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Anne Frank kindergarten in Germany discusses changing name, sparking uproar
The day care center manager said they wanted something without a ‘political background.’A German kindergarten’s longstanding discussion around changing its name from “Anne Frank” to “World Explorer” was criticized by Jewish community members and local politicians in recent days amid the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war.
The discussion has been ongoing “long before the current discussions and events,” the press release from Tangerhütte, where the kindergarten is based, clarified on Monday. “The discussion arose at the beginning of 2023 to make this fundamental change in concept visible to the outside world by giving the institution a different name in order to visibly mark this fundamental new beginning,” the release said.
The months-long discussions suddenly sparked a storm over the weekend as Germany grapples with both a resurgence of antisemitism and issues of anti-Muslim sentiment as the fallout of the war between Israel and Hamas plays out across Europe.
Anne Frank — a young girl who kept a diary while hiding in Amsterdam from Adolf Hitler’s forces in the 1940s — was one of the most prominent victims of the Holocaust carried out by the Nazis in World War II, during which around six million Jewish people were killed.
Anne Frank kindergarten in Germany discusses changing name, sparking uproar
The day care center manager said they wanted something without a ‘political background.’
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