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Mülheim an der Ruhr: “Verschissmuss” instead of fascism: An embarrassing spelling error on the SPD funeral wreath causes a stir

The SPD parliamentary group in Mülheim (North Rhine-Westphalia) feels snubbed by an embarrassing spelling error on a mourning ribbon it had commissioned. On Saturday, when a wreath was laid on memorial day in the Dümpten district, it was noticed that the label on the group’s mourning ribbon read: “The victims of war and misery” instead of “The victims of war and fascism”, as a spokesman confirmed on Sunday.

Was it a deliberate act of sabotage?

Rodion Bakum, a member of the SPD parliamentary group, told the German press agency that the SPD is now investigating the suspicion of whether it is a deliberate act of sabotage with legal counsel. “Rheinische Post” and “WAZ” first reported online. The topic was also heated up on social media on Sunday. The SPD parliamentary group apologized for the incident “regardless of the possible causes” on their Facebook page.

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Bakum assumed that it could not be a simple mistake. Rather, he suspects that the SPD’s reputation should be damaged. The text on the funeral ribbon of the SPD council group was the same every year and was sent from the parliamentary group office to the responsible nursery in the correct spelling. This year, however, they commissioned a new ribbon printer in Essen for the first time.

It will now be checked whether the error occurred there and whether it was deliberately caused. In the print shop, the initial letters F and V were confused because the order fax was illegible. “But that doesn’t explain how the entire word could be changed so much,” Bakum continued. (dpa)

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