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| Germany's Schweinsteiger to sue over Chinese-made Nazi doll | Germany's Schweinsteiger to sue over Chinese-made Nazi doll |
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| German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger is to take legal action against a toy company for making a Nazi doll that looks like him. | |
| The firm DiD has produced a figurine in Nazi uniform with a face like Schweinsteiger's and called "Bastian". | The firm DiD has produced a figurine in Nazi uniform with a face like Schweinsteiger's and called "Bastian". |
| "We thought that all Germans look like that," an employee of the Hong Kong-based firm told German newspaper Bild. | |
| Patrick Chan insisted it was pure coincidence that the 30cm doll resembled the German captain. | Patrick Chan insisted it was pure coincidence that the 30cm doll resembled the German captain. |
| "We don't sell any figures which resemble footballers. It is a complete coincidence that the figure 'Bastian' looks like Schweinsteiger," Mr Chan said. | "We don't sell any figures which resemble footballers. It is a complete coincidence that the figure 'Bastian' looks like Schweinsteiger," Mr Chan said. |
| Marketed as "WWII Army Supply Duty", the figurine comes in several outfits - including a version with a steel helmet, white winter jacket and woollen gloves, and another in a typical army uniform, complete with the "Wehrmachtsadler" insignia, an eagle with a swastika above the right breast pocket. | Marketed as "WWII Army Supply Duty", the figurine comes in several outfits - including a version with a steel helmet, white winter jacket and woollen gloves, and another in a typical army uniform, complete with the "Wehrmachtsadler" insignia, an eagle with a swastika above the right breast pocket. |
| The doll is on sale for about $120 (£80). | The doll is on sale for about $120 (£80). |
| A member of Schweinsteiger's management team confirmed the legal action to the AFP news agency. | A member of Schweinsteiger's management team confirmed the legal action to the AFP news agency. |
| "This is a clear violation of Schweinsteiger's personality rights," lawyer Ulrich Amelung told Bild. "Everyone has rights to their own image. To see him as a swastika-bearing Wehrmacht soldier also constitutes a gross defamation and insult." | "This is a clear violation of Schweinsteiger's personality rights," lawyer Ulrich Amelung told Bild. "Everyone has rights to their own image. To see him as a swastika-bearing Wehrmacht soldier also constitutes a gross defamation and insult." |
| Schweinsteiger was named captain of the German team last year after Philipp Lahm's international retirement. | Schweinsteiger was named captain of the German team last year after Philipp Lahm's international retirement. |
| The Manchester United midfielder was a key member of the squad that won the World Cup in 2014. | The Manchester United midfielder was a key member of the squad that won the World Cup in 2014. |