Florida book banning is sweeping The Diary of Ann Frank out of school libraries

Book bans are an excuse for antisemitism.
Book banning in Florida

Escambia County, on Florida’s westernmost end, has pulled around 1,500 books, citing a new law that went into effect over the summer that targets novels with depictions of “sexual conduct.” Those removed have included multiple dictionaries and thesauruses and multiple issues of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"

Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" also was pulled.

Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish girl (b. Frankfurt Germany 1929) who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.

In Central Florida’s Orange County, more than 600 books have been removed from classroom libraries for the same reason, according to data provided by the school district.

Echo opinion letters published in the Orlando Sentinel Florida newspaper:

Dear Editor: I was incensed after reading about the decision by the Orange County School Board to remove many Jewish books from the district. It is disheartening to read that Holocaust literature, such as “The Diary of Anne Frank,” is included in the “cleanout,” as well as other books of Jewish identity. 

It is crucial to every generation post-World War II to read authentic, classic literature which exemplifies life from this period.  The justification mentioned, that these books included references to human sexuality, sounds like an excuse to practice antisemitism. 

They will ensure that young American students grow up without tolerance for people who are not like them. #antisemitism

From Miriam Benkoe in Boynton Beach