DIRECTOR OF ANNE FRANK CENTER TO OFFER LECTURE ON THE HOLOCAUST
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Holocaust survivor Cor Suijk will speak on "A Search for Meaning: Personal Reflections of the Holocaust" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Union Theatre on the University of Arkansas campus. A reception will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
After World War II, Suijk was employed by Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, the only surviving member of the Frank family after the Holocaust. As a result of this ensuing friendship with Frank, Suijk was entrusted with five pages of Anne's diary judged too sensitive for publication in 1947.
"A world that thought it knew Anne's story intimately was astonished by the revelation of these pages in 1998," said Mark Cory, director of the European Studies Program at the U of A. "Because the diary has been a frequent target of Holocaust deniers and historical revisionists, it has been subjected to extensive scholarly examination and criticism."
Cory said Suijk is perhaps the person most familiar with the development of the monuments to Anne Frank and her legacy in both the Netherlands and in the United States. Suijk has served as the international director of the Anne Frank Center USA and is CEO emeritus of the Anne Frank Center in Amsterdam.
Suijk will be the featured speaker at an all-day conference for educators on the Holocaust to be held on Friday, Nov. 5, at the Jones Center for Families.
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