How would you feel if a Nazi swastika was on your child's assigned reading?

[deutsey]

67. I have no problem at all with that cover

I think the girl's uneasy (to say the least) expression overshadows the flag behind her.

I am sensitive to the display of a swastika. My copy of Rise and Fall of the Third Reich looks like this:



The stark black-white contrast is pretty eye-grabbing and without knowing what the book is about, it can give the wrong impression.

I had the copy with me when I went to college and left it sitting out in my room. When one of my new roommates (who was Jewish) saw it from across the room, he demanded to know what the hell it was that I was reading. Probably making it worse, I have what can be called Aryan features (blond hair, etc.). I explained to him what it was and the situation was defused (we actually became pretty good friends), but I've always been very self-conscious of this cover ever since.

With this book, though, I think that face does a lot to undermine the symbol.