How can we understand the extraordinary scope and magnitude of global fame and notoriety achieved by Anne Frank? The Anne Frank diary has been translated into over sixty languages and sold over twenty million copies. It has inspired everything from graphic novels and Japanese anime to movies and off-Broadway musicals. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam has become a major tourist destination attracting over 1.2 million tourists in 2019. Dutch historian David Barnouw, world renowned Anne Frank specialist, explains the enduring memory of Anne Frank in his book, The Phenomenon of Anne Frank. A conservation with David Barnouw about the Anne Frank phenomenon and the Holocaust in the Netherlands.
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The Anne Frank Phenomenon
How did the diary of a thirteen year old girl transform Anne Frank into an international memory sensation? Dutch historian David Barnouw, the world’s leading Anne Frank memory expert, has spent his career explaining the Anne Frank phenomenon. Find out more on the December 2nd episode of the Realms of Memory podcast.
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Memory, Forgetting and the Planet in Peril
From global warming to mass species extinction we are now living in what Alan Weisman describes as the make or break century. What decisions we make now will determine how we come out on the other side. For the past quarter century Alan has traveled the globe reporting on the crises that imperil the planet. In The World Without Us (2007), which became a New York Times bestseller, he chronicles what would become of our environmental impact if we suddenly vanished from the planet tomorrow. In Count Down: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth (2013), he explains the history and dangers of the population explosion we are now experiencing and what measures are being taken to address it. Most recently, Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World Fighting to Find Us a Future (2025), Alan finds inspirational examples of innovative people from across the globe who are finding creative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. I had the opportunity to engage Alan in a wide ranging conversation about all three books with a particular focus on the themes of memory and forgetting.
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Memory, Forgetting and the Planet in Peril
For the past quarter century journalist and non-fiction writer Alan Weisman has traveled the globe to write about the existential crises that now imperil the planet. In The World Without Us (2007), which became a New York Times bestseller, he kills off humanity in the opening pages to help us imagine what would become of our environmental impact after we’re gone. In Count Down: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth (2013), he chronicles the causes and responses to the population explosion that is pushing the planet to the brink. Lastly, in Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future (2025) he showcases the extraordinary people rising to meet the challenges that threaten our survival. A conversation with Alan Weisman, through the lens of memory and forgetting, next on the November 4th episode of the Realms of Memory podcast.
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Remembering Intimate Partner Violence
Most cases of intimate partner violence are never made and the stories never told. Joy Neumeyer did both. The victim of an abusive relationship while a graduate student at Berkeley, Joy succeeded in having her former boyfriend and fellow graduate student expelled through the Title IX process. Equality important, she gained recognition for the truth of the physical and emotional harm she suffered. Through the lens of her training as a historian of the Soviet Union, Joy finds parallels with her own experience with women in both the Soviet and American past. She explains the history and challenges of the Title IX process which is at once under assault and a vital support for victims of intimate partner violence. A conversation with Joy Neumeyer, author of A Survivor’s Education: Women, Violence and the Stories We Don’t Tell, on this episode of Realms of Memory.
Realms of Memory is a podcast that looks at how countries confront their darkest chapters, what they gain by doing so, and what happens when they fail to take up this challenge. We feature the insights of leading experts on a wide range of difficult national memories.
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