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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.

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 111 points 3 months ago (7 children)

The Gazans are in the same position as Ann Frank. Wtf.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 69 points 3 months ago

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

The Gazans aren't the ones doing the defacement.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It only takes 1% idiots to give enough anecdotal ammunition for the other side. It's not the hard numbers that were ever in their favour anyway.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Things like this happened many times in the past. And it could be that this was done by Zionists or Nazis to pin on pro-Palestinian activitists. Not saying that this is the case, but it is a possibility.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, but if you even mention false-flag conspiracies, you make it sound like you need them to have a point. We don't, that's just not what our larger movement is about regardless of who did it. There are Jews, like technically me, in it; it's not anti-Jewish.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Exactly.

The news is portraying it like wow how could someone defile such a respectful thing

It is to make the message clear I dunno Anne Frank but I doubt she'd be cool with bombing Palestinians

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

I doubt she’d be cool with bombing Palestinians

i used to think any sane person would be; but i'm learning from this election cycle that they're minimize it as being a "single issue voter."

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 9 points 3 months ago

Kinda shows the stark contrast of how each are treated, especially with regards to the children.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just idiots, everyone involved. 🤦‍♂️

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Hey! As an idiot, I resent that! I'm at least smarter than THAT!

This is more the work of the morons.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Graffiti artists are often not well read