Investigation Sought on Nazi Wine Labels
From Times Wire Reports
The German government has asked Italy to investigate whether an Italian wine with labels depicting Adolf Hitler and fellow Nazis Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler violates a European Union resolution on combating the spread of racist images and literature.
German tourists are importing the wine and can buy it on the Internet. German law forbids the use of Nazi symbols. The wine producer said the bottles were chiefly for the German market.
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