BERLIN - A man who trained his German shepherd to raise a paw in imitation of the Nazi salute won't be prosecuted for the unusual trick, although he faces other charges, including allegedly shouting "Heil Hitler!" just before the dog's feat, judicial authorities said Wednesday.
Displaying Nazi symbols in public is a crime in Germany.
Police stopped the 54-year-old man, identified only as Roland T., in March after he was heard shouting the Nazi slogan.
As the officers watched, he called a command - "Do the salute" - to his dog, named Adolf, and the German shepherd mongrel raised its right paw, the Bild newspaper reported.
Since the man faces trial Thursday on several similar violations that are more serious, the Berlin court dropped charges relating to his training of the dog, said Bjoern Retzlaff, a judicial spokesman.
The man also was stopped by police at another time this year for shouting "Heil Hitler" on a busy street and for walking around in a Hitler T-shirt, Bild said.
He faces up to three years in prison under postwar laws meant to prevent any recurrence of Nazism.
Yeah man. Here's a wierd story:
Soaz I was kickin it Manheim Germany one day two years ago and I was hangin with the locals. Young girls about 16-18 (Hey I was only 17 then myself). They took me and my homies to a bar, and we were all havin a good time walking around town, when one of my friends, a jew, asks one of our hosts "Say do you guys know what the holocaust is?" (I was like this "moron" but thats besides the point) So they answer "No" and look very confused.
He keeps pressing the matter trying to use different words for holocaust and telling them it's ok to talk about it and that we won't get mad and they keep getting more and more uncomfortable. Finally I just kinda pull him aside and tell him to shut the **** up and he does. Thats the end of that story, as wierd as it was. My only question is: Why didn't they talk about the holocaust. Did they genuinly not know what it was, or did they just get real embarresed and acted like they didn't? hmmmmm