Anne Frank: Parallel Stories screens in Parktown

The Historic Documentary Film Society will soon host the screening the highly ranked documentary, Anne Frank: Parallel Stories.

This screening, which will be held on August 14 at the Beit Emanuel Progressive Synagogue, is narrated by Dame Helen Mirren, who is said to vividly retrace aspects of Anne Frank’s diary from ‘the hiding place’.

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On August 4, 1944, Anne Frank, whose diary represents ‘the voice’ of The Shoah (Holocaust), was deported with her family, and occupants of their ‘hiding place’, during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam.

Fortunately, for posterity, when the secret annex was ransacked, Anne’s diary was left. Otto Frank’s secretary, Miep Gies, who protected the family’s safety, was able to retrieve this precious document, and kept it until after the war.

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Otto Frank, Anne’s father, the only survivor, would, in-time, arrange the publication of the diary. 80 years later, Anne’s legacy lives on through five survivors who were Anne’s age when they were sent to the camps.

Where: Beit Emanuel Progressive Synagogue, 38 Oxford Road, Parktown, entrance 3rd Avenue
When: August 14
Time: 09:30/10:00
Fee: R130, includes lavish tea.
Details/Bookings: 082 603 3214

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