Nazi gnomes cause outcry in Germany | World news | The Guardian
Nazi gnomes cause outcry in Germany | World news | The Guardian.
Artist Ottmar Hörl says his 1,250 gnomes making Nazi salutes in Straubing are a satirical comment on the rise of fascism
Pint-sized, plastic and the height of kitsch they may be, but no one in Germany would usually think twice about seeing a garden gnome, given there are 25 million of them across the country.
But a battery of 1,250 of them that appeared on a square in a Bavarian town has caused an outcry, not least because their arms are in a Nazi salute.
The artist Ottmar Hörl placed the gnomes in the town of Straubing, close to Munich, in an installation called Dance With the Devil.
