Join Dr. Gene Homel for his reflections about "The Anne Frank Kaleidoscope". Since the 1950s, Anne Frank and her famed diary have evolved into an icon of the Jewish Holocaust of World War Two, as well as a symbol of young womanhood thwarted.  But this evolution has obscured much about the actual person and her actual writings. We'll look first at her family, her life and the various versions of her diary, and then at global society's shape-shifting images through theatre and cinema, politics, sexuality, literature, and conflicting interpretations.

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Times: 6:00PM Central, 7:00PM Eastern, 4:00PM Pacific. For those in Europe the time is 12:00AM in London on September 11

Location: Zoom Video Conference

Cost: Free

About Dr. Homel: Gene Homel has taught history and politics since 1973 at universities and colleges in Ontario and British Columbia. He holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and has written and presented extensively on history and culture. He is a former chair of the liberal studies department at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Photo Credit: Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam. Photographer: Allard Bovenberg. Public Domain.