A health spa has offered potential
customers the chance to enjoy a ‘long romantic Kristallnacht’ - just
days before the 75th anniversary of the Nazi atrocity with the same
name.
The astonishing error
was made by Kristall Sauna-Wellnesspark in Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany,
in an advert on its website which was accompanied by a photograph of
candles.
The spa’s owners
have apologised for their ‘insensitive naming of this event’ and
admitted it was ‘extremely inappropriate’ - but claimed they often
tagged part of their name, Kristall, onto events.
Extraordinary error: The advert on the Kristall
Sauna-Wellnesspark website had originally read in full: 'The long
romantic Kristall-Nacht: Enjoy the evening hours in romantic candle
light and relax'
Apology: The shocking mistake was made by Kristall Sauna-Wellnesspark in Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany
‘We are extraordinarily
regretful and of course this was unintentional - believe us, we are
quite ashamed about our mistake,’ a statement by the owners said,
according to The Times of Israel.
The name of the promotion has been since changed by spa bosses to: ‘The long romantic night’.
According to The Jerusalem Post,
the advert on the website had originally read in full: ‘The long
romantic Kristall-Nacht: Enjoy the evening hours in romantic candle
light and relax.’
An
employee at the spa told the newspaper the advert was a
‘misunderstanding and refers to the name of the firm’ and that officials
had ‘apologised for the mistake and there was nothing political’.
Kristallnacht,
the 'night of broken glass', was when the Nazis coordinated a wave of
attacks in 1938 in Germany and Austria - burning synagogues, ransacking
homes and looting Jewish-owned stores.
Sorry: The spa's owners have apologised for
their 'insensitive naming of this event' and admitted it was 'extremely
inappropriate', but claimed they often tagged part of their name,
Kristall, onto events
Kristallnacht: In November 1938, a youth
prepares to sweep up the broken glass from a Jewish shop in Berlin
(left), and firefighters walk next to the Fasanenstrasse synagogue
(right) in Berlin after Nazis set fire to it
Remembrance
events on November 9 will mark the 75th anniversary of the riots -
given the name Kristallnacht because of all the broken windows of
synagogues and Jewish-owned buildings.
At
least 91 Jews were killed, 267 synagogues were burned or destroyed and
7,500 Jewish businesses were vandalised or looted, according to the US
Holocaust Memorial Museum.
It
comes as Conservative MP Fiona Bruce said Christian persecution in the
Middle East should provoke the same outrage as the Nazis' treatment of
Jews during the Second World War.
She
told MPs that Christianity is the most persecuted faith in the world
and the issues should result in people crying out with the same
abhorrence and horror as for atrocities such as Kristallnacht.
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