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Anne Frank a Belieber?
Topic Started: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:34 am (274 Views)
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Museum responds to Justin Bieber's Anne Frank comment
Canadian pop singer takes flak for museum guest book entry
CBC News
Posted: Apr 14, 2013 12:55 PM ET


(Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.)

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has apparently committed what Facebook users are calling a self-serving faux pas while visiting the Amsterdam museum honouring Anne Frank, the Jewish teen whose famous diary chronicles what it was like to be in hiding from the Nazis during the Second World War.
Justin Bieber stayed more than an hour in the museum, the Anne Frank House Facebook page said.Justin Bieber stayed more than an hour in the museum, the Anne Frank House Facebook page said. (Canadian Press)

According to the Facebook page of the Anne Frank House, Bieber, 19, toured the museum with his entourage for more than hour on Friday evening and before leaving, he signed a guest book with the following message:

"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."

The singer's fans, mostly teen girls, are known as "Beliebers."

An official statement posted Monday praised the young singer.

"We think it is very positive that he took the time and effort to visit our museum. He was very interested in the story of Anne Frank and stayed for over an hour. We hope that his visit will inspire his fans to learn more about her life and hopefully read the diary," the museum said in an official Facebook post.

Via social media, users said the entry showed disrespect for Frank, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945.

One person commenting on the museum's Facebook page criticized the singer as being "way too full of himself," adding, Frank is "an important historical figure, so show some respect."

Another wrote: "Glad he went, but the last sentence is VERY self-serving. He missed the lessons of Anne totally."

Yet another said, "Way to use Anne Frank for self-promotion."

Justin Bieber's antics, a sign of fame pressures?

"I hope he revisits the museum again once he is older and hopefully wiser and truly understand the messages of peacefulness, humility and respect that are wound within those walls," one woman wrote.

Bieber is in the middle of a European tour and had a concert scheduled in Arnheim in the Netherland on Saturday night.

BBC correspondent Anna Holligan, based in the Netherlands, wrote on Twitter that she confirmed with the Amsterdam museum's press office that Bieber did write the note in a "special guest book."

There has been no comment from the singer on the museum visit.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/04/14/bieber-anne-frank-house.html


From what I remember I think there is a good chance she would have been a belieber. Apparently there is a whole wall at the museum dedicated to her pop idols. I suspect what he really meant was that it would have been an honour if she had been a fan of his particular pop wave. The whole think has totally been blown out of proportion. People are going apeshit over it. Hopefully a few of his fans pick up her book though.
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people love finding things to go apeshit about..

he is full of himself.. but I do think she would have loved him!

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yeah, a teenager that is self involved. Someone call the newspapers lol. Multiply that by him being stinking rich and having girls throwing themselves at him and he isn't exactly going to have a lot of perspective.
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yeah, a teenager that is self involved. Someone call the newspapers lol. Multiply that by him being stinking rich and having girls throwing themselves at him and he isn't exactly going to have a lot of perspective.
exactly!!


plus money and fame always messes with people.. it sounds fun to the average person.. but its actually very hard to deal with mentally... then add a teenagers mind?? hes not really doing that bad.

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I'm sure it's far from the stupidest or most offensive thing that's been written in their visitor book
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Complaining about Bieber's shallowness isn't exactly a profound statement in itself. It's like Dr. Phil selling weight loss books
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I think she may have been a fan but I think he is a jerk for even thinking that. Come on, does he even know what she stands for????
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if it gets some of his fans not only to read the diary,
but to learn more about WW II & the holocaust
in general this is one for the win column. IMHO.
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He's just an idiot kid. I'm sure he meant well.
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what every one else said.
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what I found on tumblr...lol
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Live long and prosper.....!!

Yeah, true....!! :lol:
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