They would be legal in most parts of the world. Collecting Nazi memorabilia is a hobby for some. And no-one interferes with it. You can buy such items on eBay, for instance. But Hitler was an Austrian so Austrians are sensitive about that. But Beethoven and Mozart were Austrians too. You can't judge a whole nation by one man or even a group of men
"A baker is facing jail after being reported to prosecutors for making NAZI cakes. Manfred Klaschka, from Maria Enzerdorf, Austria, decorated his sick snacks with swastikas, a Messerschmitt plane and a stormtrooper's helmet. On the same cake a uniformed arm is seen bursting through the icing and giving a Nazi salute.
Another shows the SS motto "Loyalty is My Honour" while one creation has a newborn baby giving a Heil Hitler salute.
Under Austrian law it is illegal to reproduce images or propaganda glorifying the country's World War II Nazi era.
But Klaschka claims he did not create the designs — and only made the cakes to the specific instructions of a customer. He said: "If it's requested, it's made. I don't want to be pulled into this because I'm a confectioner and there's nothing more to it."
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"I was just following orders."
Facists = less choice = less freedom = liberals today.
read liberal fascism by Jonah Goldberg
I'd say it's okay to say "I was just following orders" when it is not hurting anybody.
One oppressive regime follows another.
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