AKIPRESS.COM - Japanese police detained a man who tore pages and photos from almost 300 copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank” and other books about the Holocaust, RIA Novosti reported referring to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.

Since late February, libraries in eight districts of Tokyo reported on damaged books about the Holocaust. All books were in the public domain.

Analysis of records of surveillance cameras allowed to establish the identity of the man who tore the pages from books and photos. He could not explain the motives. In the near future, the man will undergo mental health assessment.

Anne Frank is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her wartime diary has been the basis for several plays and films. She lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941. She gained international fame posthumously after her diary was published. It documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.