An influencer has sparked outrage online by claiming that Anne Frank “lived better than us” during a visit to Amsterdam.
The Chilean influencer Naya Fácil, 26, who is enjoying a trip to Europe, headed to the Anne Frank House in the Dutch capital.
She was apparently taken aback by the size of the 17th-century canal house where Anne hid from Nazi persecution during World War II, after comparing the façade of the entire museum with the size of nearby houses.
But Anne and her family hid only in the back of the building, known as the Back House, for two years before being captured by the Gestapo in 1944. Anne died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in early 1945. , when I was 15 years old.
During a recent visit to the museum dedicated to the Jewish war journalist in Amsterdam, Fácil told her 2.4 million Instagram followers: “I’m shocked by Anne Frank’s house. She had half the place to herself. She lived better than us.
The Chilean influencer Naya Fácil (in the photo), 26, who is enjoying a trip to Europe, headed to the Anne Frank House in the Dutch capital
The attic of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, pictured.
During the livestream of his Instagram stories, Fácil also filmed the other houses surrounding the museum and said, ‘Look, that’s his house and those are the other houses.’
Her post on her social media page, which is now private, sparked outrage online and even prompted a response from the Jewish Museum of Chile.
The museum released detailed images of the house at the time, properly contextualizing Anne Frank’s story and the true nature of the site that Easy visited.
The organization also urged Easy to receive the information with ’empathy and respect.’
In a post on Instagram, the museum said: ‘The influencer Naya Fácil uploaded a video from Amsterdam to her Instagram story, where she refers lightly and without adequate information to Anne Frank.’
He mailTranslated from Spanish to English, she added: ‘The influencer jokingly says ‘Anne Frank lived better than us’ and ‘she had half the house.’
“However, what his video really shows is the façade of the Anne Frank House museum, inaugurated 64 years ago today, where visitors can walk through the history of Anne, her family and Nazism in Amsterdam.”
He continued: ‘We call to verify with empathy and respect the information that will be disseminated, before providing incorrect data that confuses and lacks respect.’
Naya (pictured) was apparently taken aback by the size of the 17th-century canal house where Anne hid from Nazi persecution during World War II after comparing the façade of the entire museum to the size of nearby houses.
During a recent visit to the museum dedicated to the Jewish war journalist in Amsterdam, Easy (pictured) told her 2.4 million Instagram followers: “I’m shocked by the Anne Frank House. I had half the place to She alone lived better than us.
During the live stream of his Instagram stories, Fácil also filmed the other houses (pictured right) surrounding the museum (pictured left) and said: ‘Look, that’s his house and those are the other houses’.
Given the violent reaction, the Chilean influencer apologized to those who felt offended by her comments.
She said: “I’m sorry about Anne Frank, but people… instead of criticizing and judging me, it would be better to educate me or explain myself.”
In 1944, after listening to the bbc announcing the D-Day landings on her wireless set, Anne wrote: Will 1944 bring us victory this year? We don’t know yet.
‘But where there is hope, there is life. It fills us with new courage and makes us strong again.’
His post on his social media page, which is now private, sparked outrage on social media and even prompted a response from the Jewish Museum of Chile.
The organization urged Easy (in the photo) to receive the information with ’empathy and respect’
In response to the reaction (pictured), the Chilean influencer apologized to those who were offended by her comments.
Easy (pictured) said: ‘I’m sorry about Anne Frank, but people… instead of criticizing and judging me, it would be better to educate or explain myself.’
But it was not like that. Tragically, 1944 brought only the capture and, a year later, the death of Anne.
While the liberation of the Netherlands by Allied forces began only the following month, on August 4, the Franks (along with four other Jews) were discovered after having successfully hidden from the Gestapo for two years.
An invoice from GVB (Amsterdam’s municipal public transport operator) for the last 900 tram journeys on August 8, 1944 showed that Anne and her family were transported from Amsterdam Central Station.
They were sent to Auschwitz before Anne was transferred to Bergen-Belsen in November 1944.
Anne died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in February 1945, days after the death of her sister Margot.
The house where Anne Frank lived in Amsterdam and where she hid with her parents to escape the Nazis between 1942 and 1944
Her mother, Edith, had died in January, separated from her daughters in Auschwitz. Her father, Otto, was the only one who survived.
In 1947, he published Ana’s diary about her life in hiding, presenting to history possibly the most moving testament of the Second World War.
It remains one of the most read books in the world: more than 30 million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl in 70 languages.
Its author has become an icon of silent defiance against the Nazis and a symbol of the indomitable human spirit.
