The State Customs Service did not allow the book Maus. A Survivor's Tale by American comic book author Art Spiegelman because the book's cover depicts a swastika. This was reported by Ana More, executive producer of Hromadske Radio.
She ordered the book in the original from Amazon with delivery via Nova Poshta. She received a letter from NP stating: "During the selective customs inspection, it was found that your order contains goods prohibited for importation into Ukraine in international express shipments of NP Shopping (literature with Nazi symbols). It is not possible to clear the goods through customs. The parcel will be sent out of Ukraine and disposed of."
In a commentary for LB.ua, Ana More noted that Nova Poshta promised to "look into the situation and check whether there are indeed banned symbols on the cover."
"If they burn a comic book about the Holocaust, then, really, comedy is on the verge of being overdone," she added.
About the graphic novel Maus:
- Art Spiegelman's comic strip Maus. A Survivor's Tale was first published in the 1980s and tells the story of Polish Jews during the Holocaust and in Auschwitz.
- In 1992, Maus became the first graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize.
- In Ukraine, it was published in 2020 by Vydavnytstvo, translated by Yaroslava Strikha. The book has had several reprints and is available for sale.
- Maus in English is available for free in Ukraine through the Yakaboo online store.
- In 2015, the Russian edition of Maus was withdrawn from sale in the Russian Federation due to the swastika on the cover and the presentation of the Holocaust story in the form of a comic book.