Cups With Hitler’s Image Are Investigated in Germany

Tempest in a Tea Cup:

"BERLIN — Some people think they see statues of saints weeping or an image of Jesus in their toast. A woman in western Germany recently thought she saw Adolf Hitler on a cup, nestled between rose petals and gaudy English writing. It turns out she was not imagining the profile of the man with a toothbrush mustache.

"The question of how hundreds of cups bearing a stamp from the Third Reich showing Hitler’s profile made their way to the shelves of a family-owned furniture and housewares chain has become a matter for the authorities. On Friday, prosecutors in Dortmund said they had opened an investigation over a display of Nazi symbols, which is illegal in Germany."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/world/europe/cups-with-hitlers-image-are-investigated-in-germany.html?hp&_r=0


Dave