KFC has apologized after sending notifications to Germans calling on them to remember the Nazi pogroms against Jews by buying their chicken.
, however, more recent estimates have claimed that the number was most likely much higher, particularly when counting those who died from injuries in the aftermath and those who took their own lives. The night, which saw Jewish businesses and synogagues destroyed and some 30,000 people sent to concentration camps, is widely seen as a prelude to the implementation of Nazi Germany’s genocide against the Jewish people.
“In this particular case, our internal review process was not properly followed. As a result, this unauthorized message was accidentally spread. As a result, we immediately stopped app communication,” the company added. “We emphasize that it was in no way our intention to trivialize the seriousness and historical significance of Kristallnacht or to hurt victims or their descendants. KFC is permanently and actively committed to equality, inclusion and participation of all people,” KFC said.
The bizarre notification from the fast food giant comes as anti-Semitism in Germany and elsewhere in Europe has seen a surge in recent years, with a 2018 claiming that Jewish communities were experiencing levels of anti-Semitism not seen since the Second World War.
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