The Luft-wafer: Ice cream cone named after Adolf Hitler on sale in India sparks anger in Germany

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The Luft-wafer: Ice cream cone named after Adolf Hitler on sale in India sparks anger in Germany

By Imogen Calderwood For Mailonline
Published: 09:27 EST, 26 May 2015 | Updated: 06:46 EST, 27 May 2015

Even for the most dedicated of ice cream lovers this sweet treat may prove a little hard to swallow.

Unbelievably a brand of ice cream cone is readily available in India which is named after Hitler.

It’s difficult to fathom what the Nazi leader may have in common with the crunchy snack, but Hitler’s name is splashed across boxes of the tasteless delicacy which is hawked across the country.



Not so sweet treat: A street-seller stands with his boxes of Hitler cones. Hitler's name and image are splashed across the boxes of ice cream cones, which are readily-available across India



Nothing wrong: A street-seller holds up a Hitler ice cream cone. A lack of Holocaust education on the sub-continent means that the brand is not offensive there

[onehandle]

1. I'm claiming the rights to 'Stalin Sno-Cones' right now. nt

[LynneSin]

5. ooo then I want the Idi Amin Hot Fudge Sundaes rights

[Xyzse]

8. Only if I get Saddam Hot-Cakes

[LynneSin]

10. Then I want the Mussolini Moosetrack Ice Cream!

yummy

[Xyzse]

11. Lol...

[NightWatcher]

2. Get yer Pol Pot Push Up Pops before they're wiped out of existence...

[CBGLuthier]

3. India has a weird fascination with Hitler as an image. We watch Hitler Didi or Auntie Hitler

every once in a while. I think Hitler would be a good branding for condoms too. Make a joke of the asshole.

[Coventina]

6. I'm just pulling this out of my butt, but...could it be the whole "Aryan" thing?

And using the Swastika as a symbol?

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Yes, they do.

It is quite disturbing.

[progressoid]

4. oookaaay

[DFW]

7. Some friends of mine come from a small village between Osnabrück and Hannover

It is called Hilter.

A lot of near-accidents are caused by dyslexics who drive through it when they see the signs at the city limits.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. The bushes are taking over another industry...

[TeamPooka]

13. Tell them about my Ghandi's Steak on a Stick. nt

[Generic Brad]

14. Is this the worst thing since Hitler?

Because I would think Hitler sausage would be the wurst thing since Hitler.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Right up there with Pope-on-a-Rope Soap

[LeftinOH]

16. The "lack of education about the Holocaust" seems rather flimsy,

even if it's true. The horrors of Pol Pot were far removed from the West - yet we are aware of it, and wouldn't use his name or likeness to push products. Same goes for Idi Amin and others.

I don't get it.

[Tipperary]

17. How very odd.

Who would even think it up?

[struggle4progress]

18. It's important to understand how history shapes culture

India was still a colony in WWII, and a certain segment of the population there regarded the UK as more of an enemy than the Nazis. Perhaps 3 million died in the 1943 Bengal famine, which might be regarded as the result of incompetence or even callous indifference by the colonial administration: After attending one of the War Cabinet debates on sending famine relief, for instance, Field Marshal Wavell noted in his diary that Churchill wanted to feed “only those actually fighting or making munitions or working some particular railways.”. Finally, Indian independence resulted from the fact that the bankruptcy (associated with war spending) of the British empire at the end of WWII. In consequence, there may be segments of the Indian population who regard the WWII German role as somewhat ambiguous than it seems to us in the West

In my view, of course, none of these considerations justifies a light-hearted view of Hitler, or of the Third Reich atrocities