A high school in Florida banned a graphic adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary after a group of parents complained about its “sexually explicit” content.
According to WPTV, the book, Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, was removed from the Vero Beach High School library in Indian River County after conservative group ‘Moms for Liberty’ filed a complaint.
Jennifer Pippin, the chair of the Indian River County chapter of Moms For Liberty, told WPTV that they called for the book to be banned because it contains a “graphic scene” in which Frank asks a friend to expose themselves to one another. Pippin also complained that in another scene Frank walks along nude statues that are sexually explicit.
“We think true history absolutely needs to be taught, the Holocaust, the Anne Frank diary,” Pippin said.
After the group complained, the school determined that some of the book did not “contribute to the themes of Holocaust education.”
The original The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank remains in the school library, Dr. Kyra Schafte, the director of academic compliance and equity for the district told the outlet.
“When districts address Holocaust education, it does so without denying or minimizing the events of Holocaust education,” Schafte said.
Pippin said her group has around 250 other titles they plan on challenging in the future. The district’s new “District Objection Committee” met for the first time last week.
The nine person committee, made up of parents appointed by school board members and district employees, will convene if there are distinct-wide challenges for books to be removed.
