The Anne Frank Train

Post by **cronus** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:04 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41803131

Row over German high-speed train called Anne Frank

The German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has defended its decision to name a high-speed train after the world-famous Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Anne Frank's name is among those of 25 famous Germans chosen by a jury after a public consultation.

A German conservative MP, Iris Eberl, tweeted that it was a "tasteless" choice, as Anne Frank and other Jews had been sent by train to their deaths.
But DB spokesperson Antje Neubauer said the girl was a symbol of tolerance.

Anne Frank also represented "peaceful co-existence of different cultures, which is more important than ever in times such as this", she said.

(continued, sister train to be called The Mohammed??)

Post by **pErvinalia** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:11 pm

They should name a sausage after her. The Anne Frankfurter.

Post by **NineBerry** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:10 pm

Iris Eberl was not re-elected as MP last month...

Post by **JimC** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:13 pm

Seems a weird choice to me...

Post by **NineBerry** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:15 pm

Full list of all 25 people that trains will be named after the coming year:

Konrad Adenauer
Geschwister Scholl
Marlene Dietrich
Hildegard Knef
Fritz Walter
Ludwig Erhard
Elisabeth von Thüringen
Erich Kästner
Anne Frank
Adolph Kolping
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Marie Juchacz
Käthe Kollwitz
Hannah Arendt
Margarete Steiff
Willy Brandt
Heinrich Heine
Thomas Mann
Bertha Benz
Karl Marx
Hedwig Dohm
Vicco von Bülow
Ludwig van Beethoven
Albert Einstein
Alexander von Humboldt

Post by **JimC** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:53 pm

Rationalia demands a NineBerry train!

Post by **Rum** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:59 pm

The Einstein Train arrives relatively late..

Post by **JimC** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:07 pm

And the Karl Marx train is powered by dialectical materialism!

Post by **Rum** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:18 pm

And of course the Marlene Dietrich train just wants to be left alone.

No passengers then.

Post by **JimC** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:42 pm

The Alexander von Humboldt train is my current favourite...

devogue · Post by **devogue** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:44 pm

Why not have the Reinhard Heydrich train, just for balance (and extra drama)?

Post by **Hermit** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:28 am

devogue wrote:Why not have the Reinhard Heydrich train, just for balance (and extra drama)?

Mhh. Extra drama. Why am I not surprised at this coming from you?

Michael Schumacher; Very fast train like him, but, like him, not suitable for snow-skiing.

Post by **NineBerry** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:35 am

JimC wrote:Rationalia demands a NineBerry train!

Trains are only named after dead people. Does that mean you want me dead?

Post by **JimC** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:43 am

If that's what it takes to get a train named after you, then sure! Don't be difficult!

Post by **mistermack** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:39 am

They should have an Adolf Hitler train.

Non-stop to Moscow.

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