Anne Frank

Holocaust victim

Gate Theatre stages classic children’s stories for Christmas: see human beans and under-the-floorboards Borrowers

Charles Way’s adaptation of Mary Norton’s stories create atmosphere of family love, adventure and discovery

Wed Nov 13 2024 - 05:15

Publisher apologises over book claiming to identify Anne Frank’s betrayer

Ambo Anthos suspends printing until more work done on book’s central claims

Mon Jan 31 2022 - 19:42

Cold-case investigation names suspect for betrayal of Anne Frank

The famous Jewish diarist was found by the Nazis in Amsterdam in August 1944

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 14:57

Everyone’s a critic – Alison Healy on one-star book reviews

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Wed Aug 25 2021 - 19:01

Mussolini’s great-grandson signs professional contract with Lazio

18-year-old defender Romano Floriani Mussolini agrees three-year deal with club

Wed Mar 24 2021 - 15:47

Bob Dylan: ‘It sickened me to see George Floyd tortured to death like that’

In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses life and death, his inspiration and new album

Tue Jun 16 2020 - 06:00

‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’

‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’

Fri May 15 2020 - 05:50

Anne Frank House ‘desperate’ for financial support

Amsterdam’s second most-visited location was forced to close when pandemic hit

Thu May 07 2020 - 18:53

Can a work of fiction about the Holocaust be inaccurate?

There’s a large quantity of new Holocaust fiction, and experts are worried about quality

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00

Hidden for 40 years: Renia Spiegel’s second World War diary

For decades, Elizabeth could not bring herself to read the diary of her late sister

Sat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00

‘We had it licked. Now America is the idiot cousin of Europe’

Erik Nelson on his documentary about the bombing of Germany, and the resonances today

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 06:00

Dutch railway operator to pay compensation for role in Holocaust

NS commissioned to run trains with Dutch Jews, Roma and Sinti to Westerbork camp

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 17:05

Archiving the Net: ‘Preserving the web isn’t impossible’

How will future historians make sense of the vote to repeal the 8th, Brexit, or Trump?

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 04:35

Italian terraces are once again housing a rise in fascism

Many ultra groups have had neo-Nazi links for years but undertones are getting louder

Wed Jan 02 2019 - 11:16

Dutch rail company to pay compensation over role in Holocaust

NS to pay survivors and relatives of those transported by their trains to Nazi death camps

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 15:09

Sweden struggles to contain rising extremism ahead of election

Neo-Nazis rally in Stockholm amid attacks by migrants on Jewish communities

Wed Sept 05 2018 - 01:00

Rome's Colosseum vs Bunratty Castle: are Irish tourist attractions value for money?

Many Irish tourist spots charge more than more famous global counterparts

Tue Aug 07 2018 - 04:54

Holocaust survivor who helped care for Anne Frank dies aged 95

Gena Turgel was known as Bride of Belsen after she married soldier involved in liberation of death camps

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 21:08

100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 16:14

Two hidden pages of Anne Frank’s diary uncovered

Pasted over with brown paper, the text reveals what she referred to as “sexual matters”

Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00

Museums publish two hidden pages from Anne Frank’s diary

Jewish teenager believed to have covered up writings as they contain series of dirty jokes

Tue May 15 2018 - 21:08

Trial of Palestinian girl who slapped Israeli soldiers begins

Media excluded from trial of Ahed Tamimi, who has become icon for Palestinian struggle

Tue Feb 13 2018 - 15:43

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: 'Her breath could put a hole in Jon Snow's wall'

The old dear is absolutely bulling over the surprise 70th birthday party I threw her

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 05:00

Editor who published Julia Child and Anne Frank’s diary

Obituary: Judith Jones, editor, born March 10th, 1924; died August 2nd, 2017

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 01:00

Anne Frank poem sells at auction for €140,000

Holocaust victim’s handwritten verse sells for nearly three times the estimated price

Wed Nov 23 2016 - 16:29

‘These human lives are worth less to us unfortunately’

Bosnian war diarist Zlata Filipovic speaks to the Róisín Meets podcast about Europe’s migrant crisis and her own escape from conflict

Sat Jul 16 2016 - 11:00

Elie Wiesel: Holocaust survivor whose fame forced the world to remember

Obituary: Writer, activist and Nobel Laureate who had a significant impact on American life

Sat Jul 09 2016 - 01:00

How fascist is Donald Trump? Unlikely rise sparks wide debate

Trump-Hitler comparisons may be overblown, but they underline a global issue of rising populism

Sun May 29 2016 - 15:37

Bosnian diarist reflects on Radovan Karadzic verdict

Zlata Filipovic escaped Sarajevo siege after her diary became an international bestseller

Thu Mar 24 2016 - 19:42

‘Jewrovision’ celebrates being young and Jewish in Germany

Like Eurovision, the German song contest is a cheeky grab bag of songs and styles

Sat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00

Dear diary: Patricia Murphy on hooking kids into history with a fictional diary

From Anne Frank to Malala, Zlata and Marah, children’s diaries and blogs bring home the reality of war and have inspired fiction too, including mine on 1916 and 1921

Wed Oct 14 2015 - 15:40

China-Japan tensions rise over Unesco Memory of the World programme

Tokyo wants Beijing to stop entering material relating to wartime atrocities

Wed Oct 07 2015 - 17:00

Queen Elizabeth warns of divided Europe ahead of EU summit

Monarch says ‘division in Europe is dangerous’ at dinner with Merkel and Cameron

Thu Jun 25 2015 - 11:41

Dutch psychologist links homosexuality to conspiracy theories

No campaign meeting hears about wealthy organisations, freemasonry and feminism

Thu May 14 2015 - 20:46