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Anne Frank has become one of the world's most renown Holocaust victims because of the personal record she left behind. Her diary -- which intimately described the two-year period she and her family spent hiding from Nazis in a secret annex -- is currently available in 66 languages and more than 40 million copies have been sold worldwide. Though she died in a concentration camp nine months after the Franks were captured and arrested, her legacy lives on and continues to inspire hope wherever there is intolerance.
Two area cultural institutions spotlight the young heroine in coinciding events. The Florida Holocaust Museum presents two exhibits -- Anne Frank: A History for Today and A Private Photo Album. Both focus on the life of Frank with text from Anne's journal, personal photographs of the Frank family and a writing lab for visitors to share their own thoughts. And St. Petersburg Little Theatre's latest production is The Diary of Anne Frank, a drama based on Frank's diary extracts that was first adapted to the stage by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett in 1955; Ron Zietz directs.
Anne Frank: A History for Today and A Private Photo Album, through Dec. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 55 Fifth St. S., downtown St. Petersburg, $8 general/$7 seniors and students with I.D./$4 ages 17 and younger, 727-820-0100, flholocaustmuseum.org.
The Diary of Anne Frank, through Nov. 11, 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., 4025 31st St. S., St. Petersburg, $18 adults/$10 students, 727-866-1973, splt.info.
