Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Everton’s COVID-19 tribute video

Fans in vade the pitch as Everton`s French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure (unseen) is mobbed by teammates after scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Southampton at Goodison Park. Pic/AFP

English Premier League club Everton were said to be appalled on Saturday after a video it posted honouring supporters who died during the COVID-19 pandemic turned out to also feature an image of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.

The picture of Frank, who perished in a Nazi death camp in 1945, appeared in the four-minute-long video released on the club's social media channels.
It had been put together after an appeal to fans to contribute names and photos.

It remained online for almost seven hours despite an increasing number of supporters taking to their own social media to point out the error.

Everton declined to comment but Britain's Press Association said club officials were appalled by those who saw fit to sabotage the tribute, which was collated using submissions from hundreds of supporters.

The video had been released on the first weekend of the new EPL season and just before Everton beat Southampton 3-1 in their opener.

Also Read: Ajinkya Rahane steadies India's ship

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliabilitsy and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever