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Eatery named after Hitler Vijay Singh [ 22 Aug, 2006 0049hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
NAVI MUMBAI: A new restaurant at Kharghar has been named Hitler's Cross and it was inaugurated in the presence of the whos who of Navi Mumbai on Friday evening.
A huge poster of the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, adorned the inauguration function of the eating house, much to the surprise of the invitees.
The signage at the entrance also showed the Swastika encircled by the letter O in Cross. Bollywood actor Murli Sharma, who was among the guests at the inauguration, told TOI : "I found it amusing to see this poster of Hitler at the restaurant."
The mayor of Navi Mumbai, Manisha Bhoir, and former mayor, Sanjeev Naik, were among the chief guests at the launch.
The eatery is owned by the Sablok Builders group. "We wanted to be different. This is one name that will stay in people's minds," owner Punit Shablok told a news agency.
"We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different." But India’s remaining Jews say they are outraged by the gimmick.
"This signifies a severe lack of awareness of the agony of millions of Jews caused by one man," said Jonathan Solomon, chairman of the Indian Jewish Federation, the community’s umbrella organisation.
"We are going to stop this deification of Hitler," he said without elaborating.
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