Germany's first feature-length biopic of Anne Frank premiered this week in Berlin, with the film about persecution against the teenage Jewish diarist carrying added meaning as Europe grapples with its biggest post-war refugee crisis, AFP reports.
"Persecution, expulsion, displacement and destruction are issues that we just can't shake off," said Fred Breinersdorfer, who wrote the script for "Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank" (The Diary of Anne Frank).
"If our film about the fate of a persecuted and destroyed Jewish family can to a more positive attitude towards refugees, then we can all be proud," he said about the family, most of whose members died in Nazi concentration camps.