Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Mickey Mouse

1933   Mickey Mouse banned in Nazi Germany.

1936   Mickey Mouse banned in the Soviet Union.
1937   A Mickey Mouse comic strip banned in Yugoslavia because it depicted a revolution against a monarchy.
1938    Mickey Mouse banned in Fascist Italy.
1954    Mickey Mouse banned in East Germany as an anti-Red rebel.

Source:  Robert Hendrickson:  The Literary Life and Other Curiosities {Penguin Books, 1981}


                                          
                                          Mickey Mouse on Hollywood's Walk of Fame   

Source of images
en.wikipedia.org  

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