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Sarah_Jayne · 08-22-2006, 12:45 AM

Mumbai's "Hitler" eatery angers Indian Jews

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A new restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, has infuriated the country's small Jewish community.

'Hitler's Cross', which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental fare and a big helping of controversy, thanks to a name the owners say they chose to stand out among hundreds of Mumbai eateries.

"We wanted to be different. This is one name that will stay in people's minds," owner Punit Shablok told Reuters.

"We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different."

But India's remaining Jews -- most migrated to
Israel and the West over the years -- say they are outraged by the gimmick.

"This signifies a severe lack of awareness of the agony of millions of Jews caused by one man," said Jonathan Solomon, chairman of the Indian Jewish Federation, the community's umbrella organisation.

"We are going to stop this deification of Hitler," he said without elaborating.

The small restaurant, its interior done out in the Nazi colours of red, white and black, also has a lounge for smoking the exotic Indian water pipe or "hookah".

Posters line the road leading up to it, featuring a red swastika carved in the name of the eatery. One slogan reads: "From Small Bites to Mega Joys".

A huge portrait of a stern-looking Fuehrer greets visitors at the door. The cross in the restaurant's name refers to the swastika that symbolised the Nazi regime.

"This place is not about wars or crimes, but where people come to relax and enjoy a meal," said restaurant manager Fatima Kabani, adding that they were planning to turn the eatery's name into a brand with more branches in Mumbai.

The swastika has its roots in ancient Indian Hindu tradition and remains a sacred symbol for Hindus. Nazi theorists appropriated it to bolster their central hypothesis of the Aryan origins of the German people.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/...k_india_hitler

Dagwolf · 08-22-2006, 12:48 AM

I wonder how long they can take the heat.

Phil · 08-22-2006, 12:51 AM

swastika iz Hindu symbol isn't it?
I have seen some "sick" looking biker t-shirts in Jakarta, Indonesia that had Nazi stuff.
But hey, its Jews. Free pass.

Sarah_Jayne · 08-22-2006, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by CAMOKAT

swastika iz Hindu symbol isn't it?
I have seen some "sick" looking biker t-shirts in Jakarta, Indonesia that had Nazi stuff.
But hey, its Jews. Free pass.

yeah but they aren't calling it the Swastika ..they are calling it Hitler and having pictures of him all around. Which sort of takes away from the 'we are reclaiming it' argument.

Malicious Biz · 08-22-2006, 01:49 AM

"Eat At Hitler's

The only thing in our ovens is good home cooking!"

notabook · 08-22-2006, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Malicious Biz

"Eat At Hitler's

The only thing in our ovens is good home cooking!"

OMG stop it! That's the second time you've made me spit out my drink all over my god damn monitor!

Manowar · 08-22-2006, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

yeah but they aren't calling it the Swastika ..they are calling it Hitler and having pictures of him all around. Which sort of takes away from the 'we are reclaiming it' argument.

yep, exactly.

Malicious Biz · 08-22-2006, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by notabook

OMG stop it! That's the second time you've made me spit out my drink all over my god damn monitor!

HAHA!

elron · 08-22-2006, 02:10 AM

that's ok they only offend jewish , imgaine they would call the eatery 'muhamed's fresh pork meat' ...

L-Pink · 08-22-2006, 02:12 AM

Are they offering franchisees?

Odin · 08-22-2006, 02:13 AM

They are always offended by something. Just visit the adl.org webpage and the word 'outrage' is used in just about every article they put out. In all honesty though, perhaps if they stopped trying to hijack WWII as an event for their own political gains you wouldn't hear about this? I mean imagine calling something 'Stalin Cafe', who'd really care? Yet Stalin was at least as worse as Hitler, only he didn't genocide Jews, just everyone else.

Sarah_Jayne · 08-22-2006, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by elron

that's ok they only offend jewish , imgaine they would call the eatery 'muhamed's fresh pork meat' ...

Might be a bigger deal in Pakistan than in India.

L-Pink · 08-22-2006, 02:16 AM

Don't forger Mao/China. He and Stalin made Hitler look like a humanitarian.

Antonio · 08-22-2006, 02:17 AM

don't know, they've been selling Osama Bin Laden t-shirts here for a long time

Mel Gibson · 08-22-2006, 02:19 AM

fucking jews don't know what's go for em do they sugar tits?

elron · 08-22-2006, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

Might be a bigger deal in Pakistan than in India.

that piggy muhamed article was in danish newspaper wasn't it . be sure it will spread like fire from every hole in the world when it comes to muslim offence

sexybabe · 08-22-2006, 02:23 AM

i think indian government will ban that shop

dunefield · 08-22-2006, 02:26 AM

elron · 08-22-2006, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief

They are always offended by something.
Just visit the adl.org webpage and the word 'outrage' is used in just about every article they put out. In all honesty though, perhaps if they stopped trying to hijack WWII as an event for their own political gains you wouldn't hear about this? I mean imagine calling something 'Stalin Cafe', who'd really care? Yet Stalin was at least as worse as Hitler, only he didn't genocide Jews, just everyone else.

If i put the portrait of the person who raped your mom and killed your entire family at my sig , saying he's my hero . you would be my best friend wouldn't you .

you dickless guys make fun of anti-Semitism although im sure most of you dont even know the entire concept of it .

Sarah_Jayne · 08-22-2006, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by elron

that piggy muhamed article was in danish newspaper wasn't it . be sure it will spread like fire from every hole in the world when it comes to muslim offence

Ah, sorry I thought you were saying it would upset Indians in particular.

Malicious Biz · 08-22-2006, 02:53 AM

"Eat At Hitler's

We won't give ya gas! We Swear!"

Odin · 08-22-2006, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by elron

If i put the portrait of the person who raped your mom and killed your entire family at my sig , saying he's my hero . you would be my best friend wouldn't you .

you dickless guys make fun of anti-Semitism although im sure most of you dont even know the entire concept of it .

Actually two of my grandparents were sent to Stalin's Gulags, never to be seen again. So what exactly is your point? I am not saying they need to be friends with them or not be offended, just that it isn't newsworthy, nothing they say is, yet somehow their voice is always the loudest and noone should dare question them or anything they do? Look at the bullshit circus around Mel Gibson slurring a few drunken words that they claim will end his career, what a joke. Oh, and fuck off you Zionist kunt.

dunefield · 08-22-2006, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief

Actually two of my grandparents were sent to Stalin's Gulags, never to be seen again. So what exactly is your point? I am not saying they need to be friends with them or not be offended, just that it isn't newsworthy, nothing they say is, yet somehow their voice is always the loudest and noone should dare question them or anything they do? Look at the bullshit circus around Mel Gibson slurring a few drunken words that they claim will end his career, what a joke. Oh, and fuck off you Zionist kunt.

Refer to Elrons, "Facts about Israel thread"...

Nathan · 08-22-2006, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

"We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different."

I wonder what he actually meant by that... different in the way he was different? Weird arguement.

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