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The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
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HAGAY HACOHEN

World Zionist Organization slams Ali Express for selling ‘Lego Nazis’

Photo by: REUTERS

World Zionist Organization [WZO] official Yakov Hagoel slammed  Chinese online shopping platform Ali Express for selling products with the Nazi German Eagle.

The set includes figurines wearing Nazi SS uniforms and includes a Lego Adolf Hitler.

“It is forbidden to honor and provide a spotlight for the enemy of mankind,” Hagoel wrote according to Mako, saying that the Chinese firm must “remove the antisemitic products.”

The set also includes Allied troops and allows the buyer to reenact scenes from the course of the war.

No distinctly Jewish figures are presented.

In 1996, Polish artist Zbigniew Libera rocked the art scene when he created Lego Auschwitz. The model was presented in museums around the world, including the Jewish Museum in New York. He built the infamous Nazi death camp using Lego blocks provided by Lego for free as they didn’t fully understand what he aimed to do.

      

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