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Italian newspaper , Corriere della Sera eports that
this is the second time the producer was able to convince
the judges and got away with using the controversial
name which had created a strong protest from the Jewish
residents of Mumbai in India when a restaurant on the
outskirts named it 'Hitler's Cross' in August 2006.
Despite his initial defiance, the owner had apologised
and changed the name when the protest got bigger and
stronger.
Udine – based wine produce Andrea Lunardelli
claims that he has no political agenda. It was a marketing
ploy only and there was big demand for his Hitler wine
and that up to 30,000 bottles are produced and sold
each year mainly at highway petrol stations and tourist
areas in Italy.
Up to 10 million Germans visit Italy annually. Germany
is seeking a change to European Union law in order to
ban sale of the Hitler Wine by forbidding dissemination
of racist and anti-foreigner material in all of the
bloc's 15 member states.
Selling products depicting Nazis or showing Nazi symbols
is illegal in Germany and even sales of Hitler's book,
Mein Kampf, are banned. Italy, however, has no such
restrictions.
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