Hitler colouring book pulled from Dutch stores
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, April 06, 2017 11:50 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, April 06, 2017 11:53 AM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s colouring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler.
The Kruidvat chain of drugstores posted a statement on its website saying the colouring books, which went on sale this week, were immediately pulled from shelves after the discovery of an “inappropriate image.”
The image shows Hitler giving a Nazi salute. On his left arm is a red band with a swastika.
Without directly referring to Hitler, the company says it is investigating how the image got into the books “despite various checks of the content.”
Kruidvat declined further comment Thursday. It was not clear how many of the books were sold.
In this two photo combo composed on Thursday, April 6, 2017, the colour-by-numbers image of Adolf Hitler before, left, and after been coloured in, in a book which went on sale this week. A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s colour-by-numbers books featuring an image of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Ray Vervloed via AP)
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, April 06, 2017 11:50 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, April 06, 2017 11:53 AM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s colouring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler.
The Kruidvat chain of drugstores posted a statement on its website saying the colouring books, which went on sale this week, were immediately pulled from shelves after the discovery of an “inappropriate image.”
The image shows Hitler giving a Nazi salute. On his left arm is a red band with a swastika.
Without directly referring to Hitler, the company says it is investigating how the image got into the books “despite various checks of the content.”
Kruidvat declined further comment Thursday. It was not clear how many of the books were sold.
In this two photo combo composed on Thursday, April 6, 2017, the colour-by-numbers image of Adolf Hitler before, left, and after been coloured in, in a book which went on sale this week. A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s colour-by-numbers books featuring an image of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Ray Vervloed via AP)
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