Media 2022

Los Angeles, CA - February 2022

Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights and Anne Frank LA in partnership with Anne Frank Center USA at The University of South Carolina, Anne Frank House (Amsterdam), and Anne Frank Fonds (Basel) presented the opening of the international traveling exhibit, Anne Frank: A History for Today, on February 26. In advance, Roosevelt High School student volunteers participated in a two-day peer guide training session for the exhibit with trainers flown in by Anne Frank House (Amsterdam) – Jan Erik Dubbelman, (Former International Director), Aaron Peterer, (Educational 

Projects Director) and Mario Haynes, (Teaching Artist).  News coverage includes:

On April 26, 2022, led by Los Angeles City Council members Paul Koretz and Bob Blumenfield, the Los Angeles City Council approved and adopted a resolution declaring May 12 as “Anne Frank Day” in the city of Los Angeles.. The day honors Anne, her father Otto (whose birthday is May 12), and the nearly 1.5 million children who perished during the Holocaust. News coverage includes: