Wisconsin Man Fired from Museum Job for Wearing Hitler Costume for Halloween

Snake Baker November 4, 2022

We are nauseated to see a man has dressed up as Adolf Hitler to celebrate Halloween at the U. Wisconsin Madison

With antisemitic incidents on the rise at both this particular school and across the country, this costume was meant to do one thing, and one thing only – spread hate pic.twitter.com/2paqLqOT4n

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 30, 2022

People used to think dressing up as Adolf Hitler for Halloween was funny. When I was a kid, people thought it was funny.

Somehow, the further we get away from World War II, the more sensitive the Jews get?

KIRO7:

A Wisconsin man was fired from his job at the Madison Children’s Museum on Tuesday after he wore an Adolf Hitler costume for Halloween.

The man, whose name was not revealed because he was not charged with a crime, has a cognitive disability and believed he was mocking the Nazi dictator when he wore the costume near the University of Wisconsin campus on Saturday night, WISN-TV reported. The man is from Madison but does not attend the university.

Several photos of the man wearing the costume circulated on social media, according to WTMJ-TV.

Police and the Children's Museum said the man who wore a Hitler costume on State Street, drawing condemnation and national attention, has cognitive disabilities. https://t.co/0MfZYHqoNH

— Wisconsin State Journal (@WiStateJournal) November 2, 2022

“The organization has determined that his continued employment would create an environment at odds with our values and unwelcoming to visitors and staff,” the museum said in a statement on Tuesday.

A day earlier, museum officials said in a statement that the man’s costume was “completely unacceptable and runs counter to everything the museum believes.”

“We stand against antisemitism and all forms of bigotry and discrimination,” the museum said in its statement.

According to WISN, the man’s costume was condemned on social media and by several media outlets, including The Jerusalem Post.

The Post article included a tweet by StopAntisemitism, a group that documents antisemitic acts, with two pictures of the man in his costume.

“We are nauseated to see a man has dressed up as Adolf Hitler to celebrate Halloween at the U. Wisconsin Madison,” StopAntisemitism tweeted.

Madison police said they took “a variety of reports” about the costume, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. In a statement, police said the outfit was “offensive and reprehensible” but not a criminal offense.

Police said they contacted the man on Sunday and told him about “the issues that he caused in our community,” according to the newspaper. He has been an employee at the museum for 10 years, WTMJ reported.

They “investigated” knowing no actual crime was commited.

They always do that when it comes to Jew feelings.

It’s just a way to menace people with the force of the cops. It shouldn’t be allowed. In a normal country, launching an investigation when you know for a fact no crime was committed would itself be a crime.


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