Controversial Nazi-themed Indonesian cafe reopens
A Nazi-themed cafe in the Bandung in the west of the Indonesian island of Java has reopened after closing last year following an international outcry with swastikas still on display
A Nazi-themed cafe in Indonesia that closed shop after sparking international outrage reopened on Saturday with its walls still bearing swastikas and a painting of Adolf Hitler.
Henry Mulyana voluntarily shut down his SoldatenKaffee last year after media reports exposed his swastika-clad establishment, prompting death threats and accusation of inciting racial hatred.
Following the closure, his lawyer told reporters that Mulyana would later reopen his business with a broader second world war theme and said he would remove all swastikas.
But at the opening on Saturday, three huge iron eagles bearing swastikas were on display, as were old propaganda posters bearing the Nazi symbol.
Several young men attended the opening dressed in military outfits, including one bearing a swastika on his arm, and some posed for photos as prisoners of war in a mock interrogation room.
Mulyana has tried to broaden his cafe’s theme by including images of other wartime figures to his collection, including Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin.
