Obj. ID: 42724
Jewish Architecture  Anne Frank Memorial in the Forest of the Martyrs, Israel, 2011

To the main object: Forest of the Martyrs, Israel, 1951

Name

Anne Frank Memorial - יד אנה פרנק

Who is Commemorated?

Anne Frank

Description

The memorial is situated to the north of the B'nai B'rith Cave. It is a large metal cube representing the annex in which the Frank family and others hid and a depiction of a chestnut tree that could be seen from the annex. A low chair is placed in the corner. 

Along the path leading to the memorial stand low piers with metal plaques with explanation about Anne Frank, citations from her diary, and the words of Primo Levi about her, in Hebrew and English.

Inscriptions

Besides inscriptions on the piers, there is a large metal plaque with the symbol of the Jewish National Fund, which reads in Hebrew and English:

יד אנה פרנק
האתר הוקדש בתרומותיהם הנדיבות
של התורמים הרבים של קק"ל בהולנד
יום הזכרון לשואה ולגבורה כ"ח בניסן תשע"א

The Anne Frank Memorial
was dedicated by the generous donations of
the many benefactors and donors
of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in the Netherlands
May 2, 2011 - Holocaust Remembrance Day 5771

Next to it, there are three metal plaques with the names of the donors.

A plaque with the explanation by the artist, reads in Hebrew and English:

"התכוונתי ליצור מוצג שמשקף את תחושותיו של אדם השרוי במרחב
מצומצם ומנותק מסביבתו החברתית, שהטבע נשלל ממנו ונכפתה עליו
בדידות."
פיט כהן, 2011

"The intention was to create an object that reflects the feelings of a
person restricted in space, separated from his social surrounding,
deprived of nature and forced into loneliness."
Piet Cohen, 2011

Commissioned by

Jewish National Fund with numerous donors from the Netherlands