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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/20369/full/20369/fashion-chain-gets-pummeled-for-its-attempt-at-nazi-chic/ <br /><br /> <b>Fashion chain gets pummeled for its attempt at ‘Nazi chic’</b> <br /> Friday, August 15, 2003 | by <p>HONG KONG (AP)—A Hong Kong fashion company has removed Nazi-themed clothing from its 14 stores after complaints from Israeli </p> <br /><br /><p>After receiving complaints last week, the company removed all Nazi-themed store decorations, including flags and a propaganda video, but the clothing remained until Monday when executives met and decided to remove the merchandise.<br /><br /> "We don't want to upset anybody,'' said Deborah Cheng, marketing manager of the retailer, which goes by the Internet-style name <a href="http://www.izzue.com">http://www.izzue.com</a>.<br /><br /> "We were a bit politically insensitive. We don't wish to make any race unhappy about it,'' she said Tuesday.<br /><br /> One of the T-shirts for sale had a portrait of Adolf Hitler standing on a laurel. Decorations in the stores included red banners adorned with swastikas and a sign that resembled a Third Reich symbol—an eagle above a swastika.<br /><br /> One outlet used a film projector to show Nazi propaganda footage.<br /><br /> Cheng had said earlier the company did not believe many Hong Kong Chinese customers would be offended, but acknowledged Tuesday that executives had not counted on getting such a response from foreigners.<br /><br /> Disputes over Nazi symbols as marketing tools have emerged before in Asia, where many people are not as sensitive to the Holocaust as Europeans and Americans are.<br /><br /> In April, soft drink giant Coca-Cola pulled a promotional robot figurine adorned with what appeared to be Nazi swastikas following criticism from a Jewish leader in Hong Kong.</p> <p> </p>

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