Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Germany wants to drop the “Anne Frank” element of the school’s name who remained unnamed (which is automatically an admission of guilt) suggested that “World Explorer” be the new name for the school As if that idea weren’t idiotic enough, this moron further claimed that “parents from an immigrant background would…struggle to understand its significance.” But he outdid himself with another brainless line of logic The head of this school offered yet another reason for why the school needs a name change the “story of the Jewish girl was hard for children to grasp.” You don’t need glasses or expert critical thinking skills to see what this racist - yes, racist - is doing. He clearly wants to remove the memory of Nazi Germany in any way possible, at a time when antisemitism is alive and well around the world vile coward who treasures a devious agenda The tragic story of Anne Frank gave the world one of the most heartbreaking accounts of Nazi occupation we have today We need to preserve her legacy in any way possible so that future generations can avoid repeating the same mistakes she bore witness to Any effort to erase her legacy would be a horrible decision but the reasons for this attempt are especially infuriating. People all over the world cherish and comprehend Frank’s gut-wrenching diary about the horrors she suffered during Nazi occupation in Germany or a non-immigrant to understand the impact of Frank writing down her Holocaust experience We must preserve Anne Frank's (far right) legacy to remind us to never allow regimes like Nazi Germany to exist ever again Erasing her story would be a grave mistake And spare me the line that “the kiddos wouldn’t get it.” Children have an amazing ability to comprehend complex topics There are ways to communicate Frank’s legacy to children in ways they will understand a group called the International Auschwitz Committee pushed back against the school head’s attempt "If one is willing to so casually erase one's own history, especially in these times of renewed anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism... it can only make one deeply concerned about the culture of remembrance in our country," the group’s Executive Vice President Christoph Heubner said I hope to God this group is successful in their endeavor to preserve the school’s name may he never again hold a position of influence over the next generation You are agreeing to OutKick's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy DISCLAIMER: This site is 100% for entertainment purposes only and does not involve real money betting. 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If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER Rob Hyde 1 min readA German daycare centre named after Anne Frank has been renamed to avoid upsetting children from immigrant backgrounds is to be rebranded “Weltentdecker” (Explorers of the World) to spare local children from being exposed to the thorny issue of the Shoah and the murder of six million Jews The daycare centre was originally named after Anne Frank the young Dutch Jewish girl who perished in Bergen-Belsen along with her mother and sister during the era of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in the 1970s The call for renaming it came from parents and staff who considered Anne Frank's name too complex for young children They claimed the Holocaust and Anne Frank's story proved “challenging” especially for children from immigrant backgrounds Centre manager Linda Schichor said: “We sought a name without political connotations.” Kita Anne Frank in Tangerhütte (Photo: Google Street View) Now the municipal facility’s board of trustees has approved the change And even local mayor Andreas Brohm says it is the right thing to do “Parents and staff desire a name that aligns more with the revised concept a name free from global political association,” he said The International Auschwitz Committee has expressed its outrage Vice-president Christoph Heubner slammed the decision saying: “To dismiss our history so lightly especially during these times marked by resurging antisemitism and right-wing extremism and to view Anne Frank's name as unsuitable in the public sphere fills us with dread and anxiety about our nation's culture of remembrance,” he said chronicled her experiences in hiding from the occupying Germans in Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944 when her family was betrayed Antisemitism Anne Frank Germany Irish police confirmed that no criminal proceedings were underway as speculation mounted that the right-wing ‘The National Party’ had undergone an internal coup Perhaps no one has been more instrumental in the shift of political culture away from impartiality and fairness and towards arbitrary power than Boris Johnson himself Jews are often confronted with verbal abuse A daycare centre in north-eastern Germany named after Anne Frank, one of the most well-known victims of the Holocaust, is set to be renamed in accordance with the wishes of parents from “migrant backgrounds,” German media outlets reported The kindergarten in the town of Tangerhütte has been named after the Jewish girl for fifty-three years but parents launched a petition to change it because they find it difficult to explain Frank’s significance to their children Employees also allegedly took issue with the name saying something more “child-friendly” was needed something that was “better suited to their concept.” Anne Frank is apparently no longer aligned with the “new focus on diversity.” Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944 during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Following her and her family’s arrest in August 1944 they were transported to the concentration camps in Auschwitz and later Bergen-Belsen She gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl with its educational institutions and all its civic engagement stands for an open-minded Germany,” the mayor said The kindergarten will most likely be named “World Explorers.” Reports did not mention whether the children’s parents were Muslims but Germany has had an influx of migrants from Muslim countries in the past decades with hundreds of thousands arriving within the context of the European migration crisis since 2015 and “renaming the daycare center sends the wrong signal especially in a time marked by increasing antisemitism.” 1/4 Die Änderung des Namens der Kita Anne Frank in Tangerhütte ist in einer Zeit des erstarkenden #Antisemitismus ein falsches Signal Gerade jetzt braucht es eine hohe Sensibilität für die Wirkung zeichenhafter Umbenennungen und ein historisches Bewusstsein There has been an alarming rise in antisemitic incidents and attacks all around Europe in the wake of Hamas’ attack on Israel last month “If one is willing to dismiss one’s own history so carelessly especially in these times of new antisemitism and right-wing extremism and if Anne Frank’s name is perceived as unsuitable in public space one can only become fearful and anxious when it comes to the culture of remembrance in our country,” Christoph Heubner Vice President of the International Auschwitz Committee said.