Anne Frank.
Now, you’re probably thinking “Why Anne? I thought we knew a lot about her!” And you’re correct, we know a lot about Anne Frank, but there’s something people don’t get.
Two diaries came from Anne. One was A Diary of a Young Girl and the other was The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition.
The first edition (A Diary of a Young Girl) is the edited version. Such edits were made by Anne’s father, Otto Frank, and some came from Anne herself.
So, what was left out of The Diary of a Young Girl? Lots of stuff, actually.
For one, Anne’s mother is painted in a very different light, a more positive light. Secondly, Anne made her writing better when she edited her diary. She added things she’d forgotten, reworked some parts, and sometimes cut out whole sections.
Lastly, Anne was much more explicit in her sexuality. In her unedited version, we come to learn Anne likes girls. (Among other things, but that’s what I want to talk about today).
It is speculated that Anne Frank was bisexual. Now, that is a great piece of representation, however, Anne Frank is not a bisexual icon.
She died because she was Jewish. Not because of her sexuality.
When someone says “Anne Frank is a bicon,” they are forgetting why she died. Yes, people who weren’t Jewish died in the holocaust, but you should never say that in replying to Jewish people talking about it.
To be clear: it is okay to talk about the LGBT community (and many other minorities) who were killed in the holocaust. But, you should talk about that separate from talking about the Jews who were killed.
For example, it would be wrong if someone were to say “Jews were killed in the holocaust, but so were other people, so it’s not even that big of a deal.”
Anne Frank should be remembered for being Jewish, not being bisexual.
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