Move comes after customer posts offensive image from coloring book to company's Facebook page • Spokesman says company made decision to recall the product "as soon as we understood there was an inappropriate illustration in the coloring book."
Eli Leon and News Agencies
Kruidvat drugstores removed coloring books featuring Adolf Hitler from its shelves following public outcry
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Dutch drugstore chain Kruidvat has come under fire for selling coloring books for children that depict Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler with a swastika on his arm.
Kruidvat removed the Kleuren Op Code coloring books from its shelves after a customer by the name of Oompie Lay posted a picture of the offensive image to the company's Facebook page and commented sarcastically, "Nice coloring book!"
In a statement, a spokesman for Kruidvat said the chain had made the decision to remove the item from both its online and brick-and-mortar stores "as soon as we understood there was an inappropriate illustration in the coloring book."
The coloring book, which was printed in India and distributed by Belgian publisher Trifora, contains images of prominent figures in world history, such as South African President Nelson Mandela, physicist Albert Einstein and 19th-century U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
