. The center hopes people will turn their minds to peace by learning more about her life. The exhibition will run until November 10. Admission is free.
On display are about 30 panels, one of which shows part of Anne’s diary: “I would be so excited (if I could go outside) that I would not know what I should do first.” Anne had this wish because she was forced to remain in hiding out of fear over the persecution of Jews by the Nazis.
It is said that Anne wept over the killing of the Jews. She wrote, “What on earth is the point of war?” Through the words of a young girl who died at the age of 15, the exhibition conveys the importance of peace and ethnic harmony.
Rieko Koge, 58, a homemaker and Hiroshima resident, said, “Anne and many others lost their lives to war. So war must not happen again. I hope young people will see this exhibition.”
(Originally published on November 5, 2014)
