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Does ‘World War II Evacuee’ Costume for Young Girls Cross the Line?

It seems every year Halloween costumes get more tasteless and more controversial. This year’s winner might just be the “World War II Evacuee” costume for young girls. At least at first glance. But is there more to the story?

First, here’s a look:

World War II Evacuee Costume for Girls Stirs Controversy

If you imagined some Jewish undertones to the costume, you’re not alone. The website Stylelite was appalled, calling it the “worst costume of all time:”

This is a costume that exists! And it’s for little girls! Some company called Girls Fantasy is selling it, and it is the WORST! The costume in question involves a navy dress, 1940s-style flats, a beret, and a satchel with some sort of tag. IS THIS A JOKE?! All that’s missing is a yellow star.

The inspiration seems to be Anne Frank (who, for the record, never escaped the war and died in a concentration camp). Holocaust-related children’s costumes: bringing offensiveness to a whole new level. What’s next? War refugee duds? Child soldier uniforms? Awful.

But the costume may not be as blatantly egregious as it appears. Blogger Nick Douglas explains the costume actually comes from the U.K. and has little to do with Halloween and more to do with education. According to him, children in Britain actually have to dress up for something called “Evacuee Day.” Douglas writes:

This is a terrific example of when the “no-context jpg” style of Tumblr attacks!

So no, it’s not i) an Anne Frank costume or ii) a Lucy from Narnia costume or iii) a Halloween costume. There is however a backstory of GROSS CAPITALIST EXPLOITATION behind it if Tumblr does want to get angry, albeit the exploited parties here are middle-class parents, viz:

  • UK primary school national curriculum says kids need to learn about significant British history.
  • It also says small children learn about history best through empathy.
  • “Empathise” in the teaching of 5- and 6-year olds means “Dress up as”
  • So schools declare that they are having an “Evacuee Day”, “Victorian Day”, “Roman Britain Day” etc.
  • Parents get letter informing them that their little darling has to dress up as an Evacuee, Victorian child, Roman, etc.
  • Time-poor, stressed parents don’t want to have to spend ages researching and making said costume when they could be spending their time w/their actual child (or OK watching TV) (this doesn’t really apply for the Roman one because that costume is a sheet)
  • Internet search reveals readymade costume (see photo above)
  • Parents grumblingly shell out their £15 or so. All kids at school end up dressed identically. Costume company laughs all the way to the bank.

HuffPo confirms the costume is available on the Amazon.co.uk site. Still, it wonders: “So British children dress up as WWII evacuees… but can American kids? Or would this costume still read all wrong stateside?”

What do you say? Even considering the “educational” aspect of the costume, is it still offensive?


UPDATE:

The blog’s Meredith Jessup sent over the  boys version of the evacuee costume:

World War II Evacuee Costume for Girls Stirs Controversy

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  • DreWells
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:22am

    That picture should be on failblog.com

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    • Rashomon
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:48am

      They look too coordinated to be evacuee wear like a Eve ST Laurent take on refugee chic.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:53am

      I’ve been traveling a lot for work lately. The level of antisemitism around the world is staggering! Yet, no straight up talk about the muslim radicals and dealing with them. But plenty of bigoted bluster, even from heads of state, about ‘jews’ and ‘Israel.’

      We are growing another WW. Humans are just too stupid to live in peace.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:52am

      I immediately thought WWII evacuee.
      The uniform aspect is historically correct
      - Large numbers of British children wore school uniforms – including the satchel. Because school uniforms were worn nearly every day, they were constructed from sturdy materials. Same as today, it was easier and cheaper to manufacture uniforms in the same color & style across the board. Thus most children were dressed the same. If their children were being evacuated, parents would naturally dress them in their sturdiest clothing
      - School uniforms were the norm throughout Europe – including Germany, Poland etc. Jewish children wore them just the same as German children. When Hitler decreed all Jews wear a yellow star, it was added to the school uniforms as well. Jewish parents would have dressed their children in their sturdiest clothing for transport
      - The style of the costumes is a fairly accurate representation of 1940′s clothing. Children‘s clothing styles were limited thus most dressed the same even if they didn’t wear school uniforms.
      - The “shipping lable” style ID tag was used in an attempt to keep the childs information safe. Much easier for a child to “leave the tag on your jacket” than “don’t lose these papers”.
      - Interestingly, a similar ID system was used in the US by the Children’s Aid Orphan Train Movement (1853 – early 1900′s)
      http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/history/orphan-trains

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  • DreWells
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:21am

    Yes it is offensive! What will they do next? Make concentration camp uniform costumes with black and white striped suits with little gold star-of-Davids sewn on them next? Geez that’s effed up!

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:40am

      Halloween is Satanic.

      RESIST SATAN!

