Milan mayor Giuseppe Sala compares Anna Frank to Greta Thunberg and this triggers the controversy on the side of the center-right.
Sala talked about it to Rai Documentari's microphones during the shooting at the Piccolo teatro of the preview of the docu-film #AnneFrank.
Parallel lives.
According to the leader of Forza Italia in the Municipality, Fabrizio De Pasquale, thus he trivialized "the terrible tragedy of the Shoah" and for this reason he should "apologize to the Jewish community".
Also according to the Northern League regional councilor Gianmarco Senna "with his words Sala not only insults the memory of Anne Frank, but also puts Greta Thunberg herself in difficulty, exploiting her".
"It is more than evident that there was no desire on my part to make a comparison, which would not make any sense, between the drama of the Shoah and the political events of today - wrote Sala to Milo Hasbaini, president of the Community. Jewish -. There was talk of the courage of young women and the journalist brought me to the news, making a reference to Greta. I repeat it clearly: the tragedy of the Shoah is tragically unique and there is no possible comparison ".