Holocaust Survivors Threaten Exhibit Boycott

Some Holocaust survivors have threatened to boycott an upcoming exhibit of Holocaust-related art that features a depiction of a concentration camp built from Lego blocks.

The exhibit, “Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art,” is scheduled to open at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan on March 17. Its catalog has already been released, generating debate and outrage.

Besides the Lego artwork, the show includes a piece in which an artist has inserted a picture of himself--holding a can of Diet Coke--into a photo of concentration camp survivors.

“It is a disgrace to the memories of the victims of the Holocaust,” said Sam Bloch, senior vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.