From Huffington Post: Curious George Was Symbol Of Nazi Persecution Says New Jewish Museum Exhibit
I’m being followed by a moon shadow
Moon shadow
Moon shadow
Leaping and hopping on a moon shadow
Moon shadow
Moon shadow
And if I ever lose my legs
I won’t moan
And I won’t beg
If I ever lose my legs
Well
I won’t have to walk no more
And if I ever lose my mouth
All my teeth
North and south
If I ever lose my mouth
Well
I won’t have to talk
Cat Stevens ~ Moon Shadow
H.A. and Margret Reys — he changed the name from Reyersbach — were German Jews living in Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion, increasingly concerned about finding safe haven. Two days before the Germans marched into Paris, they fled on bicycles carrying drawings for their picture books, including one about a mischievous monkey then called Fifi.
Curator Claudia Nahson explains that Hans and Margret created the monkey character that is always on the run while they themselves were on the run. The recurring motif of the monkey’s narrow escape from danger is another autobiographical detail.
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