Anne & Frank bakery in Amsterdam forced to change name after outcry

Owner says 'it seemed like a nice name'

The bakery is located in the same neighbourhood as the Anne Frank House, where Anne and her family hid from the Nazis during the Second World War (iStock)

A bakery in Amsterdam named after Anne Frank has been forced to change its name as a result of public outcry.

The owner of the Anne & Frank bakery was castigated for the “tasteless” choice of name on Twitter.

A tweet from Drukke Toestand, an account which comments on news from Amsterdam, said: “Even if the owners are called Anne and Frank, it is still shocking.”

The owner of the bakery, who identified himself only as Roberto, told Dutch media “it seemed like a nice name”.

He said Anne Frank, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, is “a heroine for many people and for me too”.

He said: “Because my business is close to the Anne Frank Huis, it seemed like a nice name. She’s obviously world famous.”

The Anne Frank House was where Anne and her family hid from the Nazis during the Second World War.

Roberto told local media he had not decided on a new name for his bakery.

The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into more than 60 languages and is considered to be among the most important books published in the 20th century.