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17th October 2017
12:52pm BST

The set, sold on sites including Escapade, FunCostumes, HalloweenCostumes and Amazon, includes a 1940s-style beret, bag and dress with a 'felt destination tag'.
Needless to say, a lot of people found the costume pretty tasteless.
https://twitter.com/DanielArenson/status/919670588582526976
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A authority on Holocaust history also criticised the costume.
"Why would anyone want to ‘dress up’ as Anne Frank, a young girl murdered by the Nazis, for Halloween?" Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust in the UK, told The Jewish Chronicle.
"It is utterly inappropriate, offensive and quite simply beggars belief. The Holocaust is not a joke – this company needs to have a serious rethink."
Since the uproar around the costume began yesterday, it's been removed from a number of sites.
A representative for FunCostumes, one of the sites where it was sold, tweeted to apologise for any offence caused and said the company creates 'historically accurate costumes' for several purposes.
https://twitter.com/RossWalkerSmith/status/919720227696496642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2017%2F10%2F17%2Fretailers-are-removing-an-anne-frank-costume-from-their-stores-after-massive-backlash-7005200%2F
Meanwhile, other commentators online took issue with the backlash against the costume.
They pointed out, fairly, that other offensive Halloween costumes haven't caused quite as much furore.
https://twitter.com/maritzah_k/status/920155549752324096
https://twitter.com/sothesoul/status/920164511792975873
https://twitter.com/saturndood/status/920248008884871168
Dressing up is one of the most fun parts of Halloween, but if this story highlights anything, it's the need to be considerate and respectful when choosing a costume for ourselves and our kids.Explore more on these topics: