The German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, has been accused of anti-Semitism after it published a cartoon depicting Mark Zuckerberg as an octopus controlling the world.
The cartoon was published in the newspaper last Friday after the announcement that Facebook had purchased Whatsapp. Two versions were published, one with the caption ‘Krake Zuckerberg’, the other ‘Krake Facebook’ – Facebook Octopus and Zuckerberg Octopus.
In the drawing, the 29-year-old Facebook founder is portrayed with a hooked nose, fleshy lips and curly hair, features ascribed to Jewish people in Nazi cartoons.
Zuckerberg Octopus: The cartoon was published in Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper last week and has led to accusations of anti-Semitism
The cartoon was ‘starkly reminiscent’ of anti-Semitic Nazi era cartoons, Efraim Zuroff from the Simon Wiesenthal Centre told the Jerusalem Post.
‘[I]f anyone has any doubts about the anti-Semitic dimension of the cartoon, we can point to Mark Zuckerberg’s very prominent nose, which is not the case in real life,’ said Mr Zuroff who added that he found the cartoon, ‘Absolutely disgusting!’
The cartoon depicts Mr Zuckerberg, who was raised Jewish but now describes himself as an atheist, as an octopus grasping at computers around him. In one of his tentacles he holds the logo of Whatsapp, the instant messaging service his company recently purchased for $19billion.
Jews were commonly depicted as octopuses, spiders, vampires and devils in Nazi-era propaganda, such as this poster from 1938
‘The nefarious Jew/octopus was a caricature deployed by Nazis. That was used pretty much as a staple by the Nazis in terms of their hateful campaign against the Jews in the 1930s. [An] exaggerated Jewish nose removes any question if this was unconscious anti-Semitism,’ Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre told Algemeiner.
‘Mark Zuckerberg is fair game for the media, including German media, but no German should deploy such caricatures,’ he said.
The cartoonist, Burkhard Mohr, apologised for the offence his cartoon caused in an email to the Jerusalem Post on Monday.
‘Anti-Semitism and racism are ideologies which are totally foreign to me,’ he wrote. ‘It is the last thing I would do, to defame people because of their nationality, religious view or origin.’
The newspaper took to Twitter on Monday to address the issue, writing simply: ‘We apologise for the cartoon.’
Mr Mohr released an updated version of the cartoon this week, replacing Zuckerberg’s face with a blank rectangular hole.
The Suddeutsche Zeitung came under fire for publishing a cartoon that seemed to depict the State of Israel as a ravenous monster.
The cartoonist Burkhard Mohr apologised for the offence he caused and released an updated version of the cartoon without Mark Zuckerberg’s face
The cartoon as it originally appeared in the newspaper last Friday. It bears the caption ‘Krake Zuckerberg’, or Zuckerberg Octopus
Cartoonists have often used the image of an octopus to portray a global power taking over the world, such as this poster showing fear at the reach of the U.S. and this cartoon from 1994 depicting Microsoft’s expansion
The image dates back a long way, this cartoon depicting the colonial reach of England was published in America in 1888
A Japanese cartoon shows the fear at the reach of Communist Russian into Asia
It’s truly so bad that most people are clueless about “Semites”. If one bothers to read the bible, Semites are told to be the descendants of Isaac or Ishmael. The Zionists and/or AshkeNAZI Jews are NOT SEMITES because they are not descendants of Ishmael or Isaac. They’re descendants of Japheth. Look it up in Genesis or go to Wikipedia and look up “Ashkenaz”.
(SO, Zionists are LYING FRAUDS by claiming others are “anti-Semites” when they’re attacked)
What? How is this “anti semitism”? It is a fact, farcebook has weaseled itself into nearly every home in the USA and many more around the planet.
Facts are Facts. If I could post a picture here I would post one that shows real antisemitism with images of ISis RA EL’s attacks on Palestinians. You see THEY are semites as well.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Poifect, itz! There may be hope for the Germans yet. Notice how Zuckerboig claims he’s not ‘jewish’ anymore but an atheist. Silly jewboy. Being a jew is a RACIAL thing. You can’t turn it on and off at will. It doesn’t happen. You’re still a blood thirsty, manipulative, greasy little jew prick no matter what you say or think. – http://www.subvertednation.net/documents/basic-training-for-revolutionaries.pdf