KFC apologizes for Cheezy Kristallnacht Ad in Germany
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:21 am
KFC sent an alert urging customers in Germany
to commemorate the Kristallnacht by eating its
cheesy fried chicken.
By Yaron Steinbuch
KFC has apologized for sending an alert urging customers in Germany to commemorate the Kristallnacht – the 1938 pogrom that preceded the Holocaust — by eating its cheesy fried chicken.
“Go ahead and treat yourself to more soft cheese on your crispy chicken. Now available at KFCheese!” KFC Germany wrote Wednesday under the subject line “Memorial day for the Reich pogrom night,” the Times of London reported.
The day marked the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazi mobs destroyed synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.
They slaughtered 92 Jews and sent another 30,000 to concentration camps in what was considered the starting point of the Third Reich’s drive to annihilate Jews.
An hour after the offensive message went out on the app, the fast-food chain issued an apology and blamed “an error in our system” for the “inappropriate message.”
https://nypost.com/2022/11/10/kfc-apolo ... n-germany/
to commemorate the Kristallnacht by eating its
cheesy fried chicken.
By Yaron Steinbuch
KFC has apologized for sending an alert urging customers in Germany to commemorate the Kristallnacht – the 1938 pogrom that preceded the Holocaust — by eating its cheesy fried chicken.
“Go ahead and treat yourself to more soft cheese on your crispy chicken. Now available at KFCheese!” KFC Germany wrote Wednesday under the subject line “Memorial day for the Reich pogrom night,” the Times of London reported.
The day marked the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazi mobs destroyed synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.
They slaughtered 92 Jews and sent another 30,000 to concentration camps in what was considered the starting point of the Third Reich’s drive to annihilate Jews.
An hour after the offensive message went out on the app, the fast-food chain issued an apology and blamed “an error in our system” for the “inappropriate message.”
https://nypost.com/2022/11/10/kfc-apolo ... n-germany/