The U.S. Holocaust Museum responded to a Tennessee school board after it decided to remove a graphic novel about Holocaust survivors from its curriculum.
“Maus” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by comic artist Art Spiegelman.
The Director of Schools at McMinn County, Lee Parkinson said during a school board meeting that “two or three” people raised concerns about the book.
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