The secret annex – one of the most famous dwellings in history, thanks to Frank’s best-selling published diary – can now be explored remotely, in New York.

The entire installation aims to examine Anne Frank’s life — and death — with a scope not often found in other treatments of this chapter in history.

And yet, for all that, Anne Frank remains something of an abstraction, especially for the many who have never trekked to Amsterdam and the Anne Frank House museum, which houses hundreds of artifacts and personal items of the Frank family. It also contains the infamous secret annex hidden behind a bookcase, which has been carefully preserved.

A full-scale replica of the secret annex where Anne Frank penned her famous diary has opened in New York City.

For the first time ever, visitors can explore a full-scale replica of the hiding place where Anne Frank penned her famous diary.

A recreation of the hiding place Anne Frank and her family stayed in Amsterdam Vale Julie Copeland, a pioneering ABC Radio National broadcaster and mentor It ditched its crowd-pulling roti with Vegemite curry and has a new head chef.