"Maus" Author: Tennessee School Board Wants "a Kinder, Gentler Holocaust" - Amanpour and Company [View all]

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A wave of book-banning is washing over America, and Art Spiegelman is its latest target. His acclaimed graphic novel about the Holocaust, "Maus," was recently banned by a Tennessee school board. The reason cited by the board is content that includes nudity, profanity and violence -- this in reference to a book about a concentration camp. Spiegelman wrote the book about his parents, both Auschwitz survivors. He tells Walter Isaacson what the book-banning trend could mean for American democracy.

Their conversation is part of Exploring Hate, our ongoing series on antisemitism, racism and extremism. Originally aired on February 4, 2022