Bowing to the vile anti-Semites who are currently roaming the streets of Germany? In Saxony-Anhalt, the “Anne Frank” kindergarten is to be renamed and will be called “Weltentdecker” in future. Tangerhütte’s mayor talks about conceptual changes.
At a time when pro-Palestine demonstrators in Germany are publicly celebrating the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists against Israelis and Jewish fellow citizens often no longer dare to take to the streets, here is what happens! The “Anne Frank” kindergarten in Tangerhütte is to be renamed. This has been criticised by the International Auschwitz Committee, among others, which has written an open letter to the town and its mayor.
The head of the kindergarten is quoted on the German television channel MDR as saying that the story of the Jewish girl is difficult for young children to grasp. The non-party mayor speaks of conceptual changes. Parents and employees would like to see a new name, he says, as this carries more weight than the global political situation. In fact, it was mainly parents who complained and wanted to change the name with a petition. According to newspaper reports, it is mainly parents with a migration background who are concerned.
The association “Miteinander – Netzwerk für Demokratie und Weltoffenheit in Sachsen-Anhalt” (Together – Network for Democracy and Cosmopolitanism in Saxony-Anhalt) has criticised the move: X said that changing the name “Anne Frank” would send the wrong signal at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise. “Right now, we need to be highly sensitive to the impact of symbolic renaming.” The city council must now decide.
Max Privorozki, Chairman of the State Association of Jewish Communities in Saxony-Anhalt, is quoted by the Bild newspaper: “I’m not sure that the moment is right to change the name of the daycare centre, which has existed for more than 50 years.” The fact that a new name is to be found now, of all times, has a “negative connotation”.
Privorozki continues: “The reference to parents with a migration background, who often don’t have much knowledge of Anne Frank, is the best argument against the name change: this argument means that the integration of these parents into German society is failing.”
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