( CNN ) -- While his comment about Anne Frank drew criticism from around the world , pop star Justin Bieber and his camp have remained silent on the issue -- and plan to keep it that way . There will be no official statement from Bieber or his representatives , a source close to the star told CNN on Monday . Bieber did not mention it to his millions of followers on Twitter and Facebook . The controversy stems from the 19-year-old 's visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam , Netherlands , on Friday . In the site 's guest book , he wrote , `` Truly inspiring to be able to come here . Anne was a great girl . Hopefully she would have been a belieber . '' The tourist site shared the message on its official Facebook page . Adolescent and teen girls obsessed with the Canadian singer are known as `` beliebers . '' Anne Frank died a teenager in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945 . Thousands of people responded angrily to what Bieber wrote . `` She would 've been a WHAT ? That little idiot is way too full of himself , '' Kevin Garcia Leon wrote in the most popular comment on the site 's Facebook page . On CNN.com , the most popular comment read , `` Can anyone be more self-obsessed ? '' Rabbi defends Bieber . An expert on Anne Frank came to Bieber 's defense Monday . Had Frank been born 70 years later , she would have likely been a `` belieber , '' said Rabbi Marvin Hier , founder and dean of the Simon Weisenthal Center in Los Angeles . `` There 's nothing insulting about that , '' Rabbi Hier told CNN . `` She was very modern and she could very likely be his fan and on Twitter . '' Hier has studied Frank 's life and journal closely in preparation for the creation of a permanent exhibit at his center 's Museum of Tolerance in Beverly Hills . `` Anne Frank was a very modern girl , '' he said . `` In the room , she had pictures of Hollywood stars . She was infatuated with Hollywood . '' Anne Frank hid with her family in the `` secret annex '' of an Amsterdam house for two years before she was captured by Nazis in 1944 . She died a teenager in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945 . The site , a popular tourist attraction among visitors to Amsterdam , expressed no complaints about Bieber . `` The Anne Frank House was pleased to welcome Justin Bieber to the Anne Frank House last Friday , '' an official Facebook post said Monday . `` We think it is very positive that he took the time and effort to visit our museum . He was very interested in the story of Anne Frank and stayed for over an hour . We hope that his visit will inspire his fans to learn more about her life and hopefully read the diary . '' The comments under the statement suggested it did little to calm those who were infuriated . Few questioned whether Anne Frank would have been a Bieber fan , were she a teenager today . The complaints focused on why Bieber thought about himself at all after being exposed to the seriousness of Anne Frank 's experience and the Holocaust . `` Pity the guy , after making the effort to visit , was n't grown up enough to have a break from being so self centered and make a comment like that , '' Steve Landles wrote in the most popular comment on that Facebook post . A 'chill day ' Bieber , who is in the middle of a European tour , stopped by the Anne Frank House between his concert in Antwerp , Belgium , and a Saturday performance in Arnhem , Netherlands . He told fans on Twitter it was a `` chill day . '' He visited the house `` together with his friends and guards '' Friday night , according to the site 's official Facebook page , adding that fans `` were waiting outside to see a glimpse of him . '' The Anne Frank House confirmed to CNN that its Facebook post carrying Bieber 's message was authentic . While the vast majority of the comments online slammed the pop star , some people expressed support for him . Heather Mirman cited a line from Anne Frank 's diary : `` Despite everything , I believe people are really good at heart . '' `` I think before everyone goes bashing Justin Bieber we should take a moment to think about these words and why Anne said them , '' she wrote. `` ... He is trying to say that he would 've been proud to ( have ) had her as a fan because of her courage and the fact that she believed in good . '' Bieber : From tween sensation to adult icon . Frank was 13 when she and her family began hiding in a dark and damp `` secret annex '' of the house to escape the German roundup of Jews in Holland in July 1942 . She never left the house for two years , spending much of her time writing in her diary , until she and her family were found and arrested by Nazis in August 1944 . Swiss man reintroduces his cousin : Anne Frank . Anne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945 . Her diary survived to tell her tragic and inspiring story . Bieber spat on me , neighbor charges . CNN 's Josh Levs contributed to this report .
NEW : Anne Frank ` ` was infatuated with Hollywood , '' rabbi says . There will be no statement from him or his family , a man close to him told CNN . The 19-year - old pop star sparked outrage with comments in a guest book . He says that he hopes the ` ` will have been a belieber ''