Museum criticizes Anne Frank-themed ‘escape room’

Museum criticizes Anne Frank-themed ‘escape room’

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Anne Frank foundation on Friday criticized an "escape room" game made to look like the Amsterdam apartment where the teenage Jewish diarist hid with her family from the Netherlands' Nazi occupiers during World War II.

According to its website, the recently opened Escape Bunker in the town of Valkenswaard, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Amsterdam, has a room styled to look like the apartment. As part of the game, visitors are locked in and have to escape within an hour using teamwork, creativity and "out-of-the-box" thinking.

Cruz stresses how easy it is to cross border
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Cruz stresses how easy it is to cross border

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(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Ted Cruz toured a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Cochise County, Ariz., on Friday accompanied by Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

At a press conference at the border, Cruz noted that some members of the media accompanying his group had climbed over the border fence to take pictures from the other side. He also said: "My 5-year-old daughter could have climbed over or under that fence in about 20 seconds."

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