--- title: Hitler Coffee Cups Accidentally Ordered By German Store description: The store owner has since destroyed those that were not already sold canonical: https://time.com/58056/hitler-coffee-cup-gaffe/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-10T21:25:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:12.155Z og:title: Hitler Coffee Cups Accidentally Ordered By German Store og:description: The store owner has since destroyed those that were not already sold og:url: https://time.com/58056/hitler-coffee-cup-gaffe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51950d46f8a5bd92/69868a23adae444db45427e6/germany-hitler-cups_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5082 og:image:height: 2859 og:image:alt: Germany Hitler Cups og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hitler Coffee Cups Accidentally Ordered By German Store twitter:description: The store owner has since destroyed those that were not already sold twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51950d46f8a5bd92/69868a23adae444db45427e6/germany-hitler-cups_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Furor Over a Führer in a Coffee Cup > Sponsored content. 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The store sold 175 of the cups before a customer reported a problem, according to the Associated Press. Christian Zurbrueggen, co-owner of the Zurbrueggen chain, said that they have destroyed the remaining 4,825 cups and is offering a 20-euro voucher for the resturn of any of the others (which were originally sold for 1.99 euros each). The cups show a faint picture of a Nazi-era stamp that features Hitler’s face and a swastika. 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