Over 130 inmates of HMP Thameside in south east London will this month learn about the life of Anne Frank, with a surprising twist: their teachers are fellow prisoners.
Eight prisoners were this week trained by the Anne Frank Trust’s Steve Gadd to lead their peers around an exhibition about the life of Anne Frank in a project that aims to tackle prejudice.
The inmate guides in the category B prison represent a broad range of nationalities and religions.
At the first training session on Monday, the group learned about Anne’s life and death, the Holocaust, genocide and racial hatred.
