A new version of the famous Holocaust diary is being called 'Anne Frank pornography' and getting banned from schools
June 23, 2023
(JTA) - Among the many books that conservative parents have recently asked their children's schools to remove is a lushly illustrated version of the most famous Holocaust diary.
The graphic adaptation of Anne Frank's diary, published in English in 2018, has found itself at the center of a growing number of controversies involving book removals from school libraries. A small number of passionate activists have pushed for the book to be removed from schools in Florida and Texas, calling it "pornography" and even "antisemitic." Sometimes, they've succeeded.
The movement to police children's li...
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