Anne Frank exhibit opens in Sandy Springs ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - With more than 600 photos and display panels, the country's largest Anne Frank exhibit has opened in Sandy Springs.

Jonathan Shapiro talked with the city's mayor about the importance of keeping the Dutch teenager's memory alive.

Mayor Eva Galambos sees it as her duty to remind people of the horrors of Holocaust.

GALAMBOS: In order to keep these horrible, horrible things from happening, we have to stay alert and the public has to keep learning about what has happened in the past so it won't happen again.

She also happens to have a very real connection to Anne Frank.

GALAMBOS: My husband is a Holocaust survivor. He was in Bergen-Belsen, the same camp that Anne Frank lost her life.

Sandy Springs is hosting the exhibit for three years, but many in the city are hoping to make it permanent.

That'll all depend on donations, says Mayor Galambos.

Located on Roswell Road, the exhibit is expecting 60,000 annual visitors and admission is donation optional.

For WABE News, I'm Jonathan Shapiro. © Copyright 2012, WABE