Exploiting Anne Frank -Alvin H. Rosenfeld
In January, a stenciled image of a smiling Anne Frank wearing a red and white kaffiyeh appeared on the walls of buildings in Amsterdam. Soon after, an enterprising Dutch firm transferred this image to designer T-shirts and postcards.
The face of Amsterdam's most famous martyr was made over to look like Yasser Arafat's daughter. In an age of resurgent anti-Semitism, respect for even the Jewish dead has become a dwindling commodity.
(Weekly Standard)
In January, a stenciled image of a smiling Anne Frank wearing a red and white kaffiyeh appeared on the walls of buildings in Amsterdam. Soon after, an enterprising Dutch firm transferred this image to designer T-shirts and postcards.
The face of Amsterdam's most famous martyr was made over to look like Yasser Arafat's daughter. In an age of resurgent anti-Semitism, respect for even the Jewish dead has become a dwindling commodity.
(Weekly Standard)
4 comments:
There's really nothing to add to Rosenfeld's analysis of how obviously tasteless this is, and why.
A thought: Muslims reacted violently to the "Danish cartoon/caricature incident" -- will Jews and other Nazi victims assault people and set buildings on fire now as a reaction to this offensive imagery? Probably not, and the world at large will unfortunately miss this subtle point.
The world will indeed miss the point. Thankx for your comments.
Whos says a scarf is a symbol of terrorism???
Such a racist stupid interpretation.
Maybe the scarf on Anna Frank means reconciliation??? Did you ever think about that??
Dear Anonymous,
Racist? A symbol of reconciliation? I don't even think Palestinians would argue as you do.
The kaffiyeh has long been associated with Palestinian extremists, most notably Leila Khaled, a female terrorist with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Wikipedia states:
"Another Palestinian figure associated with the keffiyeh is Leila Khaled, a female member of the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Several photographs of Khaled circulated in the Western newspapers after the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 and the Dawson’s Field hijackings. These photos often included Khaled wearing a keffiyeh in the style of a Muslim woman’s hijab, wrapped around the head and shoulders. This was unusual, as the keffiyeh is associated with Arab masculinity, and many believe this to be something of a fashion statement by Khaled, denoting her equality with men in the Palestinian armed struggle."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh
Thankx so much for your comments.
Bruce
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