The famous Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest gave home from 6th till 22nd October 2009  for the artwork exhibition which honored Anne Frank's 80th birthday in October 2009.

Anne Frank became famous due to her diary, written in Dutch, in which despite her young age, she describes in a sensitive, acute and mature way, what she, her family and their friends went through in their hiding place from the Nazis. Anne Frank is the Shoah's 'most famous victim' as well as 'the most famous child of the twentieth century', and her face, with the sad shy smile is one of the icons of twentieth century.

The photographs of Anne Frank are famous documents worldwide representing the Shoah and were adopted by many artists as a source of inspiration to express their feelings and ideas. There was wide use of Anne Frank's image in artworks of many artists worldwide. Every artist refers to her image according to his/her cultural perception and artistic style.

For the first time, in the exhibition Anne Frank in the Artists Eyes, a large collection of original artworks depicting Anne Frank was presented. It exposed the wide variety of subjects concerning Anne Frank's image that occupies the artist's thoughts, ideas and emotions. Twenty-two artists from Hungary, Germany, Austria, Holland, UK, USA and Israel  participated in this exhibition with various artistic media and style.

The curator of the exhibition was Dr. Batya Brutin, Director of the Shoah Studies Program at Beit Berl Academic College in Israel.