MTA to Erase Nazi Signage From Subway Cars

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UPDATE, Tuesday, 2 p.m.: The MTA will be removing the ads at Amazon’s request, a source familiar with the matter tells Patch.

Original story below.

To compete with Netflix’s growing cache of original programming, Amazon.com just released a pretty rad new show called “The Man in the High Castle.” The show imagines what the U.S. would look like if Germany and Japan had won World War II.

Less rad, some might say, are the show’s promotional materials, which are currently plastered all over the New York City subway.

Nazi Germany and Japanese Empire insignia now line the seats of 42nd Street shuttle cars, which run between Times Square and Grand Central Station, an MTA spokesman confirmed to Patch. The ads are scheduled to remain in place until Dec. 15.

In addition, 260 posters advertising the show will be posted in subway stations throughout NYC until Dec. 9, according to the MTA.

“I chose to sit on the Nazi insignia because I really didn’t want to stare at it,” one 42nd Street commuter told Gothamist, the first news outlet to spot the offending ads.

The MTA does not currently have any plans to cut short its deal with Amazon.