I came across this story in Der Siegel which chronicles the embarrassment that many Germans feel in Pakistan because the citizens still identify Germans with Hitler and the Nazi Party and apparently the Pakistanis love Hitler and Nazis. The author of the story tells how he went in for a haircut and was not satisfied. He complained to the barber that the cut made him look like Hitler and the barber reportedly responded "Yes, yes. Very nice." Apprently there is a good deal of anti-semetism at play and believe it or not many Pakistanis view themselves as aryans as offspring of the Indo-Germanic race. Even Hitler's seminal book on racism Mein Kampf, is widely available nationwide and even in small villages. Hitler also gets mad props from the Pakinistanis for fighting the British and the Americans. Swastikas can be found everywhere. Although the swastika symbol for Hindus is a religious symbol of good luck, the swastika is often directly associated with Hitler and Nazis in a positive way in admiration. As the author cited seeing a Mercedes with a family of seven inside with a bumper sticker on the car that said "I like Nazi." No mention by the Pakistani's of concentration camps, mass murder of women and childen, gruesome medical experiments and such. But I guess ignorance is bliss.
You just can't make this shizzle up. A picture of the Hindu religious symbol of Peace below. Look familiar? The kid in the pic seems to be quite fascinated with all of this.
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