Anne Frank recently baptised into Mormon Church

Anne Frank, a Jewish girl whose diary and death made her a symbol of the Holocaust, is reported to have been baptized by proxy last week into the Mormon Church which has prompted some analysts to believe that the on-going practice may jeopardize US Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s Jewish vote.

According to a former Mormon, Anne Frank was baptized of February 18th at a temple in the Dominican Republic. Baptisms of the deceased are permitted in the Mormon Church, with the belief that those in the ‘after life’ can choose whether or not to accept the baptism.

Frank’s baptism is the latest in a string by the Mormons even after the church vowed to stop the practice. The last high-profile baptism was of the parents of famous Nazi hunter and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal, although the Mormon Church has since apologised.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who is still alive, is on the Mormon list to be baptized once he dies. Wiesel, who is Jewish, has asked former Mormon Bishop and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney to speak out against the practice. In 2007, Romney admitted to baptising the dead but said he has not done so recently.

Analysts believe that Frank’s baptism and the way Romney handles his Mormon faith may affect his ability to capture the Jewish vote in the on-going American primary and upcoming Presidential Election.