Give 4 Garnet 2024

The University of South Carolina is the Official U.S. Partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, the only partner site in North America, and one of only three centers worldwide. The Anne Frank Center advances the legacy of Anne Frank through educational and artistic programs that teach about antisemitism and the Holocaust, celebrate our common humanity, promote cultural understanding, and build communities of upstanders and a culture of evidence so that every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
 

Our programs include the following: 

Traveling School Exhibitions and Peer Guide Trainings

Anne Frank: A History for Today is a portable 32-panel traveling exhibit that shares the story of Anne Frank and her family, the rise of the Nazis, and the Holocaust. Over the past ten years, the traveling exhibits has reached more than 40,000 students across South Carolina and 19 US states. 

Peer Guide Trainings prepare young people to be docents of the traveling exhibit, giving tours to their peers, teachers, and community members. Rooted in peer education pedagogy, these two-day trainings focus on elevating young people’s voices while building their capacity understand the power of being an upstander.

Field Trips to the Anne Frank Center, located on the campus of the University of South Carolina, hosts a permanent Holocaust exhibit and is also a place to reflection on Anne’s writings and the lessons of history. The Anne Frank Center hosts field trips of students from around South Carolina and nearby states where students can visit the permanent exhibit and also visit the beautiful USC campus.

Anne Frank Youth Network (AFYN), inspired by Otto Frank, this network celebrates his commitment to bring together young people from different backgrounds for cultural exchange and learning. The first domestic Anne Frank Youth Ambassador Network Conference, funded by a private donation and a generous grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, welcomed 19 students from across the country for a week in South Carolina. During the week, students participated in activities that deepened their understanding of the persecution of Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators, the conditions that led to the rise of Nazis in Europe, and antisemitism and racism the U.S. They each developed an action plan to take this program back to their home state. In 2024, AFYN will become part of the Anne Frank House’s international network, joining young people committed to Anne Frank’s legacy from across the globe. 

University 101 (U101) The Anne Frank Center offers all USC first-year students an opportunity to tour the permanent exhibit at Barringer House during their U101 class period each fall semester. In 2021, 2022, and 2023 combined, AFC hosted nearly 10,000 first-year students across 482 U101 classes.

Why your support is important

When the world appears more divided than ever, the Anne Frank Center seeks to bring people of all backgrounds together to understand the historic and contemporary roots of hate and antisemitism, how this relates to the world we live in today, and provide a context with which one can be an ‘upstander’ rather than a ‘bystander.’

Your donation supports the ongoing educational, artistic, and traveling exhibition programs that serve as the focal point of the Anne Frank Center mission at USC’s campus, the state of South Carolina, and across North America.

When you give your “Give 4 Garnet” gift to the Anne Frank Center, you truly support Gamecocks making a difference in the world.