Mirjam Pressler

Mirjam Pressler: 'Anne Frank has become a global symbol'

Anne Frank would have turned 85 on June 12. DW talks to Jewish author Mirjam Pressler about the impact of the Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam apartment and whether her story is being commercialized.

12 June 2014

DW: Ms. Pressler, since the 1980s you have been working with Anne Frank's famous book "The Diary of a Young Girl" as a translator and editor. Now the Theater Amsterdam is presenting a multimedia theater production, ANNE. The work is based on Anne Frank's diary and was written by Jewish authors Leon de Winter and Jessica Durlacher, whose families both survived the Holocaust. Do you think a personal, moving story like Anne Frank's should be turned into a media and theater event like this?

Mirjam Pressler / Anne Frank translator: Past remains important

MIRJAM PRESSLER

Anne Frank translator: Past remains important

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Author Mirjam Pressler, known for her work on Anne Frank's diaries, tells DW why books about difficult childhoods need to be read and why she became a translator.

3 March 2013

DW: Congratulations on the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal which you're receiving on March 3 to honor your work for the understanding between Jews and Christians. This isn't the first award you have received, but is this award, which recognizes your literary and translation work, of a special significance to you?

Mirjam Pressler: Yes, of course it is. The understanding between Christians and Jews is a very important issue for me. It makes me very happy to receive this honor.