A German manufacturing company has created controversy by producing mugs labeling with Adolf Hitler and Nazi stamps on it.
The company has apologised for selling mugs with Adolf Hitler's face on them, claiming the act as ‘terrible mistake’ and "a stupid chain of unfortunate circumstances".
The ceramic cups feature a faint image of a Nazi-era postage stamp with Hitler's profile on it, postmarked with a swastika stamp.
The mug also features a rose and handwriting in English, BBC reports.
The cups' Chinese designer had mistakenly chosen the image of the former dictator, it said, which the chain then ordered in error - 5,000 of them.
"No one noticed the problem during unpacking," the company's owner told to local daily newspaper.
The small chain sold 175 of the mugs before anyone drew attention to the black and white profile of the world's most infamous Nazi.
Those customers could make a profit on their purchase, though. The company promised to compensate them with a 20-euro gift voucher - a significant mark-up on the original 1.99 euro price.
The company may not be the only one keen to get hold of the notorious mugs. The Neue Westfaelische Zeitung, a German newspaper also reports that a contemporary history museum in Bonn, the House of History, has also expressed "great interest" in getting hold of some.
The chain has destroyed the unsold cups.
