Popular WW2 Novel Pulled from Russian Bookstores

Lesson Brief Forbes
Moscow bookstores have pulled copies of Maus, a extremely popular graphic novel about the Holocaust, from their shelves in the lead-up to Victory Day celebrations on May 9th. The justification for doing so is that there is an image of a swastika on the cover, even though the novel itself is a strong statement against fascism exposing the horrors of the Holocaust.
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