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A New Jersey couple is upset that a local supermarket won’t inscribe a birthday cake with the name of their three-year-old son, ADOLF HITLER CAMPBELL.

On Sunday, the Warren County Express-Times reported that Heath Campbell, 35, a Holocaust denier in Holland Township, had named his kids Adolf Hitler, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation,  and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie (apparently after Heinrich Himmler). 

Karen Meleta, a ShopRite spokeswoman, said the grocer tries to meet customer requests but rejects those deemed inappropriate. “We believe the request to inscribe a birthday wish to Adolf Hitler is inappropriate,” she said.

The grocer offered to make a cake with enough room for the Campbells to write their own inscription. But the Campbells refused, saying they would have a cake made at the Wal-Mart in Lower Nazareth Township. The Campbells say Wal-Mart made cakes for Adolf’s first two birthdays.

A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart said the store won’t put anything illegal or profane on a cake but thinks it’s important to respect the views of customers and employees.

“Our No. 1 priority in decorating cakes is to serve the customer to the best of our ability,” Anna Taylor, the spokeswoman, said from Bentonville, Ark.

The online version of the story is tricked out with a readers poll asking if they approve of the decision, and a photo gallery from the Campbell family home, which includes the kids’ birth certificates and Nazi memorabilia.

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