Dear Colleague

 

Anne Frank, A History for Today

 Norwich Cathedral  3rd – 26th November 2003

http://www.cathedral.org.uk.

 

We are extremely fortunate to have this opportunity of inviting Norfolk school children to the ‘Anne Frank, A History For Today’ exhibition at Norwich Cathedral. The exhibition comes to us from the Anne Frank Educational Trust and makes a welcome return to Norfolk after ten years. The exhibition details the history of the Holocaust from the perspective of Anne Frank and her family, from their persecution under the Nazis, escape to Holland, their hiding in Amsterdam and ultimate fate in the death camps. It enables and encourages children and young people to confront and analyse issues of racism, tolerance, human rights and democracy.

 

Anne Frank’s diary and its message are still as relevant to us today as when first written fifty years ago. The final panels of the exhibition discuss issues of race and tolerance in contemporary Britain through a powerful and poignant section on the life of Stephen Lawrence.

 

The Anne Frank, A History for Today exhibition will be open from the 3rd until the 26th November 2003 and entry for all is FREE.

 

A maximum number of sixty children can visit the exhibition at any one time, the visit lasting for one and a half hours. An interpretative guide takes each group through the exhibition. The allotted times for visiting the exhibition are 9.30-11.00am, 11.00-12.30pm, 1.00-2.30pm and 2.30-4.00pm.There will also be many supporting activities and events for schools taking place around the city, details of which we will be sent to you in early September.

 

Advance booking for school groups is essential as the exhibition attracts many thousands of visitors wherever it goes. If you would like to book your school group to come and see the exhibition then please contact Saul Penfold, the Cathedral’s Education Officer on 01603 218320. Schools will receive ‘Guidelines for Teachers’ and a resources list following confirmation of the booking.

 

I look forward to welcoming you to the Anne Frank exhibition at Norwich Cathedral.

 

With best wishes

 

 

Anne Frank

A History for Today

                                                                      

Norwich Cathedral

3rd – 26th November 2003

 

‘Writing a diary is a strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a 13 year old school girl.’

Anne Frank

 

The exhibition is open daily between 9.00am and 4.00pm.

Entrance is free.

 

Advance booking is essential for all school groups.

 

Please contact Saul Penfold, the Cathedral’s Education Officer on 01603 218320 or email education@cathedral.org.uk