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:59am

      I agree, it is offensive. But I am getting tired of this group or that group proclaiming that they have a right to not be offended. You have no such right. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it or look at it. So it is not acceptable to offend Jews but it is open season on Christians or Catholics huh? Get over it. Or is it that the group that has the most influence in America has the right to not be offended?

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:10am

      What is offensive is people being offended at nothing. Grow up, and maybe get an education.

      What, are you going to be offended by kids dressing as american soldiers? One thing I hate about liberalism is the way it encourages such sissyprick hissy fits.

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    • Capitalist Mama
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:33am

      Why is it offensive? Was this not history? The holocaust happened. We SHOULD tell our children about it. We should remember the horrific things that happened.

      During WWII, small children, like the ones you and I send to school everyday, were sent into the country to avoid bombs and gas attacks. IT HAPPENED. Let’s not forget. Let’s not call history “offensive”

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:57am

      You‘re just having another ’poor Jewish victims’ moment. There is absolutely nothing Jewish about this costume. You want to make it Jewish so that you can continue the cottage industry built around victim-hood. That strategy is getting very old.

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    • ltb
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:58am

      What kind of parents would think their kids would look cute being dressed up like someone who was murdered in a German concentration camp? People are so clueless these days.

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    • ApokTheGreat
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:08am

      If this is offensive then the wardrobe on Narnia is offensive, same outfit. Would be offended if the brand name on the box said “Chronicles of Narnia”? I don’t think you would be.
      I see no racial patches (such as the Star of David), no national identifiers like a Swastika.
      The only offensive thing I see is the cheapness of the outfit…but you dont expect Calvin Klein Halloween costumes…unless you are part of that evil 1% [evil laugh].

      This is a classic case of priming your mind. Same effect is found with messages in music via backwards masking, or those noise blurbs on those haunted house shows. They tell you first what they think is said, then play the noise, then ask you what you heard. Of course you agree with the ghost hunter on what was said because he primed your ears for it and you WANT to hear it too. Same thing here. The author said it looks like Anne Frank, so when you look at the picture you see Anne Frank, or something offensive.
      Sorry to burst your bubble on this one. Look up psychological priming if you doubt me.
      Other related psychological principles are Classical and Operant Conditioning. Social Psychology is also extremely interesting.

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    • mrsmileyface
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:05am

      @Smackdown Awwwwwww would that take away from the cottage industry thats centered around Black victom-hood already? Oh Im sooooo sorry that Blacks hate competion. But as history has it the Jews have been persecuted for over 2000 years. Where as the Blacks only have been persecuted for the last 250 years. Talk to me when they have reached the 2000 year mark then you can cry foul.

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:40am

      Sacred Honor is right.

      It has nothing directly to do with concentration camps, Anne Frank or the Holocaust.

      Tens of thousands of children were evacuated from London to less vulnerable towns and rural areas before and during the Blitz.

      Wearing such costumes is simply reenacting part of British history.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:19pm

      Seriously, I just sent a ‘tip’ to the blaze, pointing out the real history behind these costumes, and that they need to post a ‘retraction/correction/update’ that is less misleading, and point out that these progressive sites like HuffPo are being misleading…

      I think we all should flood the tip box, until the Blaze fixes this, and gives proper context to the history surrounding British evacuees of the blitz…

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    • EddardStark
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 12:17pm

      Drewells – Did you read the article or look at the picture? There are no Holocaust overtones here at all. Since when were Jews evacuated? Some lucky Jewish people were able to ESCAPE the Holocaust, but were never evacuated.

      The only reason this has Jewish overtones for Americans is because they have absolutely no concept of civilian experiences during WWII other than the Holocaust. Americans love to remember the glory of WWII, thinking that we bore the brunt of sacrifice in order to defeat the forces of evil. That is simply not the case. Everyone knows the history of our military valor and industrial strength that helped win the war, but as far as civilian sacrifice for WWII, we have no concept.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 6:14pm

      Kids also wear other costumes on Evacuee Day, July 21, including nurses outfits, Homeguard uniforms, army uniforms, and fighter pilot uniforms… They reinact a very important time in British history… Nothing offensive about this… If you think there is, you only reflect your own ignorance and prejudice of other cultures.

      http://www.holdenby.com/schools-world-war-ii.php

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4eml_O8ruk

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  • antiprogressive
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:11am

    We played soldier and killed nazis because we WANTED to. It was cool killing bad people.

    THIS outfit came from the Euro PC police wanting us all to be the same and teaching children to empathize with others. I imagine they have a “sexually confused child” costume as well… IT ain’t made for FUN, it’s for indoctrination and teaching children how they will look when those PC freaks get their way.

    Coming closer every day…

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:53am

    Do they let kids do un pc things like that now ,I doubt if kids even know anything about that part of history.Unless its from a video game.

