In the Wal-Mart Men’s department are t-shirts featuring an exact replica of the Nazi SS “Death’s Head” symbol. Specifically, the image used on the divisional emblem of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf.

Well now we have one more reason to hate wal-mart! Seems that the nation’s largest retailer made a little mistake.I can’t imagine that anyone with the company knew this was what it is. Some guy in a graphic-design dept. probably did a search for skull image stole the graphic, and slapped on a t-shirt design, and off to the presses. But on the plus side just $9.99 for this t-shirt…Always Low Prices, even on Nazi apparel!! Welcome to CrzyLand

EDIT:

Today I recived an e-mail from Marshall Manson from Edelman claimming to do online public affairs for wal-mart. Below is a transcipt of that e-mail.

Good morning. My name is Marshall Manson. I work for Edelman doing online public affairs for Wal-Mart.

I noticed your post about the t-shirts that Wal-Mart is selling. I wanted to make sure you saw the company’s statement about this and knew that Wal-Mart is now removing the t-shirts from its stores. Obviously, with a company as big as Wal-Mart, that may take a day or two.

The statement is just below. If you would like to discuss anything, feel free to respond to this e-mail.

Statement from Wal-Mart:

We were not aware of the origins of the image until this morning when we learned about it through the blog Bent Corner. We are deeply sorry that this happened, and we are in the process of pulling all of these t-shirts from our stores. Respect for the individual is a core value of our company and we would never have placed this t-shirt on our shelves had we known the origin and significance of this emblem. We are reviewing our product review process in an effort to ensure this never happens again.

Sincerely,

Marshall Manson

Edelman

-Nic 

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