By Dirk Schumer (Die Welt)
Art Spiegelman's graphic novel titled "Maus" has been removed from the school curriculum by a school board in Tennessee.
The reason: the presence in its pages of too much obscene language, too much nudity and evocation of suicide.
At a time when “
Oliver Twist
” is hit with a content warning and Shakespeare is removed from university programs for being accused of being racist and anti-Semitic, Tennessee’s anathema was probably only a matter of time. .
A reasonable person might argue that during the Holocaust, unfortunately, the time for etiquette was not.
That the victims of the gas chambers all faced their horrific murder after having to take off their clothes.
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