'Anne Frank' Halloween Costume Causes Controversy, And One Company Is Speaking Out

Carlos ZorrillaAnnelies Marie “Anne” Frank, known in Spanish as Anne Frank, was a young German Jew whose life was immortalized in one of the most moving documents of the 20th century: her personal diary. This diary, written while hiding from Nazi persecution, has reached millions of people around the world and has become one of the most significant literary works about the Holocaust. 95 years after her birth, we reviewed her biography and part o…

'Anne Frank' Halloween Costume Causes Controversy, And One Company Is Speaking Out

During World War II, Jewish citizens were the target of many horrific attacks. Six million Jewish people were killed by the Nazis, and to this day the damage has not been healed. One of the victims, Anne Frank, became a household name when her diaries of living in captivity were released. Frank and her family were Jewish and under threat of being sent to concentration camps. They hid in the home of a family friend, all of them staying in a secre…

Dark comedy “The Anne Frank Gift Shop” to make streaming debut

A darkly funny, Oscar-shortlisted short film about Holocaust memory and modern marketing is heading to ChaiFlicks, the Jewish themed streaming service. Starting June 12—Anne Frank’s birthday—viewers can stream “The Anne Frank Gift Shop,” a 15-minute satire from Reboot Studios that imagines a pitch meeting to rebrand the gift shop at the Anne Frank House. The film dives headfirst into questions about TikTok, influencers and whether there’s a wron…