The Many Lives of Anne Frank

Monday, January 27, 2025
12:00pm - 12:45pm PT 

Join award-winning author Ruth Franklin and the University of South Carolina’s Director of Jewish Studies Saskia Coenen Snyder on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for a compelling conversation about her new book, The Many Lives of Anne Frank. Franklin explores Anne Frank’s transformation from an ordinary teenager to a global icon, shedding new light on her life as a Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and the journey of her famous diary, from its drafts and discovery to its lasting impact. As antisemitism resurfaces today, Franklin examines the controversies and adaptations surrounding Anne’s story, revealing how her image has been understood, misunderstood, and politically used, offering timely insights into her enduring legacy. Purchase the book here.

Ruth Franklin is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction, a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, and of Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Dr. Saskia Coenen Snyder is a professor of modern Jewish history at the University of South Carolina and Director of the Jewish Studies Program.  Dr. Coenen Snyder is the author of two books, and her work has appeared in American, British, German, and Dutch academic presses.