A new podcast dives into Anne Frank’s world through a play and film

Updated On: 14 March, 2023 11:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Aditi Chavan

A podcast dives into the makings of a 1955 play and its film adaptation based on the story of a 15-year-old Jewish diarist during the Nazi regime

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Susan Strasberg as Anne Frank and Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank in the 1955 play. Pic courtesy/Getty images

A work of literature that is innocent and yet powerful, The Diary of a Young Girl, not only tugs at the heartstrings but also makes the reader rethink about humanity. The diary entries of Anne Frank — a 15-year-old German-born Jewish girl — that were posthumously released in the form of a book became one of the first written works that provided an insight into the Nazi regime, including the Holocaust that caused the death of millions of Jews in Germany. And to serve as a reminder to the world, a 1955 play based on Frank’s diary won a Pulitzer Prize, and its 1959 film adaptation went on to win three Academy Awards in 1960, among others honours.

The Diary of Anne Frank staged by the University of Arkansas