A Holocaust-related joke made by the online comedy group YeahMad has drawn strong criticism from community leaders, with Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) chairman Dr. Dvir Abramovich condemning the content as “moral vomit dressed up as content.”
The joke, delivered by YeahMad performer Katherine Andrew in a video segment posted online on May 14, included the line: “What’s the difference between me in Year 8 and a Jew?” followed by the punchline: “I came home from camp.”
Dr. Abramovich accused the group of trivialising the Holocaust and dehumanising its victims.
“This so-called joke reduces the systematic extermination of six million Jews to a punchline,” he said. “She made them entertainment. She grinned. She clapped. The room erupted. It stands on the bones of Jewish victims—whose last words were screams in the gas chambers—and twists their deaths into entertainment.”
He said the impact on Holocaust survivors in Australia—some of whom lost entire families in Nazi concentration camps—was particularly distressing.
“Imagine what it must feel like for Holocaust survivors in Australia to see that indescribable agony turned into a joke online,” he said. “This is a wound reopened.”
The ADC is calling on Little Me Media Pty Ltd, the company behind YeahMad’s online presence, to immediately remove the video and issue a formal apology.
“Your platform enabled this obscenity,” Abramovich said. “You gave this rot a megaphone. Take down this content. Issue a full apology. End your partnership with those who turn atrocity into amusement.”
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