4 June 2008

Anne Frank was a German born Jewish girl from the city of Frankfurt. She gained international fame posthumously following the publication of her diary which documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Her diary has been translated into many languages and has become one of the world's most widely read books and been the basis for several plays and films. Anne Frank has been acknowledged for the quality of her writing and has become one of the most renowned and discussed of Holocaust victims.

Anne Frank called the people who helped her while she was hiding from the Nazis, 'the helpers'. Of the four helpers, Miep Gies is the only one still living. If it hadn't been for Miep Gies The Diary of Anne Frank would have been lost. She found it on the floor of the hiding place after Anne's arrest, and following the war she gave it to Otto Frank who was the only member of the family to survive Auschwitz.

In Remembering Anne Frank, more than 50 years later, Miep Gies once again walks through the building where she used to work. She sees the bookcase that hid the entrance of the secret annexe. Wandering through the hiding place, that was refurnished accurately for this occasion, her memories of Anne Frank come to life. Miep tells of how Anne always kept on asking about what was happening outside and of the tension inside the hiding place. She recalls how one day she saw Anne writing in her diary and then how everything ended with the arrest of the eight people in hiding.

Remembering Anne Frank is to be released on UK DVD on 18th August 2008 by Oracle Home Entertainment and distributed by Eureka Entertainment at the RRP of just £7.99. The disc will contain a 4:3 transfer and Dolby 2.0 sound and the special feature The Short Life of Anne Frank, a compelling documentary ideal narrated by Jeremy Irons.