Campus Coords
Founders Plaza. Between Camp & Magazine Streets on the museum campus.
Founders Plaza Memorial
Voice of
Hope.
Anne Frank Statue
National WWII Museum • 524 Andrew Higgins Blvd
The Figure
Sculpted by StudioEIS, this life-sized bronze stands exactly 5'2"—Anne's height at age 13 when she went into hiding. She clutches her diary, looking upward with a hopeful expression, defying the darkness of her era.
Dedication: September 12, 2019.
The Testimony
Adjacent to the statue is a granite bench inscribed with a powerful quote from her diary entry on April 11, 1944, reflecting her enduring belief in humanity's restoration.
"Sometime this terrible war will be over. Surely the time will come when we are people again, and not just Jews."
Visitor Protocol
Access Level
Free / 24 Hours. Located in the outdoor public plaza; no museum ticket required.
Liberation Pavilion
Inside: "And Then They Came for Me" gallery uses Anne's words to explore history.
Legacy: Preservation of Memory
"Surely the time will come when we are people again"
History & Background
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929. When the Nazi government began persecuting Jews, her family fled to Amsterdam in 1934. After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Anne's family and four others went into hiding in a concealed apartment in July 1942. Anne kept a diary during the two years of hiding, recording her thoughts, fears, and hopes with extraordinary literary maturity. The family was discovered and arrested in August 1944. Anne died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in February or March 1945, weeks before liberation.
Her father Otto, the only family member to survive the war, returned to Amsterdam and discovered Anne's diary had been saved by Miep Gies. He arranged its publication in 1947 as "Het Achterhuis" (The Secret Annex). Translated into dozens of languages, The Diary of a Young Girl became one of the most widely read books in the world and a foundational text in Holocaust education. Anne Frank's voice — thoughtful, defiant, and hopeful — has given millions of readers a deeply personal way to understand the Holocaust's human cost.
This statue in New Orleans honors her memory in the context of a city with its own complex history of racial injustice and resilience. New Orleans has a significant Jewish community with deep historical roots, and the statue serves as both a Holocaust memorial and a broader statement about tolerance, human dignity, and the importance of remembering those who suffered under systems of oppression.
Nearby Attractions
The National WWII Museum
Located at 945 Magazine Street, this is one of the finest World War II museums in the world, covering all theaters of the war with extraordinary artifact collections, personal testimonies, and immersive experiences. A visit to the Anne Frank Statue pairs powerfully with this museum's coverage of the European theater and the Holocaust.
New Orleans Museum of Art
Located in City Park, NOMA houses a permanent collection of over 40,000 works spanning 5,000 years. The surrounding Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is one of the finest outdoor sculpture parks in the South, free and open to the public. It provides meaningful context for the city's commitment to public art and cultural memory.
Historic French Quarter
New Orleans' oldest neighborhood preserves an extraordinary collection of 18th and 19th century Creole architecture. Jackson Square, the St. Louis Cathedral, and the French Market are all within easy walking distance and provide essential context for understanding the layered cultural history of one of America's most distinctive cities.