Best for
Families with school-age children, first-time visitors to Holocaust history
Time needed
45–75 minutes
Worth it?
Yes as an accessible entry point, especially for younger visitors
Skip if
You've already visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and want different content
About Anne Frank Zentrum
The Anne Frank Zentrum, based since 2002 in a courtyard building next to the Hackesche Höfe, is the German partner organisation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and its permanent exhibition "All About Anne" tells her story with a specifically Berlin-relevant framing that the Amsterdam house doesn't cover in the same depth: the Frank family actually lived in Berlin before Hitler's rise to power made them flee to Amsterdam in 1933, and the centre traces that earlier chapter alongside the more widely known diary years and eventual deportation.
The exhibition uses reproductions of diary pages, photographs and short films to walk visitors through Anne's life chronologically, deliberately designed to be accessible to school groups and younger visitors without minimising the historical weight of the material — it's frequently used by Berlin schools as an entry point for teaching Holocaust history to students in their early teens.
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Because the centre is compact — a single, focused exhibition rather than a sprawling museum — it works well as a shorter, more approachable complement to heavier sites like the Holocaust Memorial or Jewish Museum, particularly for families travelling with children who might find those larger sites overwhelming.
Its location inside the Hackesche Höfe, one of Berlin's most attractive interconnected courtyard complexes, means a visit pairs naturally with browsing the surrounding independent shops, galleries and cafés in the same block.
What to See: Highlights
- 1A specifically Berlin-focused framing — the Frank family lived here before fleeing in 1933
- 2Diary page reproductions, photographs and short films
- 3Designed to be accessible to school groups and younger visitors
- 4Located inside the historic Hackesche Höfe courtyard complex
- 5A compact, focused alternative to Berlin's larger Holocaust-history sites
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Insider Tips
Good option for families with children who might find larger Holocaust memorials overwhelming
Combine with browsing the Hackesche Höfe's independent shops and galleries
Compact — 45–75 minutes is enough for most visitors
Closed on Mondays
A useful complement to, not a substitute for, the Holocaust Memorial or Jewish Museum
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Getting There
Rosenthaler Straße 39, 10178 Berlin
Open in Google Maps →- 1S-Bahn Hackescher Markt (S3, S5, S7, S9), then a 5-minute walk through the Hackesche Höfe.
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Should You Visit?
Visit if...
- You're travelling with children or teens new to Holocaust history
- You're curious about the Frank family's specifically Berlin years
- You're already exploring the Hackesche Höfe
- You want a shorter, gentler complement to heavier historical sites
Skip if...
- You've recently visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and want substantially different content
- You're focused only on Berlin-specific WWII sites like Topography of Terror
- Time is very tight and you've prioritised the Jewish Museum instead
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More to See in Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
The largest Jewish museum in Europe, housed partly in Daniel Libeskind's zigzag-shaped building — its jagged form, voids and tilted floors are designed to be experienced as history, not just walked through.
Topography of Terror
A free outdoor and indoor documentation centre on the exact site of the former SS and Gestapo headquarters — one of the most direct, unflinching confrontations with Nazi history anywhere in Berlin.
Holocaust Memorial (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe)
2,711 concrete stelae covering a full city block near Brandenburg Gate — Peter Eisenman's deliberately disorienting memorial, with a free underground information centre documenting individual victims.