The chairman of the Swiss-based Anne Frank Foundation received death threats this week at his home in Basel. The threats came after Buddy Elias, who is a cousin of Frank, known for her diary chronicling her family’s clandestine life in Amsterdam during World War II, filed a claim at the local Prosecutors Office against an anti-Semitic group. “Your race should leave Switzerland together with all other stinking Jews,” the anonymous letter stated.
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