The Simon Wiesenthal Center is praising the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery(AACS) for terminating the membership of Dr. Katsuya Takasu, one of its most prominent members, for using social media to openly praise Adolf Hitler and deny the Holocaust and the NanjingMassacre (see below). The Center had urged the AACS to take action against Takasu earlier this year, saying that social media posts by the doctor—a popular media celebrity in Japan-- “… violate all norms of decency and reveal a person who is a racist anti-Semiteand outright lover of Nazism.”
“We wereinformed that the AACS launched its own independent investigation,” said RabbiAbraham Cooper the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Associate Dean and Director of Social Action Agenda. “We have now received a letter that said in part, “…after considering therecommendations of the JAC [the Academy’s Judicial Affairs Council] the Board determined Dr. Katsuya Takasu engaged in “Conduct Subject to Discipline” as defined in AACS’s Bylaws, and, inaccordance therewith, terminated his AACS membership.”
“The AACS has acted appropriately in holding Takasu accountable for his public bigotry. We hope others will followsuit,” Rabbi Cooper concluded.
Some of Takasu's tweets (images and translation courtesy http://www.from-estonia-with-love.net/entry/takasu-remarks:)
For more information, please contact the Center's Communications Department, 310-553-9036. Join theCenter on Facebook, www.facebook.com/simonwiesenthalcenter, or follow @simonwiesenthal for news updates sent direct to your Twitter feed.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the OAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament(Parlatino).
