Posted on 08/18/2013 10:50:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A number of Israeli families were in for a bitter surprise recently as they entered a large liquor store in the Dolomites region in northern Italy: Some of the wine bottles sold in the store were covered with pictures of Nazi leaders, including Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring. …
The tourists, who were shocked to see the portraits of the Jewish people’s destroyers, pulled out their smartphones in order to photograph the shelves, but were pushed away by the store workers who refused to let them take pictures after learning that they were from Israel.
The salespeople told the Israeli tourists that the “Nazi” wine bottles were very popular in Italy these days, and therefore cost €3.00-€5.00 ($4.00-$6.67) more than other bottles containing similar wine. …
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Well it would have been in poor taste for a liquor store in Italy to carry Mussolini Moscato, but Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring? Hell that’s different they were German. (sarc)
I guarantee right now Obamatollah is ordering 12 cases.
According to Wikipedia their wines include....
“Il ventennio, featuring pictures of Benito Mussolini.
Communist Collection, with Che Guevara, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx and others.
Der Führer, with pictures of Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Göring and others, some of them including Nazi slogans.
Miscellaneous other images, such as Napoleon I of France and Winston Churchill.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lunardelli
A little fascist fever spilling over from Greece?
This kind of thing is predictable when socialism starts collapsing and there isn’t a more sensible alternative on hand to replace it.
When they come up with Hideki Tojo, FDR, and Stalin labels, then you collect the whole set!
“The Major Leaders Of WWII” vintage.
Cheers!!
When I was in Italy a couple of years ago a souvenir shop near a cavern we were visiting was selling busts and plates of Mussolini...
Infamy? Wasn’t aware that “La Joconde” was a mass murderer.
Some of the wine bottles sold in the store were covered with pictures of Nazi leaders, including Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring... pulled out their smartphones in order to photograph the shelves, but were pushed away by the store workers who refused to let them take pictures after learning that they were from Israel... told the Israeli tourists that the "Nazi" wine bottles were very popular in Italy these days, and therefore cost €3.00-€5.00 ($4.00-$6.67) more than other bottles containing similar wine.
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