What did Jerry Springer do in 1999 that involved Anne Frank?

April 16, 2013 12:41 AM

In March of 1999 I was in Amsterdam doing the tour of the Anne Frank house. While we were there kids outside were holding up newspapers chanting Jerry Springer while holding up a newspapers.

Google hasn't helped much. Do I suck at Google so much that I missed something? The ordeal was pretty terrifying and all I could really notice is that Springer was on the FrontPage of the papers.

And our trip was in March of 1999 if that helps.

posted by johnpowell to Grab Bag (3 answers total)

All I can find is that Jerry Spring was a week in the Netherlands that month, see this short article.
posted by reynaert at 1:27 AM on April 16, 2013

Nothing too specific and not precisely dated, but here are a couple of links suggesting that he has discussed the topic of Holocaust denial on his show and in other forums:

Amazon review of an Anne Frank DVD (search for "Springer")

Independent.UK profile (search for "Frank")
posted by Perplexity at 2:45 AM on April 16, 2013

Springer's parents were holocaust survivors, maybe he was just visiting the Anne Frank House or somehting on a trip to the Netherlands?
posted by Wretch729 at 8:46 AM on April 16, 2013