Superman Didn’t Help the Jews
Dated: October 31, 1998
Opinion: The Holocaust Meets Popular Culture
by
Abraham H. Foxman
[…]
They [young people] are bombarded by as much disinformation as information.
Holocaust deniers would have them believe that there were no concentration camps, no death camps; that Hitler’s Nazis didn’t have a Final Solution;
that it is all just a Jewish conspiracy.
[…]
Superman, in three recent issues of the comic book, was sent back in time to fight Nazi evil, but he never names the victims. The intent was to send a universal message. The result proved offensive to Holocaust victims.
Didn’t the writers know that every Jew was a victim?
[…]
Abraham H. Foxman is national director of the Anti-Defamation League and a Holocaust survivor.
Saturday, October 31, 1998
Copyright 1998 The New York Times
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