Reappraising the Anne Frank Diaries



Wednesday, 15 April – "Contexts"

10:00 – 10:45

  • Dirk Moses (Florence), Raphael Gross (Frankfurt), Martin van Gelderen (Göttingen): Welcome and opening remarks

  • 10:45 – 12:15
  • Bob Moore (Sheffield): Before the Achterhuis: Anne Frank and her Family as refugees in Amsterdam-Zuid

  • 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch at Sala Rossa


    14:00 – 15:30
  • Alexandra Garbarini (Williamstown): Diary Writing in Historical Perspective

  • 15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break


    16:00 – 17:30
  • Ann-Kathrin Rahlwes (Frankfurt): Anne Frank and her family



  • Thursday, 16 April – "The Diaries"

    9:30 – 11:00
  • Doerte Bischoff (Hamburg): Anne Frank – Gender Perspectives

  • 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break


    11:30 – 13:00
  • Gerben Zaagsma (Göttingen): Yiddish Diaries

  • 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch


    14:30 – 16:00
  • Anna-Leena Perämäki (Turku): Survival Strategies in the War Diaries of Anne Frank and Four Other Young Jewish Women

  • 16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break


    16:30 – 18:00
  • Mark Roseman (Bloomington): Victim diaries and Holocaust memory: some reflections

  • 18:00 – 18:30
  • Bo Stråth (Helsinki): Summary