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On February 4, at 15.00, the presentation of the "Diary of Anne Frank" in the Kazakh language and the opening of the exhibition "Anne Frank. History lesson" will take place.
Events dedicated to the International Holocaust memorial day are organized jointly with the embassies of Israel and the Netherlands in Kazakhstan, as well as the publishing house "Steppe&World" in the framework of the international project of the Library of Elbassy "Dialogue through culture".
The book presentation and the exhibition opening will be attended by Director of the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbassy A.Rakhimzhanov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel L.Vekselman, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands A. Carstens, Head of the publishing house "Steppe&World" R.Sayran Qader, representatives of scientific and expert community of Kazakhstan.
The diary – one of the most famous documents relating to the Holocaust -contains records kept by 13-year-old Anne Frank from June 12, 1942, to August 1, 1944, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in a "shelter" where eight people were hiding from the Nazis. On August 4, 1944, all the inhabitants of the "shelter" were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Of the eight people, only Otto Frank, Anna 's father, who later published his daughter 's diary (1947), survived. Currently, the diary has been translated into 70 languages of the world and is presented to readers in Kazakh for the first time.
The exhibition "Anne Frank. History lessons" is organized to introduce the public to the history of Anne Frank. This story is about the world, in which she lived, about courage, indomitable strength of spirit, regardless of age. The exhibition makes you think about important categories of modern civilization: antisemitism, discrimination, persecution and, in contrast to them - about such values as freedom, equality, and democracy, about how important the history of Anne Frank is today.
The exhibition "Anne Frank. History lessons" has already visited more than 60 countries of the world, it was visited by 12 million people. The exhibition will run until February 16, 2020.
