The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has asked the American publisher Harper Collins to withdraw the English-language edition of The Betrayal of Anne Frank from sale and to distance itself from the book’s controversial historical claims....
The request to the management of Harper Collins in New York to withdraw the book from circulation was sent by
Dr. Moshe Kantor,
president of the European Jewish Congress (ECJ). The EJC, based in Brussels, picked up on the criticism in the Dutch press and then decided to take action.
The EJC is outraged by the book’s central thesis, which is that Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh allegedly betrayed the people in hidingin the Secret Annex (Achterhuis).
“At a time when antisemitism and the denial and distortion of the Holocaust are on the rise, such a potentially incendiary claim would have to be substantiated beyond a reasonable doubt, and following a critical review process by qualified experts before being considered for publication.” ...
Prijevod
Europski židovski kongres (EJC) zatražio je od američkog izdavača Harper Collinsa da povuče iz prodaje izdanje Anne Frank na engleskom jeziku i da se distancira od kontroverznih povijesnih tvrdnji knjige.
Zahtjev upravi Harper Collins u New Yorku za povlačenje knjige iz optjecaja uputio je dr. Moshe Kantor, predsjednik Europskog židovskog kongresa (ECJ).
EJC je ogorčen središnjom tezom knjige, a to je da je židovski bilježnik Arnold van den Bergh navodno izdao ljude koji su se skrivali u Tajnom prostoru kuće (Achterhuis).
"U vrijeme kada su antisemitizam i poricanje i iskrivljavanje holokausta u porastu, takva potencijalno opasna tvrdnja morala bi biti potkrijepljena procesom kritičkog pregleda od strane kvalificiranih stručnjaka prije nego što se razmotri njeno objavljivanje ." napisao je Kantor...
Kantor se poziva na odluku nizozemskog izdavača Ambo Anthosa da obustavi sva kasnija tiskanja knjige. ....