A statue of Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Amsterdam was vandalized Thursday by a pro-Palestinian protester.
FILE - In this Monday, June 14, 1971 photo Dr. Otto Frank holds the Golden Pan award, given for the sale of one million copies of the famous paperback 'The Diary of Anne Frank ' in London, Great Britain.
Frank, a Jewish girl, is remembered for her diary in which she documented life while hiding from Nazi persecution and execution during World War II. She is celebrated for her contribution to Jewish records of the war. The graffiti reads “Gaza” across the base of the statue in red paint. It refers to the region of the Middle East where Israel and Hamas terrorists are fighting an ongoing war.“Scrawling 'Gaza' on a statue of Anne Frank - a Jewish teenager murdered by the Nazis - is not activism, it is antisemitism,” the Holocaust Education Fund
“The vandal may have meant to draw attention to suffering in Gaza, but by targeting an innocent victim of the Holocaust, their message became one of vicious antisemitism,” the Anne Frank Trustin a statement. “With anti-Jewish hatred reaching unprecedented levels in many parts of the world, this distressing crime makes clear that anti-prejudice education is more vital than ever.”Jackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news. Have a news tip? Send it to jacwalker@sbgtv.
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