ADL Rebukes Elon Musk for Nazi Jokes Just Days After Downplaying His Nazi Salute Controversy

On Thursday the tech billionaire made puns referencing infamous Third Reich Figures

Elon Musk salutes as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Elon Musk salutes as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Just two days after it defended Elon Musk by downplaying a gesture he made that observers said was identical to the Nazi salute, the Anti-Defamation League was put in the awkward position of having to rebuke the billionaire for making jokes about the Holocaust.

In response to a series of tired puns Musk made referencing infamous Third Reich figures, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said, “We’ve said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it. Elon Musk, the Holocaust is not a joke.”

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