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Kentaro Kobayashi, Olympics Opening Ceremony Director, Dismissed Over Holocaust Jokes

UGLY PAST

Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi joking about the “let’s massacre Jewish people game” in the 1990s had resurfaced in recent days.

Blake Montgomery
Blake Montgomery 

Former Reporter/Editor

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Blake Montgomery

Blake Montgomery

Former Reporter/Editor

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