We Are Now. Jewish Frankfurt from the Enlightenment to the Present

The Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main presents everyday objects, paintings, photos, books and letters from Anne Frank’s ancestors and family as part of the new permanent exhibition. Visitors are given an insight into the everyday life, values and ideals of an important family whose roots lie in Frankfurt am Main and Landau in der Pfalz. The new permanent exhibition opened on October 21, 2020.

I researched everyday objects from the 19th and 20th centuries (children’s toys, porcelain, silver, table linen, fashion accessories and books) and worked on the exhibition texts and the catalog text. I also researched content for the media stations.

Otto Frank

The exhibition focuses on Otto Frank, who published the diary of his daughter Anne Frank. The exhibition showcase provides information about his work as an editor, but also gives an insight into his experiences of deportation and imprisonment in the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, where his wife Edith Frank-Holländer died. When the Second World War ended, he returned to Amsterdam and searched for his daughters Anne and Margot Frank. His wanted ad in the Dutch magazine “Het Vrije Volk” can be seen in the exhibition. In memory of her murdered niece Margot Frank, his sister Leni Elias planted a tree in Israel.

Visitors can explore these and other stories at the interactive media table, where they can call up short animated and illustrated stories about the family history.