'Nazi' Clothing Store Opens in Heart of Jewish London
Thor Viking Shop Sits Steps From Chief Rabbi Office
A British watchdog on anti-Semitism protested the sale of clothes that are popular with neo-Nazis in a heavily-Jewish neighborhood of London.
The Thor Viking store opened recently in North Finchley yards away from the office of the chief rabbi of Britain, The Jewish Chronicle of London reported Thursday, and is selling the Thor Steinar brand that is favored by neo-Nazis in Europe and beyond.
This shop is not welcome here and the sooner it moves on the better, an unnamed spokesperson for the Community Security Trust, or CST, told the Chronicle.
Ashley Rogoff, a trustee of the British Yad Vashem Holocaust commemoration foundation, todl the chronicle that the opening of the new branch Londons first in the area was a very worrying development.
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