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A Train Called Anne Frank? German Railway Plan Prompts Outcry
German soccer fans use photo of Anne Frank to mock rival team
Last week it was the Anne Frank costume. Why the sudden interest in Anne Frank symbolism now?
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Toward the end of 1944, after the Gestapo raided the Amsterdam canal house where they had hidden, Anne Frank and her family were crammed into a cattle wagon on a train bound for Auschwitz.
Now, 73 years after she boarded that wagon, leaving behind a diary that would one day be read around the world, Deutsche Bahn has announced that it plans to name a new high-speed train after her.
The idea of Germany’s state rail operator claiming one of the most enduring symbols of the Holocaust has prompted an outcry.
A statement from the Anne Frank House, the museum that preserves the family’s hiding place in Amsterdam, noted that the combination of a train and her name was “painful for people who experienced these deportations and causes fresh pain for those who still bear the consequences of those times within them.
Deutsche Bahn defended its decision, saying that it was an attempt to honor an “exceptional person.”
“It was not our intention at D.B. to disrespect the memory of Anne Frank in any way whatsoever,” it said in a statement on Monday. “On the contrary — aware of the historical responsibility we bear, we made a deliberate decision to help keep Anne Frank’s memory alive. We are very sorry if any feelings were hurt as a result of this decision.”
It said it was now engaged in an “internal discussion” about the concerns raised, in consultation with Jewish organizations.
Some of those who discussed the naming idea on Twitter agreed that it might be a powerful memorial.
Now, 73 years after she boarded that wagon, leaving behind a diary that would one day be read around the world, Deutsche Bahn has announced that it plans to name a new high-speed train after her.
The idea of Germany’s state rail operator claiming one of the most enduring symbols of the Holocaust has prompted an outcry.
A statement from the Anne Frank House, the museum that preserves the family’s hiding place in Amsterdam, noted that the combination of a train and her name was “painful for people who experienced these deportations and causes fresh pain for those who still bear the consequences of those times within them.
Deutsche Bahn defended its decision, saying that it was an attempt to honor an “exceptional person.”
“It was not our intention at D.B. to disrespect the memory of Anne Frank in any way whatsoever,” it said in a statement on Monday. “On the contrary — aware of the historical responsibility we bear, we made a deliberate decision to help keep Anne Frank’s memory alive. We are very sorry if any feelings were hurt as a result of this decision.”
It said it was now engaged in an “internal discussion” about the concerns raised, in consultation with Jewish organizations.
Some of those who discussed the naming idea on Twitter agreed that it might be a powerful memorial.
German soccer fans use photo of Anne Frank to mock rival team
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Stickers showing a doctored photo of Anne Frank wearing a German soccer team’s jersey appeared in Dusseldorf, Germany, a week after a similar incident in Rome.
Fans of the Borussia Dortmund club are believed to have created the stickers showing the teenage Holocaust diarist in a Schalke team jersey. Borussia Dortmund reportedly has a number of neo-Nazis as part of its hardcore fan base.
Last week a passage from “The Diary of Anne Frank” was read out prior to all soccer games – youth games, amateur and professional — throughout Italy after fans of the Lazio club posted stickers around Rome’s Olympic Stadium showing Anne Frank wearing the shirt of the Roma team. The teams share the stadium. Roma is often associated with being left wing and Jewish.
Fans of the Borussia Dortmund club are believed to have created the stickers showing the teenage Holocaust diarist in a Schalke team jersey. Borussia Dortmund reportedly has a number of neo-Nazis as part of its hardcore fan base.
Last week a passage from “The Diary of Anne Frank” was read out prior to all soccer games – youth games, amateur and professional — throughout Italy after fans of the Lazio club posted stickers around Rome’s Olympic Stadium showing Anne Frank wearing the shirt of the Roma team. The teams share the stadium. Roma is often associated with being left wing and Jewish.
Last week it was the Anne Frank costume. Why the sudden interest in Anne Frank symbolism now?
The football (soccer) stuff is nothing new. European football clubs were generally created a long time ago and were created to represent a particular section of society, for as much as the club's look like family friendly days out on TV many of them have specific origins and attract people in society now based on those origins.
Lazio, the club that stuck the Ann Frank pics up, are very well known for their behavior over here in Europe. They attract far right supporters and those people use them sometimes as a political base. One of their more famous players in recent years, who grew up as a Lazio 'ultra' standing on the terraces among the extremist fans, scored a goal and ran to the fans giving nazi salutes. This is not excusing it, but it's gone on for as long as I remember. It just seems to be the way it is in some areas of Europe sadly.
