A ‘jokey’ comic strip book called Hipster Hitler which turns the murderous Nazi dictator into a trendy geek has sparked outrage among the Jewish community.
The widely available book shows the former German Chancellor wearing black-rimmed glasses, eating cashew nuts, playing Pac-Man and riding a bike with a basket on the handlebars.
A group of Jewish activists has pledged to shred all the copies of the comic strip, which it says is ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘sick’.
Shania Angel, a member of London Stands with Israel - and whose grandmother died in the Holocaust - has said the group plans to boycott stores which sell the book.
Miss Angel, 23, told the Ham & High newspaper: ‘The book is a disgrace and should be banned.
‘T-shirts are now being sold of Hipster Hitler - it's turning Hitler into a cute and trendy character.
‘It's offensive to people like me who have had family members killed in the Holocaust.’
She added: ‘Anti-Semitism has skyrocketed recently and we shouldn't be selling books like this.
But the New York-based authors James Carr and Archana Kumar say the book is a ‘parody’ and is not intended to offend anyone.
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... and Italian like fascism has taken hold in the United States. History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.
Lampooning Hitler has a long tradition.
Would Ms Angel also support a boycott of Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator?
But the New York-based authors James Carr and Archana Kumar say the book is a ‘parody’ and is not intended to offend anyone.
Can't wait to see their works on Mohammed, Stalin and Mao. /sarc off
This is anti-semetic and trying to trivialise Hitler and should be treated as such.
Look at that face!
Hitler WAS a cartoon character!
Hitler was a LIBERAL
Ironically enough, most of us born after 1945 would not have been born if Hitler hadn't existed. Such was the global disruption caused by WWII, that our parents would not have conceived us under the circumstances in which they did had Hitler not acted as he did. We owe Hitler our lives now while countless other millions owe him their premature deaths.
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