The Jewish Chronicle reports that a game called Sonderkommando Revolt featuring the 1944 revolt by inmates of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp has been pulled from development due to a backlash from the Jewish lobby gruop,Anti-Defamation League.
According to the Chronicle, "Sonderkommando Revolt, developed by Maxim Genis, is loosely based on the Jewish uprising against the camp guards in October 1944. Its protagonist is a concentration camp prisoner who takes revenge on the guards."
Apparently, the ADL has called the game, "well-intentioned" but "a crude effort to depict Jewish resistance during this painful period."
Mr Genis is bewildered, stating that "I wanted to show the Jews really did fight back against the Nazis. I wanted to honour them. My intentions were pure and pro-Jewish in every way."
As you can see from the trailer, the game is effectively a Wolfenstein mod.
Source: The Jewish Chronicle.
According to the Chronicle, "Sonderkommando Revolt, developed by Maxim Genis, is loosely based on the Jewish uprising against the camp guards in October 1944. Its protagonist is a concentration camp prisoner who takes revenge on the guards."
Apparently, the ADL has called the game, "well-intentioned" but "a crude effort to depict Jewish resistance during this painful period."
Mr Genis is bewildered, stating that "I wanted to show the Jews really did fight back against the Nazis. I wanted to honour them. My intentions were pure and pro-Jewish in every way."
As you can see from the trailer, the game is effectively a Wolfenstein mod.
Source: The Jewish Chronicle.