Anne Frank

Senator Ben Cardin Presented with the 2023 Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Today, the Senator received the 2023 Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance at a Capitol Hill ceremony.

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  • Today, the Senator received the 2023 Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance at a Capitol Hill ceremony.
  • Upon receiving the Anne Frank Award, Senator Cardin stated, “I am deeply grateful to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for presenting me with this Anne Frank Award.
  • Butkevych, a human rights activist and prisoner of war, was recognized with the 2023 Anne Frank Special Recognition Award for his work to uphold human rights and combat xenophobia and racism.
  • First presented in 2014, the Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance has been presented to the following recipients:

DGAP-News: The diary of Anne Frank – on the 75th anniversary of the first edition

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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However, animosity towards Jews, discrimination and Shoah denial are still relevant issues today, says John Goldsmith, President of the Anne Frank Fonds Basel.

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  • However, animosity towards Jews, discrimination and Shoah denial are still relevant issues today, says John Goldsmith, President of the Anne Frank Fonds Basel.
  • The AFF is responsible for the publication worldwide of the definitive edition of the Diaries of Anne Frank.
  • For more than 60 years now, the Anne Frank Fonds Basel has supported hundreds of civil society projects around the world.
  • As the only organisation established by Otto Frank, the Anne Frank Fonds Basel (AFF) was founded in 1963 and represents the Frank family.

DGAP-News: Anne Frank Fonds Basel protects copyrights to works by Anne Frank

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
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Works by Anne Frank have been uploaded onto a Belgian website, which is run by a letterbox company and uses geo-blocking.

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  • Works by Anne Frank have been uploaded onto a Belgian website, which is run by a letterbox company and uses geo-blocking.
  • The Anne Frank Fonds Basel (AFF) instigated a lawsuit against the letterbox company and against the Anne Frank Stichting and KNAW, as this covert bypassing of the protected copyright meant that the works of Anne Frank were also easily accessible in the Netherlands.
  • We will defend copyrights and take the appropriate measures in order to create legal certainty for the Anne Frank Fonds Basel, the publishing houses and its readers."
  • As the only organisation established by Otto Frank, the Anne Frank Fonds (AFF) was founded in 1963 and represents the Frank family.

Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Scentsy to announce partnership at groundbreaking ceremony

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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Boise, ID, Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boise, Idaho The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights and Scentsy will announce a new partnership during a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the centers new education building from 11:30 a.m. to noon MT Thursday, Nov. 18, in Downtown Boise.

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  • Boise, ID, Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boise, Idaho The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights and Scentsy will announce a new partnership during a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the centers new education building from 11:30 a.m. to noon MT Thursday, Nov. 18, in Downtown Boise.
  • In 2002 the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights unveiled the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idahothe only existing Anne Frank memorial in the United States.
  • The Wassmuth Centers new two-story structure will be erected within the footprint of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, making it a one-of-a-kind human rights educational center within a one-of-a-kind human rights memorial.
  • As part of this partnership, Scentsy employees and Independent Scentsy Consultant leaders have also been invited to participate in the Wassmuth Centers Human Rights Certification program.

Former Representative Nita Lowey Presented with the Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity

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Friday, October 29, 2021
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Washington, Oct. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Former U.S. Representative and Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations Nita Lowey was presented with the 2020 Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance for her lifetime of work combating antisemitism.

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  • Washington, Oct. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Former U.S. Representative and Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations Nita Lowey was presented with the 2020 Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance for her lifetime of work combating antisemitism.
  • The Anne Frank Award, created by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, honors an American who has demonstrated a commitment to fighting intolerance, antisemitism, racism, or discrimination.
  • Chairwoman Lowey, who represented New York congressional districts in the House of Representatives from 1989-2021, dedicated her career to fighting antisemitism.
  • Nita Lowey has devoted her life to building a world free from fear of violence, discrimination and persecution and she is deeply deserving of the esteemed Anne Frank Award, said Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Healthwise Partners With the Wassmuth Center in Defense of Human Rights

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Monday, December 14, 2020
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BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthwise, a Boise-based nonprofit organization, announced today that they were donating to The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights.

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  • BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthwise, a Boise-based nonprofit organization, announced today that they were donating to The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights.
  • On the morning of Dec. 9, 2020, the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, maintained by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, was defaced by swastika stickers and signs.
  • Billboards around the Treasure Valley will soon display Healthwises commitment to standing with the Wassmuth Center against hate and violence.
  • Dan Prinzing, Executive Director of the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, urged others to speak up.

Dallas Holocaust Museum to Present Texas Debut of Anne Frank Exhibit Addressing Current-Day Issues of Identity, Exclusion, and Discrimination

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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
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DALLAS, Sept.11,2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Dallas Holocaust Museum will host the Texas debut of a year-long,newlycreated special exhibitionopening September 13thcalledLet Me Be Myself: The Life Story of Anne Frank.

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  • DALLAS, Sept.11,2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Dallas Holocaust Museum will host the Texas debut of a year-long,newlycreated special exhibitionopening September 13thcalledLet Me Be Myself: The Life Story of Anne Frank.
  • Let Me Be Myselftells the story of Anne Frank in a modern way, addressing current-day issues of identity, exclusion, and discrimination.
  • In a one-of-a-kind experience, visitors will be drawn into the world in which Anne Frank livedinthe shadows of genocide and war.
  • Exhibition Sponsors: Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Texas Instruments, KPMG, Omni Dallas Hotel.