Review

"Compact but powerful"—LA Times 
 
“Heartbreaking...feature [with] moral and emotional heft.” - The Wrap 
 
“Just when you thought you’d heard every vital story about the Holocaust, along comes the stirring documentary “No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story” to shine further light on one of history’s darkest periods.” - LA Times 
 
"Riveting"—LA Weekly 
 
"NO ASYLUM director Paula Fouce. . . noted how sophisticated some of Anne [Franks]’s ideas are. Still the filmmaker was reluctant to take on a chapter in history that has been so thoroughly examined over the years. But when parallels began to emerge. . . for refugees then and now, she found it too compelling to resist.”— The Hollywood Reporter 
 
“He wrote letter after letter—without success. The father of Anne Frank tried desperately to get exit visas for his family. But the US wanted to accept very few Jewish refugees. This touching documentary traces the stages of failure.” — DER SPIEGEL 
 
 
“ No Asylum shows us how Otto Frank struggled to save his family. He tried to obtain visas to the U.S., Cuba and Paris. But he faced delay after delay.” -Jewish Press 
 
 
“No Asylum” tells in painful detail the story of Anne’s father, Otto Frank’s desperate and unavailing attempts to secure American visas for his family…. …to round out the Anne Frank story and provide a larger framework for viewing and understanding the Holocaust.” -The Jewish Week 
 
 
“Otto Frank’s story, like that of his daughter’s, elevates the horror of the Holocaust to a larger plain.” -The Jewish Week 
 
 
“A New Chapter in Anne Frank’s Story” -The Jewish Week