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No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story | Film Screening + Discussion

160317_asylumIn 1933 in Germany, when discrimination against the Jews worsened, Otto Frank moved his family to Amsterdam. But as the Nazi noose tightened throughout Europe, Otto’s desperation increased. When the doors to other countries closed, he turned to the US as their last hope for refuge. No Asylum, directed by Paula Fouce, is the dramatic and tragic story of Otto Frank’s desperate attempts to secure American visas before going into hiding with his family in 1942.

Based on recently-discovered letters by Otto Frank in YIVO’s archives, No Asylum interviews Anne Frank’s surviving family about his efforts to seek refuge for his family through friends, refugee boards and the U.S. State Department. Otto’s letters and the US State Department responses paint a picture of the world’s failure to respond to the plight of the Jewish refugees.











When: Thu., Mar. 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Pl.
646-437-4202
Price: $12
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160317_asylumIn 1933 in Germany, when discrimination against the Jews worsened, Otto Frank moved his family to Amsterdam. But as the Nazi noose tightened throughout Europe, Otto’s desperation increased. When the doors to other countries closed, he turned to the US as their last hope for refuge. No Asylum, directed by Paula Fouce, is the dramatic and tragic story of Otto Frank’s desperate attempts to secure American visas before going into hiding with his family in 1942.

Based on recently-discovered letters by Otto Frank in YIVO’s archives, No Asylum interviews Anne Frank’s surviving family about his efforts to seek refuge for his family through friends, refugee boards and the U.S. State Department. Otto’s letters and the US State Department responses paint a picture of the world’s failure to respond to the plight of the Jewish refugees.

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