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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_chic"]Nazi chic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL]
[COLOR=#d3d3d3][QUOTE][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Nazi chic in Asia[[/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nazi_chic&action=edit§ion=3"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]edit[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3]][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#d3d3d3]
[/COLOR][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Uniforms and other imagery related to [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Nazi Germany[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] are sold in [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]East Asia[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3], where some consider it fashionable. Hong Kong and Japan have each witnessed a growth in the casual wearing of [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_uniform"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]SS uniforms[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3], as well as increased interest in [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]White power music[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3]. Sometimes in East Asia, Nazi uniforms are used as part of [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]cosplay[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3].[/COLOR][SUP][COLOR=#d3d3d3][[/COLOR][I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]citation needed[/COLOR][/URL][/I][COLOR=#d3d3d3]][/COLOR][/SUP][COLOR=#d3d3d3] In South Korea, an area generally isolated from Nazi cultural influences during the Nazi era, [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_magazine"][COLOR=#d3d3d3][I]Time[/I] magazine[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] observed in 2000 "an unthinking fascination with the icons and imagery of the [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Reich"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Third Reich[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3]."[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_chic#cite_note-12"][COLOR=#d3d3d3][12][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#d3d3d3] Nazi-inspired imagery featured in various early releases from Japanese band [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5.6.7.8%27s"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]The 5.6.7.8's[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3].[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_chic#cite_note-13"][COLOR=#d3d3d3][13][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][/FONT][COLOR=#d3d3d3]
[/COLOR][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#d3d3d3]In some parts of the world, [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]World War II[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] is not taught in schools as a battle of political ideologies, but as a conventional war. This type of education treats Hitler and the [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Nazi Party[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] as charismatic and powerful leaders of countries during wartime, instead of war criminals as elsewhere. [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burdi"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]George Burdi[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3], the former head of the [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]neo-Nazi[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]record label[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_Records"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Resistance Records[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3], claimed to have sold many CDs to Japan, because [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenarier"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]some Japanese[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] believe themselves to be the [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_race"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]master race[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3] of the East.[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_chic#cite_note-14"][COLOR=#d3d3d3][14][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#d3d3d3] In Turkey, Hitler's book [/COLOR][I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Mein Kampf[/COLOR][/URL][/I][COLOR=#d3d3d3] became a best-seller in early 2005 following price cuts and rising Turkish nationalism.[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_chic#cite_note-15"][COLOR=#d3d3d3][15][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_chic#cite_note-16"][COLOR=#d3d3d3][16][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][/FONT][COLOR=#d3d3d3]
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