Hey guys, I'm in New York City and I'm going to bring you inside a special exhibit that is being seen for the very first time in history,

and it's the only place in the world where you can get this kind of perspective. Let's go.

Behind the doors of an unassuming building in New York City, you'll find something no one has ever seen before.

A first of its kind, full-scale recreation of Anne Frank's home, where she hid with her family for two years from the Nazis.

The backdrop to her diary that would one day become one of the

most translated books in the world. Why does this new exhibit matter? What makes it so unique?

Well, the original annex in Amsterdam remained standing, but some of it empty,

intentionally, to show how it looked after the war. Visitors see the hidden apartment stripped down

as it eventually existed after the raid that exposed Anne, her sister, her parents, and four other

Jewish friends, the first in a string of events that it ultimately led to her murder. But the replica

shows us something different. Here in New York City, you experience a deconstructed annex where instead of narrow staircases, the rooms sit next to each other so visitors can walk through them easily, viewing the space almost as if a family had just recently left, a life suddenly interrupted, rooms full of furniture and odds and ends, even a board game

the family would play to pass the time. As you weave through this recreated annex, you find

yourself suddenly lingering near what would have been Anne's bed. Her lone writing desk,

she had to begrudgingly share. You see a photo collage on the wall of a teenager

curious about the outside world she herself could not step into. The spaces seem impossible

tight for eight people who could not even use the bathroom after a certain hour of the day for

fear of the running water may alert someone to their presence. Each piece painstakingly selected

to reflect a moment frozen in time

with some real artifacts, including a bag from Auschwitz concentration camp that belonged to

Anne's father and a photo album of Anne. Reverence for this space comes with specific requirements.

Visitors cannot film or take photos. They must focus on the path

that leads one in and out of a moment in time. As you enter the exhibit, you learn first about the

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