Embassies condemn Hitler name

[Alkman]

Embassies condemn Hitler name

From correspondents in Singapore
July 01, 2005


GERMAN and Israeli diplomats say they are shocked that a group of Singapore high school students have chosen Adolf Hitler for the their team name and idol at a leadership camp.

The afternoon tabloid, The New Paper, last week reported the students regarded the man who started World War II and masterminded the Holocaust as their hero because of his leadership qualities, and even described him as handsome.
"We like him. He led Germany and was very good although he was evil," the newspaper quoted the group's leader, an un-named 15-year-old female student, as saying in Saturday's edition.
In a joint statement today, the German and Israeli ambassadors, Andreas Michaelis and Itzhak Shoham, said they were "shocked and saddened by this unfortunate incident". The eight students who idolised Hitler were taking part in a four-day leadership camp for brass band members.

Other groups named their teams after Julius Caesar, Isaac Newton, Alexander the Great and Douglas MacArthur – the US general who led the Allied victory against Japan in World War II.






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[Carnyx]

Funny how AH and nazism become more popular out of Europe than in Europe itself. A thing that is particularly true for Germany. One does not count the examples : swastikas in Palestine, HG among muslims, MK success in Turkey, bars with nazi topic in Corea, a team named after AH in Singapore... That shows that propaganda is efficient here.

GERMAN and Israeli diplomats say they are shocked

Ha, Germans are now synchronized with Israelis... The voice of its Master.