Teenager Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to Nazi occupiers, but captured by chance, a new study has said.

Teenager Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to Nazi occupiers, but captured by chance, a new study has said.

At exactly the same time as Taoiseach Enda Kenny was yesterday planting a commemorative tree in the US for those who died during the 1916 Rising, his own Government was at risk of a violent uprooting of its own.

ENVIRONMENTAL engagement is writ large in this small novel from the writer of the 40-million seller, Sophie’s World. 

The top 50 books for children to read have been released, and Roald Dahl remains at number one.

Violent attacks against Jews worldwide dropped in 2013, but anti-Semitism is becoming more widespread in Europe amid a rise in popularity of extremist parties, according to a report released yesterday.

The Delorean time-travelling car from the classic ’80s film Back to the Future has been voted Britain’s favourite fictional gadget.

Japanese police are investigating after dozens of copies of Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl and scores of books about the young Holocaust victim were vandalised in Tokyo public libraries.

Japanese police are investigating after dozens of copies of Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl and scores of books about the young Holocaust victim were vandalised in Tokyo public libraries.

Shortly before Anne Frank and her family went into hiding from the Nazis, she gave some of her toys to a non-Jewish neighbourhood girlfriend for safekeeping.

I HAVE two Annes — one that belongs to me, and one that belongs to the world”.

Swedish police said they found drugs and a stun gun on board a tour bus used by pop singer Justin Bieber.

will.i.am has defended Justin Bieber after a controversial visit to Amsterdam.

Michael Buble thinks Justin Bieber is "remarkable".

Justin Bieber is facing a backlash for saying he hoped Anne Frank "would have been a belieber".

Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam over the weekend. His comments in the guest book have raised some eyebrows.

Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being distributed to 11 locations in the US as part of a project that aims to preserve her legacy and promote tolerance.

CATHY Kelly, 46, is a top-selling Irish fiction writer who at one point out sold Dan Brown and JK Rowling.

Visit the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris and chestnut trees shade you as you wander among graves of luminaries such as Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison.

COME to Amsterdam, they say.

LITTLE FROG, by Katie Saunders (Caterpillar Books; €7.10 HB), is a touchy-feely feast for toddlers.

THE chestnut tree that cheered Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis toppled over in strong winds yesterday.

The chestnut tree that cheered Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis toppled over in strong winds today.

Nearly all of Anne Frank’s diary went on display for the first time today at the house where she wrote it during the two years she hid from the Nazis.

Doomed Jewish teenager Anne Frank did her best to distract younger children from the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp by telling them fairy tales, according to a new book.

MIEP GIES, the woman who hid the Dutch youngster Anne Frank’s diary from the Nazis to become one of the world’s most-read books, has died after a brief illness at the age of 100.

Miep Gies, who helped teenage diarist Anne Frank’s family hide from the Nazis, has died at the age of 100.

THE Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam is to mount a permanent exhibit of her diaries and other writings as part of activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of her birth today.

The Anne Frank House museum is to mount a permanent exhibit of her diaries and other writings as part of activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of her birth tomorrow.

A FRIEND spent the weekend in Prague and came across open-air stalls in the side streets where they sell old Soviet memorabilia.

A Christmas card from Anne Frank has been found in a Dutch antique shop.

Conservationists are fighting a last-ditch effort to prevent a badly-diseased chestnut tree mentioned in Anne Frank’s diary being cut down.

The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during the Second World War will be cut down next week because it is too diseased to be saved.

The diseased chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during the Second World War has been granted a reprieve.

Anne Frank’s cousin gave up custody today of thousands of letters, photographs and documents that archivists say will reveal details about the background of the teenage diarist who became a symbol of the Holocaust.

Two teenagers were arrested early today for spraying graffiti on the Anne Frank House and several other buildings in Amsterdam, a police spokesman said.

A Belgian-Dutch Islamic political organisation posted anti-Jewish cartoons on its Web site in response to the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that appeared in Danish papers last year and offended many Muslims.

Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal was today lauded as “the conscience of the Holocaust” as he was laid to rest in Israel, the country that grew out of the ashes of those dark days.