Oops. Google’s bad. It made the unpardonable mistake of allowing Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Berlin to be called by its politically incorrect former name – Adolf-Hitler-Platz. The name appeared ever so briefly on Google Maps.
“We were made aware of a false and inappropriate street name on Google Maps and corrected it immediately,” Lena Wagner, a spokeswoman for Google’s German unit, told the AFP. “We apologize for this mistake.”
AFP hinted the mistake may have been the work of hackers. Pranksters once made Cologne’s famous cathedral disappear from the popular online map website.
The Berlin city square is presently named after the first federal president of Germany, Theodor Heuss. In 1933, the name was changed from its original name of Reichskanzlerplatz to Adolf-Hitler-Platz as dictated by plans for the Welthauptstadt Germania (or World Capital Germania) by Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer. Naming the square after another infamous fascist, Italy’s Benito Mussolini, was also tossed around.
http://www.infowars.com/google-maps-renames-german-square-after-adolf-hitler/
No comments:
Post a Comment