点评:I happened to stumble upon this bronze statue of Anne Frank which is located in a rather inconspicuous location in front of the St John's Church (Janskerk). While most people would know Anne Frank's association with Amsterdam, the major question in anyone's mind is how an unassuming city like Utrecht is linked to this Jewish girl who died during the Holocaust at age 15. This statue was an appreciation gift by the youth of Utrecht to the city in 1959, the year that Anne Frank would have celebrated her 30th birthday, for the various youth associations that the city has organised. As a result of this, beyond the powerful global symbolism for Holocaust victims invoked by her diary, Anne Frank has also now come to represent the victims of discrimination and persecution in Utrecht. a 2-minutes silence is observed annually at this statue during the country's May 4th Remembrance Day.
翻译:我偶然发现了安妮·弗兰克的青铜雕像,它位于圣约翰教堂 (Janskerk) 前一个相当不起眼的位置。虽然大多数人都知道安妮·弗兰克与阿姆斯特丹的关系,但每个人心中的主要疑问是,像乌得勒支这样不起眼的城市与这位在大屠杀中 15 岁丧生的犹太女孩有什么关系。这座雕像是乌得勒支青年在 1959 年送给这座城市的一份感谢礼物,那一年,安妮·弗兰克本应庆祝她的 30 岁生日,感谢这座城市组织的各种青年协会。因此,除了她的日记所唤起的对大屠杀受害者的强大全球象征意义之外,安妮·弗兰克现在也代表了乌得勒支歧视和迫害的受害者。每年 5 月 4 日,乌得勒支的纪念日都会在这座雕像前默哀两分钟。