Any New York commuters using the city’s subway recently may have felt as if Adolf Hitler had never been defeated. The interior of subway trains has been decorated with symbols from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, all courtesy of an Amazon ad campaign.
Numerous pictures that have been released on social media show a ‘Nazified’ American flag, a Nazi ‘Reichsadler’ eagle, and a Rising Sun flag used by the Japanese empire during WWII. The insignia can all be seen on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 42nd Street shuttle.
Reportedly, at least 260 posters have covered trains running from Grand Central to Times Square. The posters, however, didn’t feature any swastikas.
The Nazi propaganda was conceived by online retailer Amazon to promote its new dystopian show “The Man in the High Castle”. The series shows an alternative history of the world in which the Axis powers (Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan) won World War II.
.@amazon TV series ad on shuttle train sparks controversy. @MTA defends ad; many disagree https://t.co/J2rSTcLzVe pic.twitter.com/JIoHOZpqWZ
— Katherine Lam (@byKatherineLam) November 24, 2015
However, not everyone was satisfied with the Nazi victory (even though hypothetical) which has been promoted on the subway.
“Half the seats in my car had Nazi insignia inside an American flag, while the other half had the Japanese flag in a style like the World War II design,” one subway rider, Ann Toback, told Gothamist. “So I had a choice, and I chose to sit on the Nazi insignia because I really didn’t want to stare at it.”
Should @amazon be more sensitive about its advertisement & not include potentially offensive symbols? pic.twitter.com/Fxt67fHvxa
— Katherine Lam (@byKatherineLam) November 23, 2015
Social media users also wrote that they are perplexed and uncomfortable with the posters.
42nd St shuttle to #TimesSquare covered in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan symbols for @amazon ad. Is this ok? pic.twitter.com/ysJ3m0UIPT
— Katherine Lam (@byKatherineLam) November 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/thestereobus/status/668894897206898692
https://twitter.com/mmajeski06/status/667720447967010816
Honestly, Amazon, I understand you want to promote The Man in the High Castle, but finding your home page full of Nazi imagery is offensive.
— Cora Buhlert (@CoraBuhlert) November 23, 2015
Call me crazy, but I think draping your subway in Nazi paraphernalia and calling it advertising is a bad decision.
— Sam Snelling (@SamTSnelling) November 23, 2015
Amazon hasn’t yet commented on the Nazi symbols in the trains. The advertisement is reportedly planned to be on New York subway trains until December 14.
https://twitter.com/JoeWatchesTV/status/668894355776606208
Most disgusting ad campaign ever! “Amazon covering New York subway trains with Nazi imagery.” https://t.co/IIhqiCI4Tp
— Jasper Meurs (@Jasper_Meurs) November 24, 2015
OFFENSIVE NAZI IMAGRY? NO WONDER THEY AVOID MY FAILBOOK PAGE……….
“Numerous pictures that have been released on social media show a ‘Nazified’ American flag, a Nazi ‘Reichsadler’ eagle, and a Rising Sun flag used by the Japanese empire during WWII.”
“… a ‘Nazified’ American flag”?
How misleading.
The Bolshevik hammer & sickle on the flag would be far closer to the truth.
Agreed.
This can’t be the same Amazon that just banned anything and everything that looks like a confederate flag, can it?
So it’s okay to cover a subway car with swastikas, but the world can’t tolerate a kid playing with a radio controlled General Lee?
They also just banned Uncle Fetzer’s latest book titled “No one died at Sandy Hook”, but it’s down-loadable for free. ( you’ll find the download link at Rivero’s site, if you scroll back a couple days)
So Amazon plasters Nazi ads all over NYC to promote its new show and its hatred towards Nazism, yet at the same time they ban a Sandy Hook book or anything that doesn’t go along with the government’s propaganda.
Talk about hypocrisy and slapping yourself in the face!
The question remains: What is the REAL purpose of this psyop?