Hiding and Quarantine According to Twitter: Appropriating Anne Frank in Times of the Coronavirus

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Abstract

Uncertainty prevails in these times of the Coronavirus. Various references to the past, including World War II and the Holocaust, are used to get some kind of understanding what's going on. NIOD senior researcher Kees Ribbens noticed a lot of Anne Frank metaphors on Twitter. Is there a new role for Anne Frank to play in times of crisis?
Original languageEnglish
PublisherNIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Publication statusPublished - 06 Apr 2020

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NameNIOD blog

Keywords

  • Anne Frank
  • Holocaust
  • Twitter
  • Covid-19
  • World War II
  • Memory

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