Korea too
I saw the same thing in Korea. There was a music store that had more than a few tapes for sale of German marching music. The Taiwanese took some criticism a few years back for using a Hitler cartoon figure to advertise a German made heater. No joke. But the one that really takes the cake is this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/610485.stm
Not sure if they're still in business, but seriously, WTF were they thinking?
It's funny, in Japan, the Nazi decorations are more of a nostalgia trip, with none of the connotations they have here. They had this Oktoberfest thing in a restaurant in Tokyo, with Nazi flags and all. They were of course the allies to the Japanese. And since the Japanese learn that they were the good guys in WWII, just minding their own business and helping out the poor underprivileged Chinese in Manchuria, and the Germans were just friendly jolly folks who like to drink beer and march around in uniform.
I saw the same thing in Korea. There was a music store that had more than a few tapes for sale of German marching music. The Taiwanese took some criticism a few years back for using a Hitler cartoon figure to advertise a German made heater. No joke. But the one that really takes the cake is this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/610485.stm
Not sure if they're still in business, but seriously, WTF were they thinking?