Biathlon Guests Offered Nazi Newspapers

Organizers of the 2011 World Biathlon Championships in Siberia had the charming idea of placing a selection of old newspapers among the hors d'oeuvres at a media reception. One small problem: the selection included Nazi-era German newspapers. "Reich Chancellor Hitler," read one headline from the Joseph Goebbels-founded propaganda paper Der Angriff. "The Invasion Has Begun," read another. Embarrassed biathlon officials apologized profusely, saying the designer responsible had picked the Nazi papers by mistake, Der Spiegel reports.