Elisabeth R. Feerick, executive director of the Anne Frank
Center U.S.A. And a child shall teach us: Sohos Anne Frank
Center By Bonnie Rosenstock In this year of landmark
commemorations and remembrances the 100th anniversary of the
General Slocum tragedy, the third anniversary of Sept. 11, the
350th anniversary of the arrival of the first 23 Jews to New
Amsterdam, to name a few add one more seminal moment that has
had a profound effect on subsequent generations. If she had
lived, Anne Frank, the talented teenager who wrote one of the
worlds most famous memoirs, would have been 75 years old this
past June 12. Since its publication in 1947, The Diary of Anne
Frank has been translated into more than 67 languages and has
sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, making it, according
to Elisabeth R. Feerick, executive director of The Anne Frank
Center U.S.A., the second most read book after the Bible. Anne
Franks story resonates with her age group, explains Feerick. Our
target audience is middle school, high sch