‘Unfair’ opened on October 10 and closed two days later after swastika motifs and male staff in uniforms at Osaka venue proved unpopular online. Not the first time fascist regime’s props used by Japan’s businesses; simple ‘ignorance’ of the Holocaust or ‘bad education’ blamed by some, but not all. A host bar in Japan that dressed its male staff in Nazi uniforms and used the swastika symbol as its motif, down to the labels on champagne bottles handsome young men poured for their female clients, recently closed less than 48 hours after it opened due to an outcry on social media. And while the closure of the Osaka bar – named “Unfair” – and the removal of its website from the internet has been applauded, questions are being asked as to how the venue’s owners thought mimicking one of the most murderous regimes in history would be a selling point. This is not, after all, the first time that the architects of World War II and the masterminds of the Holocaust have been used as props for Japanese businesses. “It’s simply a matter of ignorance,” said Akio Yoshida, director of the Holocaust Education Centre, near the city of Hiroshima. “Far too many people in Japan simply do not know what happened in Europe in the last war, they don’t know that millions of people were persecuted and murdered.” “I imagine they thought the uniforms would just catch the attention of potential clients and that it would be different or unusual. The hosts in the pictures, I am sure, were simply doing as they were told and didn’t know any better about wearing a Nazi uniform…”
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siehe dazu auch: Nazi-themed bar in backlash over staff in WWII uniforms and swastika champagne bottles. The bar, called Unfair, has reportedly opened in Osaka, a modern city known for its nightlife around 500km southeast of the capital Tokyo, on the island of Honshu. A Nazi themed bar where staff dressed in WWII uniforms and serve from swastika-emblazoned champagne bottles has opened in Japan, according to reports. The bar, called Unfair, has reportedly opened in Osaka, a modern city known for its nightlife around 500km south east of the capital Tokyo, on the island of Honshu. Unfair is located in Minami, Osaka’s shopping, dining and nightlife centre, and one Reddit user spotted a truck adorned with advertising for the bar driving nearby, apparently in a bid to promote the club
