Romanians Seek to Oust Mayor Who Donned Nazi Uniform

...as does the Communist Party

(NEWSER) - Well, this is one endorsement the Occupy Wall Street movement probably wasn't gunning for: The American Nazi Party has officially backed the Occupiers in a statement on its website . The ANP, which also calls itself a National Socialist party, writes that the Occupy Wall Street movement is “TAYLOR [sic] MADE for National Socialists,” and urges its members to join in. “Produce some flyers EXPLAINING the 'JEW BANKER' influence—DON’T wear anything marking you as an ‘evil racist’—and GET OUT THERE and SPREAD the WORD!” More»

Secret service had file on Ingvar Kamprad, new book reveals

(NEWSER) - You may never feel the same way about buying cheap furniture again: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was a member of Svensk Socialistisk Samling, a new book reveals. Swedish journalist Elisabeth Åsbrink reveals a 1943 file opened on Kamprad by the secret service, which concluded Kamprad must have held “some sort of official position” within the radical party, which was initially similar to Germany's Nazi Party and even adopted the swastika as its first party emblem. More»

'Heil Hitler' dress up not funny to Jewish group

(NEWSER) - A Japanese costume store has agreed to remove a faux Nazi uniform after complaints from a major Jewish group, the AP reports. At Don Quijote, which has outlets in several Japanese cities, $60 could get you black jacket with swastika armband, sold in a package that said "Heil Hitler" in Japanese. The costume ran afoul of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which complained to Quijote. More»

Says dancing at death camp a celebration of life

(USER SUBMITTED) - A Holocaust survivor is defending his participation in an online video that shows him dancing to "I Will Survive" at the infamous Nazi death camp Auschwitz. Adolek Kohn, 89, and his grandchildren posted footage of themselves dancing at several locations connected to the Holocaust, as an art project celebrating Kohn's survival of the Nazi regime. "Why did I do that? First of all because I came with my grandchildren," Kohn told Sky News. More»

(NEWSER) - Comparing your nemesis to a Nazi has been a "staple of American T-shirt and bumper-sticker political culture," writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post, and such Nazi-talk has becoming a recurring element of the health care protests. "Anyone with a black felt pen and the ability to draw a Hitler moustache on a poster" can invoke the 20th century's most awful regime, instantly shutting down argument. But Nazism is not a symbol for whatever you don't like; it's a historical movement whose importance we risk forgetting. More»