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Would You Like That Ice Cream in a Cup or a Hitler Cone?

‘Macabre’ Führer-branded treats gain popularity in India

by
Jonathan Zalman
May 28, 2015
(Shutterstock)
(Shutterstock)

Apparently, one marketer believes that the likeness of Hitler, a symbol of hatred and murder and bad moustache jobs, is the ticket to ice cream cone sales in India. This has pissed off the German newspaper Bild, which deemed the cones as “macabre.” The Daily Mail has the scoop.

Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.