The Case of the Nazi Santas
From the country that (almost) brought us Nazi sex dolls comes Nazi Santas:
A German chain of shops has removed miniature wooden Santa Claus figures from its shelves and destroyed them after customers complained it looked like they were giving the stiff-armed Hitler salute that is outlawed.
Josef Lange, a spokesman for the Rossmann chain that has 1,200 outlets, told Reuters Friday the figures depicting Father Christmas with his right arm stiffly upright toward the sky and holding a sack in his left hand upset some customers.
“We were astonished by the reaction,” Lange said. “It looks like he’s just pointing up to the sky and we were surprised that anyone saw the so-called ‘Hitler salute’ in that. But we responded and had the entire inventory removed and destroyed.”
I could insert a bad Santa Klaus Barbie or Fuhrer/furor line in here, but I would not stoop so low I have been beaten to the punch (via Omri).
Update: I feel a Separated at Birth coming on..
Nazi Santas and some palestinian students.
Update: Now here’s a toy that offends me more than the “Nazi” Santas (via TMZ).
About the Author
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
Not exactly the type of toy you’d want
playing withyour children playing with!Sieg Saint Nick:
Speaking of odd Christmas concepts, Israelly Cool looks in askance at the case of the Nazi Santas. From Germany, no less….
I was wondering if the Palestinian students were in fact not doing the Nazi salute, but desperately trying to catch the free Michael Jackson dolls being distributed by UNRWA.