Apple removes Nazi anthem from iTunes store

"The marching song 'Horst Wessel Lied,' named after a young party activist killed in 1930, was the unofficial anthem of the Nazis.

"The availability of Nazi anthems on iTunes and internet retalier Amazon was first reported by the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung daily on Wednesday."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...le-removes-Nazi-anthem-from-iTunes-store.html

 

No need for them there, I wonder if any far left music was removed?

 

They'll have to edit stuff like 'The World at War' dvds then, I'm sure it's used there......................

History is history, ask Stalin........................

 

I am not stating it should be banned, it is part of our history and should be available the way Mien Kampf should. Sold as a pop tune like something from Lady Gaga seems wrong.

 

Yeah, this is a touchy subject. I can see both sides here. If a site is going to have something like that, it should have a disclaimer for it being there for historical context.

The HW Lied doesn't really have any offensive lyrics in it, other than paying homage to the SA and hating commies?

 

Nice, but they still offer the complete Skrewdriver collection?!? Despite the fact that one of the albums has a Klansmen in his white robes carrying a burning cross, on top of a horse dressed in Klan white, entitled "WHITE WARRIOR".

 

Yes like Darren post's touchy. If you ban it, it becomes popular, if you ignore it, you allow hate speech. Life would be easier if people wern't idiots!

 

That's what happens when a company really becomes worried and they are forced to be "politically correct". I say, let the music be accessable but, personally, I wouldnt want it on anything that can be carried around-like a phone.

I have a CD that someone made for me about 10 years ago that has the Horst Wessel Lied on it. For those who don't know what that is? that's THE Nazi Party Anthem.