Hitler slogan on polo-shirts
In an embarrassing revelation, eight young firefighters have turned in their polo shirts to the local authorities, after discovering they had taken part in a firefighting competition clad in clothing that bore Hitler’s call to German youth to be ‘fast as greyhounds, tough as leather, hard as Krupp steel’.
In an apology issued after the weekend’s event, the firefighters said, ‘We were not aware of the explosive nature of the slogan!’ The young men were part of a fire brigade from the Gross Gaglow district of Cottbus, in Eastern Germany and it wasn’t the first time they’d worn the shirts – they’d made it all the way to the final before somebody told them who’d said the rousing words they had emblazoned on their backs.
But from now on, all volunteer firemen in Cottbus will be required to take history lessons as part of their training …
Photograph courtesy of Hans Joachim Schiemenz
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