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Toronto Star
2 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Star
It's time to take action in Gaza while there are still people alive
What I know about the situation in Gaza: Israel should not be presiding over the starvation of defenceless civilians, July 25 The images of starving Palestinian children and the stories of those who were killed or maimed trying to secure food for their families recalls the inhumanity perpetrated on the Jewish people during the Second World War. While leaders of powerful nations greet one another with handshakes and smiles as if they were buddies meeting up at a bar, children in Palestine are experiencing the same sort of fear that Anne Frank once did. That people who were once oppressed could become the oppressors leaves me questioning my faith in humanity. Opinion articles are based on the author's interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events. More details
The Star
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Experiencing Anne Frank's journey with AI-guided tour
Amsterdam, 1941. Every day, young Anne Frank and her sister Margot walked 2.5km to school, as Nazi anti-Jewish laws barred them from using public transport or bicycles. In 2025, using Artificial Intelligence, a new immersive guided tour traces the route of this Amsterdam icon through the city, offering an interactive smartphone reconstruction of the Dutch Jewish experience under Nazi occupation. 'We created this product to bring Anne Frank closer to more people,' said Moti Erdeapel, director of CityFans, the tourism-tech firm behind the project. 'The Anne Frank House – the museum – is a very small place and it has limited capacity, so a lot of people come here and get disappointed because they didn't get to visit Anne Frank,' he said. Each year, more than one million tourists visit the narrow house and annex where the Jewish girl and her family hid from the Nazis for two years. To visit the place where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary, visitors must book six weeks in advance. Tickets sell out fast. All that is required for the virtual tour is a mobile phone and a pair of headphones. A unique code grants access to a 7km, 12-stop route. An audio narrative guides the visitor, along with lifelike animations generated by AI using data from the Anne Frank Institute, the city of Amsterdam and the Holocaust museum. Incredible people 'We tried to dig up stories that maybe most people don't really know but are incredible, people that really risked their lives to save children and to smuggle them out of the Nazis' hands into hiding,' Erdeapel said. One stop features the former home of Miep Gies, the Dutch Catholic who helped hide the Frank family. Her face is brought to life using archive photographs and digital animation. In the De Pijp district, the tour reveals that a coffeeshop now occupies the site of the former Koco ice cream parlour. Run by German-Jewish refugees, the shop helped spark the only protest in Amsterdam against Nazi persecution of Jews – a demonstration that was violently crushed. 'One of the things that make it close to heart is not only that it's such an important story for Amsterdam, but also for me personally, coming from a family of Holocaust survivors,' said Erdeapel, who is of Polish and Hungarian Jewish descent. 'My grandparents survived the Holocaust, a lot of the family members did, and I grew up with these stories about the Holocaust and about people that didn't make it back,' said the 45-year-old Amsterdam resident. Though he stresses the importance of museums and the diary, Erdeapel sees this guided tour as a way to tell Anne Frank's story to a new, tech-savvy generation. 'It's really important that we do good research and we work on storytelling and there's a human aspect to the creation,' he said. 'If you have a deep process to develop this product, I think AI is just going to make things more beautiful and exciting and immersive for everyone.' Around 107,000 Dutch Jews and refugees were deported during World War II. Of these, 102,000 – including Anne Frank – were killed, roughly 75% of the pre-war Jewish population. – AFP
Herald Sun
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Herald Sun
Triple J host criticised over Anne Frank 'slut' joke at comedy festival
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Triple J radio host has been blasted for using a derogatory sexual term to describing Holocaust survivor Anne Frank during a stand-up routine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, was telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. Concetta Caristo described Holocaust victim Anne Frank as a 'slut'. But Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny, describing it instead as a 'brutal desecration' of the memory of the Holocaust. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' Concetta Caristo has gone travelling after the festival. Picture: Instagram The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the Holocaust. 'Anne Frank … didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, has been criticised for making a joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank. He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. Ms Caristo's management told NewsWire she was 'away and not available'. Her social media indicates she is currently travelling, including kayaking in Hamilton Island. Originally published as ABC star's 'obscene' Anne Frank joke sparks outrage
Courier-Mail
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Triple J host criticised over Anne Frank 'slut' joke at comedy festival
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Triple J radio host has been blasted for using a derogatory sexual term to describing Holocaust survivor Anne Frank during a stand-up routine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, was telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. Concetta Caristo described Holocaust victim Anne Frank as a 'slut'. But Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny, describing it instead as a 'brutal desecration' of the memory of the Holocaust. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' Concetta Caristo has gone travelling after the festival. Picture: Instagram The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the Holocaust. 'Anne Frank … didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, has been criticised for making a joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank. He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. Ms Caristo's management told NewsWire she was 'away and not available'. Her social media indicates she is currently travelling, including kayaking in Hamilton Island. Originally published as ABC star's 'obscene' Anne Frank joke sparks outrage
Sky News AU
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Concetta Caristo who co presents ABC Triple J breakfast show makes shock Anne Frank joke at Melbourne Comedy Festival
An ABC personality is under fire after making a risqué joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank during a comedy routine. Concetta Caristo, who hosts the breakfast show on the national broadcaster's youth station, Triple J, was performing a stand-up routine, telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. It is unclear what the audience reaction in the room was, but Anti-Defamation Commission chair, Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' He went onto say that there was no book deal for Anne Frank, but rather a brutal death sentence at the hands of the Nazis. 'Anne Frank… didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the two years she hid from soldiers during the German occupation. Ms Caristo is currently overseas, with her Instagram showing her on holiday. The 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival was held between March and April. has reached out to the ABC for comment.
