RI Restaurant Apologizes for "Incredibly Inappropriate" Anne Frank Meme

RI Restaurant Apologizes for "Incredibly Inappropriate" Anne Frank Meme

The Atlantic Sports Bar and Restaurant in Tiverton has apologized for anti-Semitic content posted on its Facebook page. 

The business had shared a meme that had a photo of Holocaust victim Anne Frank along with copy that said, “It’s hotter than an oven out there…and I should know.”

Frank was killed at age 15 at the hands of Nazi Germany after being sent to the Auschwitz then Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. 

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Statement by Business 

On Monday afternoon, the Atlantic shared the following. 

The team here at The Atlantic wants to issue it's sincerest apologies for a deeply insensitive post shared by our account on 7/22. 

The post was poorly thought out and we realize that it was incredibly inappropriate and does not reflect our values as members of our community. 

There is no excuse for the sharing of this post, and there is nothing we can do to rectify it, all we can do now is offer our deepest apology to those who were rightfully hurt by our actions.

The Atlantic Restaurant prides itself on being a tolerant, inclusive and safe space for all people. We love and respect all of our incredible customers and members of our larger community, irrespective of their religion, race, creed, sexuality or gender identity. Moving forward we will be vigilant in vetting all social media posts to ensure that nothing like the events of this past week ever happen again.

We appreciate the outpouring of support, as well as the outpouring of rightful criticism, this will certainly be a teachable moment for our team.

Thank you again for allowing us to serve our community, doing what we love - we hope that with time we can regain the trust of those who we've hurt and move forward, as a better, stronger and more sensitive organization.