Maus, and works like it, are powerful because they show the history of the holocaust through the eyes of those who survived it. This recollection will include t

Maus, and works like it, are powerful because they show the history of the holocaust through the eyes of those who survived it. This recollection will include the way the corpses were piled naked, or the verbal abuse they suffered. The intention of this board may not have been to water down or remove history, but this sort of knee-jerk reaction to anything objectionable will do just that by removing some of the most visceral works. The photo of “napalm girl” at the burning of Trang Bang village is deeply moving, and historically important - yet it includes full frontal nudity. Any attempt to “correct” something like this - whether it be with black bars, a blur, or with a photoshopped on shirt - would cheapen the impact of the image and dilute reality. Any attempt to censor Maus would be the same - a cheapening of the recollection of a survivor of a horrific event. Regardless of intention, exorcising or modifying works like these for superficial reasons despite their value will result in a watering down of history, simply because the real history is often crude or objectionable.