WIESENTHAL CONDEMNS VANDALISM OF ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL HER “MESSAGE OF HOPE AND HUMANITY WILL OUTLIVE THE FORCES OF HATE…”

The Simon Wiesenthal Center today condemned the vandalism of a memorial to Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager whose diary during WWII brought to light the tragedy of the Nazi Holocaust. The memorial, which was erected five years ago in Boise, Idaho, was toppled to the ground. This comes after an incident in March when the statue was defaced with neo-Nazi stickers.

“The Wiesenthal Center condemns this vandalism of hate and hopes the perpetrators that damaged the statue of Anne Frank will soon be caught and punished," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Center.

"What can never be damaged by such bigots is the legacy of an innocent Jewish child whose message of hope and humanity will outlive the forces of hate that we all still confront today,” Cooper concluded.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

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