‘Let’s F***ing Dance!’: Argentine Paper Apologizes for Comic of Hitler Mocking Jews About to Be Turned Into Soap
- Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:40am by
Sharona Schwartz
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Certain subjects are so inappropriate as a subject for comedy, it’s a wonder any comedian or artist would see fit to take them on.
One would hope the suffering of Jews about to be exterminated in Nazi concentration camps would be one of those. Apparently not so for one Argentine comic strip artist, who is now facing complaints from fellow citizens of the Latin American country.
According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA):
The cartoon, by Gustavo Sala, depicts a DJ performing at a concentration camp and Hitler instructing inmates to “have fun because life is short.”
In a play on the name of a famous French DJ David Guetta, here is the controversial strip about “David Gueto, Concentration Camp DJ:”
In the first panel, DJ David shouts: “Let’s f***ing dance! Party! Party!” To which the prisoners reply they have nothing to celebrate because they are going to be exterminated in mass.
None other than Señor Hitler enters in the third panel, telling the inmates in striped garb that a little fun can’t hurt, adding “have fun, because life is short.”
In the fourth and final panel, while the inmates dance wildly, Hitler thanks the DJ and quips, “If they are relaxed then the soap comes out much better.”
According to JTA:
Guillermo Borger, president of AMIA, Argentina’s main Jewish community organization, called the cartoon a “provocation.”
“As a son of Holocaust survivors, I will fight against this type of shameful provocation until the final consequence,” Borger said.
Just a day after publishing the anti-Semitic strip, the newspaper issued an apology on Friday. A statement from Pagina 12 said it ““regrets the pain and distress caused” by the cartoon. It’s doubtful the editors or artist were aware that Friday January 20th was the 70th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference outside Berlin, when the Nazi regime decided on the systematic extermination of European Jews or that this coming Friday marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The flippant use of Holocaust imagery around the world is not unprecedented. Most recently, a Dubai gym was criticized for touting a concentration camp weight loss program, replete with Auschwitz train tracks in its advertisement. In November, the Anti-Defamation League asked an Indian television station to consider changing the name of a soap opera, “Hitler Didi,” or “Auntie Hitler.”
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Comments (169)
willbedone
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:05amIF the end times are not here, or at the door, you would have fooled me!
Report Post »elihu
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:29pmAmen!
Report Post »“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper who love thee” (Psalm 122.6.).
COFemale
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:01amWell, it is nice to see that brains are lacking all over the world. No one country has the exclusive license to print or write something appalling.
Those making the same brainless comments about Muslims, are no better than this Argentine comic writer. I guess you are made from the same cloth; dumb_____s. I guess it is true; all Liberals look and sound alike.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:24amYou don’t seem to see Islam as the deadly cancer that it is. This is to cofemale. I wish that they would stop saying radical islam and just say islam. Any islamist that is not radical is backsliding. It’s like saying you have cyanide and poisonous cyanide. Every mosque should be detroyed and burned and the scorched rubble left behind as a reminder not to be so damed stupid ever again.
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:57amScrew em, political correctness has destroyed your brains.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:54amGustavo Sala works for obama and the muslim brotherhood
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:54amPolitical correctness has destroyed your minds.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:00amWho is “YOUR” ?
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:06amThe people that are so offended by this satirical cartoon. Doesn’t seem that bad to me, despite making light of the holocaust.
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:21amYour desperate word-barfing all over these comments is a pathetic attempt to marginalize the holocaust and hue evil of Hitler.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:57amGassing and murdering 11 Million people is a great humor creator. One wonders if Your family was among the murderers. Is this Satire enough for you??
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:47pm@HOSSUA – “The people that are so offended by this satirical cartoon. Doesn’t seem that bad to me, DESPITE MAKING LIGHT OF THE HOLOCAUST.” (My emphasis)
What does that say about your values?
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:52pmI’m willing to bet that you would have laughed at Jesus on the cross.
Report Post »Crush_Liberalism
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:35amwow….just…wow
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:56pmI’m all for a bit of dark comedy every now and then, but I have my personal limits. I think the classification of Bad Taste applies here.
Report Post »beverlee
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:30amShall we now start joking about slavery, or massacuring native Americans, or starting Muslim concentration camps…I think not. There is no honour left in this world.
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:01amWhy not, it is SATIRE.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:21amLots of people trying to get a front row seat in HELL !!!
Report Post »Stuffit
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:19amSomeone needs to publish a cartoon of muhamid all spooned up with a goat. I’m sorry but I am sick and tired of Christians being the silent majority.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:51amNo one of him breeding a sow– thats why they don’t ead pork they mate with swine
Report Post »toto
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 5:55pmNeeds to be shown right next to the cartoon being discussed.
Report Post »paulnashtn
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:16amI guess Baddoggy doesn’t even want a strongly worded condemnation from the white house? Newt OR Mitt would do that, Obama won’t
Report Post »Akridgerunner
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:13amThis kind of thing sends a powerful message that should be noted. First, that it is obvious that there are people with this kind of attitude everywhere, lurking in the shadows and they are a force to be reckoned with, not to be ignored. Second that this is a way for those who believe in this kind of vile thing to get their message out to others with no consequences. There‘s no way the publisher didn’t know that this would fire people up worldwide, but he knew he could do it with no consequences whatsoever. They print it, people howl loudly worldwide, they apologize and tomorrow it’s off the radar. No one loses a job. The paper is not shut down. It’s old news within 24hrs. No consequences of any kind…. but they have by then accomplished their mission of letting like minded folks know that they are not alone. Sad but all true. Test yourself; will you even remember this happened in a week? I doubt it.
