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.