Anne Frank Annex Replica Opens Holocaust Story To New Generation

Hannah Elias, granddaughter of Anne Frank's cousin Buddy Frank, said young people can 'get to know what it means to be in hiding' (Credit: AFP)

A replica of the annex where Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis will open in New York next week, targeting a new generation with the lessons of the Holocaust.

The recreation of the cramped hiding space shared by Anne and seven others at Manhattan's Center for Jewish History is the first replica displayed outside of Amsterdam, and will be free to visit for thousands of schoolchildren.