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:03amWhat message? It’s a stupid comic strip that makes light of the holocaust. It doesn’t seem to endorse the actions of the holocaust, seems more of a satire.
Report Post »SoulReaver
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:47amI agree and Hossua it has worked on you so you prove the point. This is done to desensitize us and it works on most people. If South Park had come out 50 years ago it would have been banned. The trick is to push and pull back a little push more pull back a little. Before you know it you are watching Jersey Shore.
Report Post »Akridgerunner
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:48pmTHANK YOU SOULREAVER!! You are correct. HOSSUSA proves my point, which I thank him for. It is this clueless attitude that allows this vile behavior to continue… and to succeed.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 5:14pmI forget who said this but I think this quote is pertinent: “What is accepted in one generation will be embraced by the next.” We need to make it a point not to pardon actions we disagree with or risk those actions becoming mainstream.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:12amAs the attacks on Jews and Christians escalate anyone who disagrees with Islam is attacked by CAIR and called an Islamophobe.
Satan is alive and well on planet Earth.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:53amI guess you want drones sent in? Bomb the newspaper maybe?
Yes it is sickening that we have a weak President and yes I agree Newt would say something to make you feel better.I for one can say I stand with Israel and denounce this crap. But what else do you want? I mean Obama is not going to say anything…He is too busy holding down Israel so they cannot bomb Iran….
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:50amone word.. “DESPICABLE.”
Report Post »onestepcloser
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:01amYou took the word right out of my mouth. I couldn’t agree w/ you more.
Report Post »freeweever
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:06amAnother one…Eugenics!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:24amDo not forget _ Overton window.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:48amThe families of the Nazis who came after WW2 obviously enjoy a particular kind of humor.
Report Post »SoulReaver
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:45amThis is the kind of anti-Jewish rhetoric that comes out in any pro Catholic or pro Muslim area so not too shocked here. Both are politically correct when they are the minority and violent against Jews when they are in the majority.Since Argentina is predominantly Catholic it is no shock at all. Notice how nice Hitler looks this is no accident. Both Religions want Jerusalem and need to propigate an anti Jewish sentiment to gain control of it. The beast of Rev 17 is the Catholic church.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:57amRegarding your last sentence: And you know his HOW?
Report Post »SoulReaver
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:16amActually the catholic church is the woman on the beast. Because it describes it in the chapter it is the city on 7 hills. There are two cities on 7 hills Rome and Rio, it further states that it is the city that rules nations again Rome. So it is the church of the city on 7 hills. What would you call the church of Rome? Roman Catholic Church.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:39pmSOULREAVER-I believe the Catholic church is the whore of Babylon that sitteth upon many waters,the beast is the Antichrist, Google antichrist,pretty crazy stuff. As far as this cartoon,only a sick mind would find humor in such atrocities
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:43amWow. “The soap comes out better when they’re relaxed.” The filthy gauchos learned plenty from their Nazi guests, didn’t they. Shell them from the Faulklands.
Report Post »SoulReaver
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:52amThe soap is a symbol for ethnic cleansing
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:22amThanks, SOULREAVER. I never thought about the symbolism of it. I was thinking about the mechanics of it. That’s straight from Treblinka. I can’t understand how human beings can even concieve of doing that to one another. It makes my blood run cold.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:26amDuring WWII, when the Germans wanted to intimidate a Jew, they would say..We’ll make soap out of you. The story was perpetuated by Germans to cast doubt on the Nuremberg hearings later.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:18pmRayblue, as long as causality is preserved…
/sarc
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:37amHmmm… I would have thought that most of the Nazi dirt bags that escaped to Argentina after WWII would be either worm food or on their own death beds by now…so who exactly would the audience be for this kind of crap?
Wouldn’t it be ironic if this cartoonist makes another discovery as he bends over to pick up a dropped bar of soap while in the prison shower room?
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:39amAny liberal, any where in the world, the weren’t eliminated, they just changed their name and continued to spread their evil.
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:00amIt’s satire you fools.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:34amThankfully, Jesus told us this was coming.
Why do these people do this? Sickning
Report Post »QuantumVerp
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:04amThey do all of this in support of the framework of perpetual enemies spawned by the religions of the middle east. Religion serves NOT Man but men. G_d created Man, NOT men.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:32amAfter WW ll a lot of Nazi‘s escaped to Argentina and other South American countries so it isn’t surprising to see this anti-semitic filth.
Report Post »palerider54
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:31amI believe in fighting fire with fire. If this was a mockery of Islam the muslims would bomb the company responsible for the cartoon and offer a reward for the murder of the cartoonist.
Tell me where to send my donation for the cost of the bombs and the reward.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:55amYou stoop to the level of a stiniong Muslim? Good job…You should be proud…Sarcasm is for free..
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:22amThe plight of the holocaust Jews and the Americans of today become more and more similar as time passes.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:20amWow! That’s disturbing. The intentions of the cartoonist are one thing, but what type of paper thought this even remotely appropriate to run?
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:30amI know what type of paper it should have been run on. Even then, I wouldn’t use it.
Report Post »SoulReaver
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:25amone in a Catholic majority country
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:19amThey regretted the pain and distress caused by the cartoon? What about an apology for publishing it to begin with? And is the cartoonist still employed? Argentina does have that inconvenient past with regard to harboring nazis.
Report Post »Hossua
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:58amWhat “pain and distress”. GTFO
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:26pmSkipping your anger management class again?
Report Post »iStorm
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:16amFirst Comment.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:22amYou should treat yourself to a nice cookie.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:23amSo what is it?
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