Anne Frank LA

04/17/2026

Last chance to submit your essay to this year’s contest! Links for info and to submit are in our bio.

04/07/2026

We have received so many great submissions already, and want to give you one more week to submit if you haven’t already! New submission deadline for our essay contest is Friday, April 17th.

04/05/2026

The deadline for our 4th annual essay contest is this Friday! A big thank you to our friends at Voices of the Forgotten for donating the Meta VR headsets in our prize packages. Make sure to get your essays in before the deadline - we can’t wait to read them! Links for details and to submit are in our bio.

03/30/2026

The deadline for our essay contest is on April 10th - make sure to get our submissions in before then. Links for submitting and for more information about the contest are in our bio. We can’t wait to read your writing!

03/10/2026

ATTENTION ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS AGES 12-18!

Anne Frank LA’s 4th annual “Your Story Matters” Essay Contest is now accepting submissions, with an extended submission deadline of Friday, April 10, 2026.

We have some amazing prizes which we will be continuing to announce, including (for both the 12-15 and 16-18 age categories) a $300 gift card for Grand Prize, a $100 for Second Prize, $50 gift card for Third Prize, and Meta VR headsets for Grand, Second, and Third Prizes, donated by Voices of the Forgotten.

Feel free to DM or email us with any questions, and submit via the link in our bio.

We can’t wait to read your essays and learn from all of your unique perspectives. Your voices and stories matter!

01/28/2026

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Anne Frank LA honors all victims of the Holocaust, those who survived and those who did not. We also want commemorate Holocaust survivors who passed away over the last year - in particular, Eva Schloss (author, activist, and Anne Frank’s step-sister).

12/31/2025

Thanks to everyone who made our 2025 so great. It’s still not too late to make a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year (link to donate in bio)! Looking forward to all the amazing things we can do together in 2026.

12/02/2025

Check out this link to watch a PBS piece featuring one of our workshops!

https://youtu.be/cuP4WjC_AxI

If you can, please support our organization this Giving Tuesday (link to donate also in bio) to help us continue this important work.

11/28/2025

AFLA is thankful for you

07/26/2025

Please join us for an exciting event this coming Tuesday, July 29 with our friends at Holocaust Museum L.A.

In honor of what would have been Anne Frank’s 96th birthday this June, join us for two short films, "Anne" and "The Anne Frank Gift Shop," that each explore questions about how to position the most recognized story from the Holocaust in a changing world. The two short films will be followed by a discussion and Q&A, moderated by AFLA’s Sofi Shield.

These films were originally shown together at Anne Frank LA’s 2024 Anne Frank Day celebration.

Reserve your spot via the link in our bio!

06/12/2025

In honor of what would have been Anne Frank’s 96th birthday, we asked some of our previous “Anne Frank Day: “Your Story Matters” Contest winners to wish Anne a happy birthday. Scroll to see how our young student ambassadors congratulate Anne Frank in their own words, and reflect on what they would tell Anne if they could share a message with her. We would love to see your messages to Anne in the comments or in our DM’s too!

06/07/2025