Culture Outrage in India as man opens a store named "Hitler" - He paid 40,000 RP for the sign

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A picture of the store:

A businessman in Ahmedabad, India, has caused both national and international outrage following his decision to open a clothing store named after Adolf Hitler. Despite enjoying the publicity at first, the owners eventually backed down after protests were held by the Jewish community within the country and across the world - in addition to pressure from the Israeli State.

The owners had then asked Israel for compensation in connection to the 40,000 rupees ($623) they had paid to put up the sign, and the Israeli government refused.

Edit: I've come to realise this is in fact from five years ago (2012), but the thread is staying up because this story is hilarious as shit. Old weird news is still good news.

 

[ICametoLurk]

With all those ovens you'd have thought a bakery was the natural place for the "Hitler" brand to head.

There's some nice bars in South Korea to wash down all that oven baked goodness

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

Like I said in another thread they have a politician that shares the same name

 

[vertexwindi]

Hitler ice cream.

With all those ovens you'd have thought a bakery was the natural place for the "Hitler" brand to head.

They'd probably sell Jodenkoek

 

[IwegalBadnik]

They'd probably sell Jodenkoek

I certainly wouldn't expect them to sell kosher goods.

 

[Transvaalan]

The real question is if they carry Hitler Fried Chicken

There was also a restaurant in Mumbai that was called Hitler's Cross

I've heard they had good wine

Are the Britbongs mad? Then good.

Literally India's thought on the matter.

 

[CWCchange]

There's some nice bars in South Korea to wash down all that oven baked goodness

Ironic, when every other day South Koreans are whining about Japanese reparations.

 

[breadandcircuses]

My take away is that India has a jewish population? What?

Also: Isn't Karachi is Pakistan?

 

[Aristophanes]

My take away is that India has a jewish population? What?

Also: Isn't Karachi is Pakistan?

I've now corrected the OP (I misread one of the articles and somehow thought it was Karachi).

India currently has a population of approximately 5,000 native Jews, but in the past had more than 33,000. More than 28,000 Indian Jews emigrated to the Middle East after foundation of the State of Israel in 1948, and now more than 70,000 people in Israel identify as "Indian Jews".

 

[HG 400]

The Indians who started it are probably surprised by international backlash.

Indians, in general, do not give a single fuck about Nazis.

The obsession with Nazis is actually very Western, mostly white, and we're basically imperialistically forcing our ideas on actual, literal pee-oh-sees.

Ya naming a store after hitler is like naming a store after napoleon or ghengis khan as far as they're concerned.

 

[Irwin M. Felcher]