gnomes get in trouble
gnomes are pretty funny looking characters to begin with so when i saw the photo of gnomes doing the hitler salute, i had to laugh. unfortunately for ottmar hörl, the artist who created them, not everyone thought they were as amusing.
the german police in nuremberg launched an investigation into the “art” last week after prosecutors saw a photo in the local paper of the gnomes displayed in an art gallery window. the use of the hitler salute and other nazi symbols violates german law that prevents the use of symbols from unconstitutional organizations. hörl, says his art is satire and explains “people everywhere in the world can be ideologically poisoned, just as Germans were by the Nazis.”
said erwin weigl, the owner of the art gallery, “I thought it was a nice, funny garden gnome that was lifting its right arm, waving, as all politicians do, like Obama. I didn’t even think the gnome was making a Hitler salute.”
and of course, with all the controversy, the saluting gnome is more popular than ever with orders coming in from all over the world. might not be long before you see it on your neighbor’s lawn.
photo courtsey of the time.com
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