Fashion Company Using Swastikas

European diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols. The firm, http://www.izzue.com., designed a range of clothes with Nazi symbols and launched new decorations this past week in its 14 stores.

The company's marketing manager, Deborah Cheng, said the Nazi-themed decorations and clothes were not intended to cause an outcry and may be withdrawn. She said the company had received a few complaints from customers. Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive.

Israeli Consul-General Eli Avidar was quoted as saying: "It is unbearable to think that anyone can design a marketing campaign that desecrates the deaths of millions of people."