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= Anne Frank Center = The Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina (USC) is the official U.S. partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and only partner site in North America. It is based in Columbia, SC and provides educational programs across North America.

Mission
The Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina is the official North American partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Through our museum, exhibits, and peer-led programs, we work to ensure each generation remembers the story of Anne Frank and the Holocaust, understands the threat of antisemitism and any form of prejudice, and is prepared to advocate for peace and justice in our world.

Values
In honor of Anne’s legacy and her father Otto Frank’s vision, we continually emphasize our common humanity, encourage cultural understanding, and promote open dialogue so that we can all learn to live peacefully together in a free society.

Earlier work
The story of the Anne Frank Center begins with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is dedicated to preserving the hiding place used by the young diarist Anne Frank and others during the Nazi occupation in WWII.

In the 1980s, the Anne Frank House created “Anne Frank: A History for Today”, a traveling exhibit and docent training so students all over the world could learn about the life and legacy of Anne Frank. The traveling exhibit reached over 80 countries around the world. By 2012, USC associate professor Dr. Doyle Stevick brought the traveling exhibit to South Carolina, assisted by USC students and SC public teachers.

After five years, the traveling exhibits were wildly popular, and culminated with USC hosting Eva Schloss, stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and diarist Anne Frank in 2017. Then-USC President Harris Pastides invited Schloss for a leadership dialogue on campus. The event welcomed over 2,000 public school students at the Koger Center in downtown Columbia, SC.

Selected as Anne Frank House partner
In 2018, Ronald Leopold, executive director of the Anne Frank House, visited to learn about efforts across the state and region. Dr. Stevick and President Pastides hoped to create a permanent home on campus for all USC students, faculty, staff and the broader community to access.

After several discussions, the Anne Frank House chose the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina as its official U.S. partner for North America in 2021. The Anne Frank Center opened its doors to the public in September 2021.

The Anne Frank Center joins Centro Ana Frank in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin, Germany, and the Anne Frank Trust in the United Kingdom as official partners to the Anne Frank House.

It is the first Anne Frank House partner site also located at an academic institution.

Partner organizations
The Anne Frank Center is focused on delivering programs in communities of all socio-economic levels and backgrounds. It is actively building partnerships with local organizations, educators, and schools across North America to ensure as many students and adults learn about the life of Anne Frank and the Holocaust.

International

 * Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
 * Anne Frank Trust (London, United Kingdom)
 * Anne Frank Zentrum (Berlin, Germany)
 * Centro Ana Frank (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

United States
It currently works alongside the following partner organizations across the United States:


 * Anne Frank Center, USA (New York, NY)
 * Anne Frank LA (Los Angeles, CA)
 * Anne Frank Initiative at the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
 * Institute for Holocaust Education (Omaha, NE)
 * Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)

Regional and Local

 * South Carolina Council on the Holocaust (South Carolina)

Member Organizations

 * Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO)

Traveling exhibits
The Anne Frank Center is the North American distributor for three traveling exhibitions produced and printed by the Anne Frank House.


 * Anne Frank: A History for Today is an international exhibition that is presented more than 300 times per year. It tells the story of Anne Frank against the background of the Holocaust and the Second World War. Various versions of the exhibition are available. They are similar in content, but differ in design and scale. The exhibition is usually presented for a period of two to four weeks. The exhibition is accompanied by materials including a catalogue, a DVD and a handbook for guides. In many countries the presentation of the exhibition has led to follow-up activities such as teacher training courses, theater presentations and educational projects for school students.
 * Let Me Be Myself connects Anne Frank's life story with the present and makes the fate of the millions of victims of the persecution of the Jews during the Second World War personal and palpable.
 * Reading and Writing with Anne Frank is a project where the exhibition serves as the starting point. The exhibition is specially designed for young people and provides an overview of the personal life of the Frank family. In addition, the exhibition focuses in on Anne’s writing talent.

Peer guide trainings
Peer guide trainings prepare teenagers and young adults to be guides for the traveling exhibits about Anne Frank in their school, synagogue, church, or community center. Rooted in peer education pedagogy, these two-day trainings focus on centering this subject around young people’s voices - enabling the students to become the exhibit docent, giving tours to their classmates.

As of 2023, the Anne Frank Center trained over 2,000 young people between the ages of 13 and 22.

Key learning outcomes

 * A deeper understanding of Anne Frank and the times in which she lived.
 * Enhanced student leadership and public speaking skills.
 * Reflection on what the lessons of the Holocaust mean for us today.

Museum experience and tours
Located in the heart of the University of South Carolina's Columbia campus, the Anne Frank Center is home to a 1,060 square-foot museum exhibition called “Anne Frank: A History for Today”.

All tours are guided and available by registration for visitors -- ages 12 years and up are recommended.


 * Public Tours: Guided tours of the exhibit range from 75-90 minutes and introduce the life and legacy of Anne Frank through quotes, photos, videos, and original artifacts representing the experience of Anne’s family as they hid in the Secret Annex.
 * Field Trips: A field trip typically involves a guided exhibit tour, lunch in the garden, and campus tour.

Recent highlights and milestones
Amid rising antisemitism, discrimination, and calls for increased Holocaust education, the Anne Frank Center made remarkable contributions on the USC campus, in South Carolina, and across the United States.

Since 2021, the organization has reached tens of thousands of students and adults across the United States.

Anne Frank Awards
In February 2024, the Anne Frank Center hosted the inaugural Anne Frank Awards. These national awards were established to honor individuals involved in the organization's educational programs and who demonstrated outstanding commitment to advancing Holocaust education. Awards were given to students, educators, artists, and several for lifetime achievement. Actor Noah Emmerich received the Anne Frank Award for "Lifetime Achievement in the Arts".

Anne Frank Youth Conference (AFYC)
In summer 2023, the Anne Frank Center hosted the first U.S.-based Anne Frank Youth Conference (AFYC) in Columbia, SC. Nineteen students attended from California, Washington DC, North Carolina, Nebraska, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Participants developed “action plans” for projects in their respective communities.

University 101
University 101 (U101) is a nationally recognized course offered to all USC first-year and transfer students. It help students transition to campus life, both academically and personally. During the fall semester, the Anne Frank Center offers tours to U101 classes of its permanent on-campus exhibit about Anne Frank. From fall 2021 to 2023, the Anne Frank Center provided tours for more than 450 classes, or approx. 9,250 students. In a follow-up survey, when asked if U101 instructors recommended the AFC, 93% of U101 instructors have a score of 4.93/5.00.