The owner of a new Indian restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said the name and theme of his eatery are only meant to attract attention, but the concept has outraged Mumbai’s Jewish community, reports the web site of the Canadian TV channel, CBC News.

When Hitler’s Cross restaurant opened in a Mumbai suburb on Sunday, local politicians and movie industry types were on hand to celebrate beneath the posters of the Nazi leader and swastikas. “It’s really made people very upset that a person responsible for the massacre of six million Jews can be glorified,” Elijah Jacob, one of the Jewish community’s leaders, said.

But owner Puneet Sablok has refused to back down. Apart from Mumbai’s 4,500 Jews, there has been little controversy in India, where Holocaust awareness is limited, Adolf Hitler is regarded as just another historical figure and swastikas are an ancient Hindu symbol, displayed all over to bring luck. There are just 5,500 Jews in all of India.

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