Title

The diary of Anne Frank, poster created by Jim Thorpe, 1951

Caption

The diary of Anne Frank, by Jim Thorpe, 1951. Poster for American Playhouse Theatre in Zweibruecker shows the Star of David made of barbed wire with a red swastika in the centre. Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – c.?February 1945) was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II

Date

1951

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP24A01_164

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

83,4Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,2in x 20,0in / 4859 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

The diary of Anne Frank Jim Thorpe 20th century Poster American Playhouse Theatre Zweibruecker Star of David barbed wire red swastika Nazi Germany Germany occupation World War II war conflict diary Anne Frank theatre Annelies Marie Frank German-Dutch diarist Jewish heritage Jewish victims Holocaust The Diary of a Young Girl hiding German occupation Netherlands

Restrictions

Editorial use only.