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Germans win apology from hotel where staff goose-stepped and greeted them with 'Heil Hitler' (but only get £30 refund because it happened at end of stay)
By Allan Hall In Berlin
Last updated at 1:20 AM on 6th July 2011
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A German couple have received an apology from a tour firm after complaining about the ‘Hitler cabaret’ on his package holiday.
They told a court in Munich they went to a show in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which included a sketch on ‘how foreigners greet each other in their land’.
They complained of ‘entertainers giving the Hitler salute and goosestepping around’.
'Sick': The German couple were staying in Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, but complained that hotel staff offended them
The husband took legal action, demanding a 25 per cent refund on the £600 cost of their holiday and £450 compensation for having their ‘vacation ruined’.
The tour firm apologised and the judge awarded a refund, but only for £30, saying the sketch ‘had not been so terrible as to wreck his entire vacation’.
The couple were staying in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh - a favourite spot of former prime minister Tony Blair.
According to their evidence in a court in Munich, the couple were looking forward to the show in their hotel. One part of the cabaret was: 'How foreigners greet each other in their land.'
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When it came to the German greeting, the performers goose-stepped past each other with their arms outstretched screeching ‘Heil!’
The man lived up to the German stereotype by also complaining that someone had snaffled the sun lounger cover he had rented for the entire one-week holiday.
‘It took 30 minutes to get it back and was most inconvenient,’ said the man.
Back in Germany the unhappy traveller decided to take legal action, demanding a 25-per-cent refund on the £600 package holiday plus £450 compensation for having his ‘vacation ruined.’
He argued that the show had made him feel unwelcome because he was German.
He won a symbolic victory on Monday when a court in Munich ruled that he should indeed get a discount, albeit just £30.
The judge said the sketch ‘had not been so terrible as to wreck his entire vacation. And a tasteless joke didn't amount to discrimination.’
The judge ruled that the sunbed cover was the property of the hotel and therefore up to them who they gave it to.
Had such a cabaret sketch taken place in Germany it would have sent police flocking to the premises. Giving the Hitler salute in public can lead to a six-month jail term for a first offence.
Several years ago in Berlin deranged dog-owner Roland T used to stand outside schools with immigrant children with a German Shepherd cross-breed called Adolf, who he had trained to give the Hitler salute.
Authorities couldn't lock the dog up, but his owner was behind bars several times.
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"They told a court in Munich they went to a show in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which included a sketch on ‘how foreigners greet each other in their land’. They complained of ‘entertainers giving the Hitler salute and goosestepping around’."
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