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Olympic Ceremony’s Creative Director Fired Over Holocaust Joke

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021Motoko Rich, Hikari Hida and Makiko InoueComments Off on Olympic Ceremony’s Creative Director Fired Over Holocaust Joke
The decades-old joke came to light days before the ceremony and was the latest scandal to confront organizers of the Tokyo Games.
Tagged Hashimoto, Seiko (1964- ), Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Olympic Games (2020)
Motoko Rich, Hikari Hida and Makiko Inoue
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world

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