<p>The bar was packed largely by Argentinian fans watching the team take on Germany in the third quarterfinal last week when the Fuhrer-like figure joined them and offered Nazi salutes time and again.<br /><br />Nazi-like outfit<br /><br />Moviemaker Steve Staso wore a taped-on moustache, a tan Nazi-like outfit and a swastika armband and entered Cafe Andalucia in Hell’s Kitchen, leaving some of the fans present offended, the New York Post said.<br /><br />The 55-year-old also gave ‘Heil Hitler’ salutes during the game, which ended with Germany thrashing Argentina 4-0 to seal a semifinal berth. When asked to stop by several of the fans inside the soccer bar, Staso said he had a right to express himself in the US.<br /><br />A former law professor Steven Spielvogel recalled Staso shouting out “Deutschland!” and <br /><br />“Heil Hitler!” while making Nazi salutes.<br /><br />“I heard some choice words for him. I told him to stop,” said an offended Spielvogel, who added that other patrons were also annoyed at the antics.<br /><br />“He said, ‘It’s America. I can do what I want’. I said, ‘I am Jewish, and I find it offensive,” Spielvogel said.<br /><br />Having fun<br /><br />Later Staso defended his actions saying: “You don’t tell people in Hell’s Kitchen what to do. The point is to have fun. You can’t have fun anymore”.<br /><br />“I stayed the whole game. I didn’t take off the costume on principal. I ordered a beer in German,” he added.<br /><br />The cafe owner thought Staso did a “stupid thing” but said there was no need to make political issues about it, perhaps trying to stay away from creating a controversy over the whole episode.<br /><br />He also expressed anger at the other customers who told New York police about the stunt. However, another customer Joe McKenna was not offended by Staso’s antics.<br /><br />“Last week, he was Mexican. This week, he’s a Nazi. Who he is next week depends on who is in the final,” he told newsmen at the venue.<br /></p>
<p>The bar was packed largely by Argentinian fans watching the team take on Germany in the third quarterfinal last week when the Fuhrer-like figure joined them and offered Nazi salutes time and again.<br /><br />Nazi-like outfit<br /><br />Moviemaker Steve Staso wore a taped-on moustache, a tan Nazi-like outfit and a swastika armband and entered Cafe Andalucia in Hell’s Kitchen, leaving some of the fans present offended, the New York Post said.<br /><br />The 55-year-old also gave ‘Heil Hitler’ salutes during the game, which ended with Germany thrashing Argentina 4-0 to seal a semifinal berth. When asked to stop by several of the fans inside the soccer bar, Staso said he had a right to express himself in the US.<br /><br />A former law professor Steven Spielvogel recalled Staso shouting out “Deutschland!” and <br /><br />“Heil Hitler!” while making Nazi salutes.<br /><br />“I heard some choice words for him. I told him to stop,” said an offended Spielvogel, who added that other patrons were also annoyed at the antics.<br /><br />“He said, ‘It’s America. I can do what I want’. I said, ‘I am Jewish, and I find it offensive,” Spielvogel said.<br /><br />Having fun<br /><br />Later Staso defended his actions saying: “You don’t tell people in Hell’s Kitchen what to do. The point is to have fun. You can’t have fun anymore”.<br /><br />“I stayed the whole game. I didn’t take off the costume on principal. I ordered a beer in German,” he added.<br /><br />The cafe owner thought Staso did a “stupid thing” but said there was no need to make political issues about it, perhaps trying to stay away from creating a controversy over the whole episode.<br /><br />He also expressed anger at the other customers who told New York police about the stunt. However, another customer Joe McKenna was not offended by Staso’s antics.<br /><br />“Last week, he was Mexican. This week, he’s a Nazi. Who he is next week depends on who is in the final,” he told newsmen at the venue.<br /></p>