Joan Rivers went too far by comparing Costco to the Nazis for its decision not to sell her book, the Anti-Defamation League charged Friday.
The comedian has been saying in interviews that the chain has refused to carry her new book, I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me, because the back cover contains swear words.
On Thursday, she upped the ante.
In an interview, she told KTLA that "People should have the right to have the literature they want. This is the beginning of Nazi Germany."
Riled by the comment, ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman, himself a survivor of the Holocaust, said Friday that the comedian is being insensitive to the victims of the Nazi regime.
"While Joan Rivers may be right in criticizing Costco's decision, there is simply no comparison between a private company's choice not to sell a book and the policies of the Nazi regime that engaged in the systematic persecution and slaughter of millions of Jews and others during the Holocaust," Foxman said in a statement. -
