“Owners of a clothing shop called Hitler have been urged to change its name after it drew criticism from members of the Jewish community in Ahmedabad, India. The recently-opened retail unit features the German dictator’s name in giant white lettering on the front of the store with an accompanying Nazi swastika logo. Members of the Jewish community in the western Indian state have urged the shop owners to change the name of store, but their demands have so far been ignored. Shop proprietor Rajesh Shah, who owns 50 per cent of the business, has refused to change the shop’s name unless he is compensated for what he has spent on branding and the controversial sign. ‘We had put up a cloth banner for over a month saying ‘Hitler opening shortly’, no one objected to the name then,’ he told the Times of India.” w/ photos
