Libraries in Tokyo report vandalism of copies of famous Holocaust account . Local media report at least 265 copies of the book have been damaged since publication . Calling the situation ` ` shameful , '' the Japanese government says police will investigate . The diary , which has been read by millions of people around the world , is a Jewish girl 's account of hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II . A U.S.-based Jewish organization called the vandalism a ` ` hate campaign ''
Libraries in Tokyo report vandalism of copies of famous Holocaust account . Local media report at least 265 copies of the book have been damaged since publication . Calling the situation ` ` shameful , '' the Japanese government says police will investigate . A U.S.-based Jewish organization called the vandalism a ` ` hate campaign ''