Brazilian Judge Deems Hitler, Dead Jews Not Festive Enough For Carnival

A Nazinsensitve samba group has been banned from participating during carnival with a float depicting naked bodies of Holocaust victims. A perfect way to start Easter! According to the AP:

Judge Juliana Kalichszteim issued the injunction in response to a lawsuit by the Jewish Federation of Rio de Janeiro, which asked for the float be removed from this city’s famed carnival parade next week, said Lara Voges, a spokeswoman for the judge [...] In her decision, Kalichszteim said carnival “should not be used as a tool for the cult of hate, any form of racism, beside the clear banalization of barbaric events.

In addition to the corpses, the Viradouro samba group “had planned to feature at least one dancer dressed as Adolf Hitler in the parade, using the theme: ‘It Gives you Goose Bumps.’” Yeah, cuz nothing says Mardi Gras like beads, booze, and dead babies.

Rio float depicting Hitler, dead Jews banned [MSNBC]