Teaboy1
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Not sure if ADMIN will allow this but is this simply wrong to allow a celebration event to be used in this manner?? I know Aunty BBC likes to present both sides of a debate but I feel oranisers were correct to kick these guys out! Damaging to the NNR IMHO.
SS uniform-wearing group ordered to leave Sheringham 1940s festival
Their dress was inappropriate, offensive and disrespectful, the event's organiser says.
www.bbc.co.uk
A group of men wearing Nazi military uniforms had to be escorted from a 1940s celebration "for their own safety", organisers said.
They were wearing German SS outfits and were asked to leave the event in Sheringham, Norfolk, after complaints.
Marshals escorted the men out of the town and police said they were investigating a reported assault.
One member of the group, who did not want to be named, said they had not intended to cause offence.
Graham Deans, organiser of the annual Sheringham 1940s Weekend, said: "Their mannerisms and the dress was inappropriate for the event."
The uniforms worn by the men, aged between 30 and 50, bore swastikas and death's head symbols, as first revealed by the Eastern Daily Press.
"This regalia is extremely inappropriate, offensive and disrespectful," said Mr Deans.
"There were some very, very upset people in the town. There's a very small Jewish community in the town, and basically, it was inappropriate for them to be in the town."
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