A shop selling original and replica Nazi memorabilia, including Hitler Youth badges, swastika flags, uniforms and daggers, is operating in Melbourne’s inner-northwest.
Exclusive photos obtained by the Herald Sun reveal the bustling trade within Pascoe Vale’s EK Militaria store, run by a man who wears a Nazi symbol ring, which he sells.
Garry McDonald has been trading from the Gaffney St store for a year and said most of his sales were linked to Hitler.
“You know what sells the most? It’s the Third Reich stuff,” he said.
“People have got a fascination with that period. Doesn’t mean to say they are Nazis.”
The man, who has been selling military wares for more than a decade, expressed no remorse when the Herald Sun told him people had expressed concern about his trade.
“If I’ve upset one person, what do they want me to do about it? They’ve upset me by whingeing about it,” he said.
“I couldn’t care what people think. I could not care less.”
When questioned about his SS ring — the symbol of Hitler’s Schutzstaffel paramilitary organisation — he said: “That is my business what I wear. It’s my prerogative”.
The store stocks military relics from many different nations and conflicts.
A Confederate flag hangs in the front window and swastika images hang on the walls.
Read the article by Tamsin Rose in the Herald Sun.
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