Missouri Book Ban Targets 'Maus' & More Holocaust Testimony

Crackdowns on reading material will always be clumsy and embarrassing. 

In headlines making their way around the world . . .

Missouri's ban on reading material documenting the Holocaust exposes inherent problems with public library prohibitions. 

From our vantage at TKC . . . 

Maus is a comic book masterwork and possibly one of the greatest artistic expressions of world history penned in the modern era. Removing this material from library shelves is one of the most embarrassing examples of censorship committed in Missouri.

Here's a global headline that deserves consideration and hopefully challenges readers to think outside the box of their partisan worldviews . . .

Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” along with six books about the Holocaust geared toward young readers, are among the hundreds of books that a handful of school districts in Missouri have reportedly removed from their shelves since the start of this school year.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Several Holocaust books, including 'Maus,' have been yanked from some Missouri schools amid state law - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

"This is what happens when we are operating in a climate of fear," Jonathan Friedman, PEN America's director of free expression and education programs, told reporters in a virtual press conference Wednesday sharing the findings.