--- ---  # Furor Over a Führer in a Coffee Cup  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 10, 2014 9:25 PM UTC  Coffee cups with a small Hitler portrait are pictured in Bielefeld Germany, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Coffee cups with a small Hitler portrait are pictured in Bielefeld Germany, Thursday, April 10, 2014.Oliver Krato—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 10, 2014 9:25 PM UTC A German furniture store says it [unintentionally ordered 5,000 coffee cups](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU%5FGERMANY%5FHITLER%5FCUPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) that have a faint picture of Hitler on them. 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. They were ordered from a trade fair in China. \[[_AP_](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU%5FGERMANY%5FHITLER%5FCUPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)\] Hitler Coffee Cups Accidentally Ordered By German Store ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/58056/hitler-coffee-cup-gaffe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/58056/hitler-coffee-cup-gaffe/"},"headline":"Furor Over a Führer in a Coffee Cup","datePublished":"2014-04-10T21:25:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:12.155Z","description":"The store owner has since destroyed those that were not already sold","url":"https://time.com/58056/hitler-coffee-cup-gaffe/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Germany","World","Nazi","Hitler"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51950d46f8a5bd92/69868a23adae444db45427e6/germany-hitler-cups_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51950d46f8a5bd92/69868a23adae444db45427e6/germany-hitler-cups_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Germany Hitler Cups","caption":"Germany Hitler Cups","creditText":"Oliver Krato—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/58056/hitler-coffee-cup-gaffe/","name":"Furor Over a Führer in a Coffee Cup"}}]}] ```