The site’s policy about content that infringes on copyright is that it will remove videos if the copyright holder requests it. Some have argued that, being parodies, the videos are protected under “fair use,” the legal doctrine that holds that the use of some creative works for purposes such as parody and education may be considered “fair.” YouTube, which is owned by Google, declined to comment Wednesday about the takedown of the videos. Moszkowicz said he didn’t know why the videos were only recently taken down and suggested that it could have been “something on the YouTube end.” “There is no correlation between Internet parodies and sales of a movie, at least not that I am aware of.” “We have not been able to see any increase in DVD sales,” he said.

box office and was nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar, had helped the film. Moszkowicz disputed the idea that all the attention to “Downfall,” which grossed $5.5 million at the U.S. “We feel that they trivialize not only the Holocaust but World War II.

“We find them offensive,” said Foxman of the videos. Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said the league was “delighted.”

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