Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Hitler reincarnated; as a doll

A Ukrainian toy manufacturer is reportedly marketing an Adolf Hitler doll.

The 16in figure - complete with movable arms - will first be available in the capital Kiev and come with a selection of outfits.

There will be "early days Adolf" - brownshirt and jodphurs - and "wartime Adolf" - his grey double breasted tunic, black trousers and simple Iron Cross medal.

The doll will have accessories like a miniature Blondi, Hitler's faithful Alsatian whose loyalty was repaid with a cyanide capsule in the Berlin bunker.

Most Nazi images are illegal in Ukraine, as are any positive depictions of the Nazi regime.

The Zerkalo Tizhden newspaper in Ukraine said a local toy manufacturer was behind the Hitler dolls project .

6 decided to speak up:

Kazim said...

The question remains: Is there a market for Hitler dolls? Who will buy them?

Tazeen said...

ummm the closet nazis i guess or may be some history aficionados, who knows?

Feroz said...

hahaha
the doll comes with moveable arms

priceless

faisalk said...

i wonder if the Hitler dolls will have a mate... like barbie for ken. If they do will it be Eva Braun his niece or someone else?

Horizons said...

The doll is manufactured in Taiwan, not Ukraine.

In fact, this exact same Taiwanese doll is for sale in the UK
(http://www.modellersloft.co.uk/showitem.ihtml?id=22831) and in America
(http://www.pzg.biz/figure_hitler.htm).

There is detailed information about how this story came to be twisted
into a slander against Ukraine, one posted by the Kharkiv Human Rights
Protection Group (http://www.khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1209570049) and a
more detailed analysis by the Ukrainian Archive
(http://www.ukar.ca/shevchenko/buzyna/hitler.html).

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