As GI might say, some people need to get a sense of humor or need a reality check. From AP-

A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum’s manager said Sunday.

“The idea came from a creative (advertising) agency, and we did not mean to cause any offense,” said Somporn Naksuetrong, the manager of the Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in the seaside resort town of Pattaya.

The billboard, which in Thai language said, “Hitler is not dead,” had been up for several weeks on the main road from the capital Bangkok to Pattaya and was meant to promote the museum’s planned opening next month.

“We weren’t showing his image to celebrate him,” Somporn said in a telephone interview. “We think he is an important historical figure, but in a horrible way. We apologize for causing any offense which was not at all intended. We did not realize it would make people so angry.”

The use of Nazi imagery does not stir the same emotional reaction in Asia as in the West, and Thailand has had past instances where icons of the genocidal German regime have been used for advertising and entertainment.

The United States has a history of using Nazis for Comedic entertainment. Mel Brooks, who is Jewish, wrote and filmed ‘The Producers’. The 1968 movie which was the original basis for the Tony award winning Broadway musical, featured the song ‘Springtime for Hitler’.

Also there was the 1960′s television show, Hogan’s Heroes. Most of the main nazi characters in the show were played by Jews. BTW I own all six seasons of this show which are available  on DVD.

Billboards or any advertisements for ‘The Producers’ or ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ would be offensive too and I’m sure there were some for the former in New York City while the Broadway show was playing. Why didn’t anyone feel offended?