ADL Condemns Madonna’s Use of Hitler in Concert Photo Montage

    NEW YORK, Aug. 25 /
EMWNews
/ -- The Anti-Defamation League

(ADL) today condemned as "inappropriate and offensive" the use by Madonna

of an image of Hitler as part of a concert photo montage that also included

photos of John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and

Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. The images were projected on a screen as

Madonna launched her world tour with a live concert in Cardiff, Wales.



    Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor,

issued the following statement:







    Comparisons to Hitler have no place in a music concert, or in the

presidential campaign.



    Whatever Madonna's political or personal views, it is outrageous to

invoke Nazi imagery in the context of John McCain's candidacy or to make a

comment on American political leadership.



    It is inappropriate and offensive to compare any current or former

world leaders with the man ultimately responsible for the death of six

million Jews and the suffering of countless others during the Holocaust.

Doing so trivializes the history of the Holocaust and is an insult to the

memories of the victims and their families.



    The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading

organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that

counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.