Sunday marks 80 years since Anne Frank's family was arrested by the Nazis on August 4, 1944.

The statue commemorating Anne Frank, one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust, was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for the second time on Sunday.

The statue is located in Merwedeplein, near the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

According to images published on X, the base of the statue was spray-painted with the slogan “Free Gaza” while the girl’s hands were painted with the same red color, AFP reported.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    146·
    5 months ago

    How the fuck does this help anything?

    It helps conflate Palestinian opposition to the war in Gaza with German Fascism and the Holocaust. That’s to the benefit of Israeli Zionists.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      103·
      5 months ago

      I think Israelis doing this is the least likely of the scenarios suggested, the others being bigots and Russian operatives.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        56·
        5 months ago

        Israelis doing this

        Plenty of possible culprits beyond the actual literal Israeli government. Could very well have been a troll with no political affiliation at all.

        But the media coverage, the fixation on Palestinians as scary, violent, genocidal invaders, and the way this gets used to justify continued bombing in Gaza? That’s 100% right wing media.