Gomel – A popular bar in the city of Gomel in Belarus added an alcoholic
cocktail with an unusual name to its menu – “Holocaust.”
The Red Pub’s new cocktail consisted of several liquors and watermelon
syrup and cost $8.
The inappropriate choice of name caused uproar in the European country,
leading the owner of the bar to fire the bartender responsible for the new
cocktail, and removing the drink from the menu.
“I was shocked, how can someone think of a name like this?”
one of the patrons at the bar said.
“Most of the Jews of
Belarus were murdered in the Holocaust and those who make jokes about it, their
pub need to be closed,” said Alex Tenzer, an expert on Russia media whose
family members survived the Holocaust.
