A leading car equipment chain has apologised after it emerged that it offered a petrol can named after a World War Two (WWII) military force.Forstinger, which runs around 120 stories across Austria, promised today (Thurs) to remove the “Wehrmacht” gas canister from its shelves within the next few days after a member of the Austrian […]
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A Lower Austrian confectioner faces legal consequences for offering cakes depicting Nazi era logos.Maria Enzersdorf-based businessman Manfred Klaschka was reported to the police by the Austrian Mauthausen Committee (MKÖ), an organisation focusing on keeping up the memory of the Nazis victims.Prosecutors in Wiener Neustadt are expected to press charges under the Austrian anti-Nazi propaganda law […]
Police are looking for a public transport passenger for making the infamous Nazi salute in a Viennese underground train.The unidentified man wearing a black jacket and a grey bonnet raised his right hand to make the gesture which is also known as Hitler salute numerous times on an U2 line U-Bahn train in […]