German Twitch streamer MontanaBlack faces backlash for promoting NFT featuring Nazi armband
German Twitch streamer Marcel "MontanaBlack" Eris is facing heat following his promotion of an NFT giveaway featuring a Nazi armband with a visible swastika, on its poster.
The giveaway tweet, which has since been taken down, was posted by Eris himself on his official Twitter account. Kongdo Club, the NFT club he was collaborating with, has issued an apology.
The backlash was amplified after people spotted a clearer view of the NFT, which portrayed a gorilla with the likeness of Adolf Hitler wearing it.
The swastika armband from the NFT poster was noticed almost immediately by Eris' viewers. One German-speaking Twitter user took screenshots which later turned out to be of aid as Eris soon deleted the tweet in question.
In replies to a different mention of the tweet, another user uploaded a screenshot of the same NFT taken from a different source. In the picture below, one can make out that the gorilla bears visual similarities to Hitler, the infamous dictator of Nazi Germany.
MontanaBlack later explained his actions during his own Twitch stream. According to a German Twitter user, who quoted the now-deleted clip of him, the streamer stated that he wouldn't have deleted the post as it was part of history.
Translation of the above tweet (via Google Translate):
According to a German website thelocal.de:
The post immediately blew up, with several Reddit users bashing MontanaBlack for getting involved with the giveaway.
Kongdo Club, the originator of the giveaway poster and the NFT club that collaborated with Eris, posted a public apology for including the swastika in their art.
Many users criticized the wording of the tweet and had varied reactions to the incident.
Both KongdoClub and MontanaBlack continue to draw heavy flak for their
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