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SALT LAKE CITY — A new claim has surfaced that the Mormon Church has posthumously baptized a Holocaust victim, this time Anne Frank. The allegations come just a week after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apologized when it was revealed that the parents of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal were posthumously baptized in late January.
Researcher Helen Radkey said she found Frank’s name in proxy baptism records dated Feb. 18. The Mormon Church said the baptism was a mistake and “is absolutely firm in its commitment to not accept the names of Holocaust victims for proxy baptism.”
The Associated Press
