At a time when the ghosts of Europe’s darkest recent past return and even become trivialized, it is more important than ever to have full access to testimonies of Nazi horror such as the Ana’s Diary Frank. The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has endorsed that the legacy of the Jewish teenager who lived – and recounted in her notebook – the two years she remained hidden with her family in a house in Amsterdam during the Second World War before being betrayed, discovered and transferred to an extermination camp from which she never returned, can continue to be consulted and studied, free of charge, online. Of course, Luxembourg emphasizes, those responsible for its publication online They must ensure that access to material is “effectively” blocked in those countries where copyright remains in force.
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