The Mayor of CandelariaMari Brito, explained yesterday in wave tenerife that “we removed the panel from Hitler’s book not because of the controversy generated, but to meet the demand of some neighbors who felt offended and upset, to whom I apologize for the misunderstanding that has hurt sensitivity,” said Brito, a day after the withdrawal of the work My struggleof the genocidal Adolf Hitler, exhibited since April 17 on the Rambla de Los Menceyes along with other titles such as the Diary of Anne Frank, one of the most well-known Jewish victims of Nazism, in an outdoor exhibition.
“Our idea -indicated the mayoress- in this exhibition of Literature Essentials was not, as some sectarians have tried to sell, to make a selection of political works, much less to make an apology for anything. If the Culture technicians decided to place that book, it is because of the message it contains and to emphasize that this episode of our history will not repeat itself; In fact, that poster was placed next to the Diary of Anne Frank, one of the victims of anti-Semitism promoted by the Nazi leader with Mein Kampf, with the idea of creating a healthy debate”, indicated the socialist mayor.
Mari Brito acknowledged that “there has not been a slap on the wrist for the Culture technicians, because I am very proud of their work and I defend them at all costs, because freedom of thought prevails, although it is always difficult to put together an exhibition, since you run the risk of not getting it right between what is put on and what is not put on. I understand the inconvenience of the neighbors, but not of those who have wanted to harm and tarnish the magnificent work that this City Council does in Culture, even in times of pandemic, being then the first municipality to open the public library. Manipulating that work with this supposed error seems regrettable to me, ”said the municipal councilor of Candelaria.
From the Consistory, shortly before removing the panel of Hitler’s book on Sunday, they told this newspaper that the reason for the exhibition, called Literature Essentials, located on the Rambla de Los Menceyes, which, like others dedicated to music or to the cinema will last three months (from July 17 to 17), it has no other reason than to remember the literary titles that “changed the world”. They point out that the Bible or the Koran are also found in this open-air exhibition, as well as recognized best-sellers of world literature.