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  • SacredHonor1776
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:28am

    I sure hope, the Blaze will take the time to print a correction/update, clarifying the actual historical history of this costume/s as the British children evacuees…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:35am

      http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=51914

      Came across a great site with newsreels and video of the British child evacuees. There is a mix of sadness (the thought of families separated even for short time), but there is also a lot of hope, the kids look to be having fun in the farmhouses.

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    • DeVain
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:32am

      I agree. I know how Glenn loves history and the truth, and this story does neither. The ‘evacuee’ costume has nothing to do with Ann Frank or Jews.PERIOD. In a nutshell, in WW II the Germans bombed the hell out of cities like London, and the citizens set the children to the country to live with volunteers. The uniforms were used to mark the children as an ‘evacuee’…ie a child who is removed from their home for their own safety. The is absolutely NOTHING notorious, evil, or controversial. FWIW, my wife is British, her family from the area involved, and knows the historical significance….the is more angry at the slant of the article than the costume. Hopefully corrections are made.

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    • flatdog
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:45am

      Without meaning to come across as antisemitic, this hysterical article highlights a wide belief among certain sections of society that the Jews have a monopoly on the suffering and misfortune that was WW2. It was immediately obvious to me that the costume was of a British child evacuee – the parcel tag is a dead giveaway.

      My father was due to be evacuated in 1940, and was taken to the railway station to board a train which was to take him to embark on the SS City of Benares bound for Canada. For reasons unknown, my grandmother had a last minute change of heart, and took him home instead.

      The SS City of Benares was torpedoed and sunk by a U-Boat on 18th September 1940, with the loss of all onboard, including 90 evacuees. Dad would have made it 91 if it hadn’t been for my grandmother, and I wouldn’t be writing this now.

      I have lived in the United kingdom for much of my life, and have never heard of “Evacuee Day”, and I also think those outfits are a bit of a bizarre choice for halloween. Many of those children were abused and illtreated by the adults who were supposed to be hosting them, and many like the children of the SS City of Benares paid with their lives.

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    • flatdog
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:50am

      Upon closer inspection of the picture, the girl’s “satchel” is nothing of the sort. It is a holder for her gas mask.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:02am

      One more reason the Blaze should lay off the manufactured-outrage-over-nothing items. it will allow them to critically assess the story, which should focus on how other groups are jumping to such stupid reactions over nothing.

      Just looking at the picture of the girl told me that this didn’t represent very well any kind of real refugee. The girl is dressed too well. The clothes aren’t tattered or torn, or even mismatched.

      And even if it was a costume as a concentration campo victim, THAT is supposed to cross a line that a fake axe in the head doesn’t?

      Really really stupid, Blaze.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:58am

      What’s more stupid is that the Blaze used HuffPo as a source, that site also tried to paint this costume as some offensive Holocaust victim… It’s obvious HuffPo has an agenda… I would never trust their ‘news”…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:03am

      Well actually the costume is of the type many of the British children wore at some schools, ‘school uniforms’ at the time. The British evacuees that wore these uniforms, were ‘real evacuees’… Just look up British Evacuee, and look at the black and white photos. Infact, you’ll see that uniform in some of the videos I posted above…

      Check out the old black and white Lord of the Flies movie, and you’ll see each group of kids from each school is represented in different uniforms based on the school they had been evacuated from.

      There was no ‘evacuee uniform’ but children often were sent in whatever uniform or clothes they were wearing when the Blitz began.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:26pm

      I think people should flood the tip box with links to the true history, and context of these costumes, until the Blaze corrects their mistake…

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:11pm

      Islesfordian: “Manufactured outrage over nothing” is virtually The Blaze’s stock in trade!

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:18pm

      Well, to Glenn’s credit, he claimed that he believes this article is ‘crock’ on his radio show earlier today… and said he’s thinking of taking the article down…

      But still I think, they need to still post an update, clarifying things better… So that people don’t misinterpret it as they are…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 6:35pm

      …and to be fair the outrage over this wasn’t manufactured by the Blaze, but plenty of other sites, blogs, news sites, and even HuffPo… The Blaze just brought that outrage here…

      In this instance, most of the American media world created a misleading story to elicit outrage from their public…

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  • buzdburd
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:51am

    The costume would be GREAT….
    If you were a Nazi pedophile…
    Pretty sick if you ask me…

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    • lukerw
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:01am

      Before WWII… all kids dressed much like adults. And, I see nothing Sexy nor Provocative in the Beauty Pagents of kids on TV. Maybe, it’s just me… but kids are kids… and they do like to dress up… and pretend!

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    • afishfarted
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:09am

      so if this is good if you’re a NAZI pedofile, then dressing up as a revolutionary soldier is akin to being a terrorist???

      get real

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:23am

      This could be dangerous. B.O. is dressed up like a president and look at all of the damage he is doing.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:24am

      Another ignorant troll…

      Doesn’t read enough history…

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:50am

    www Letsparty biggleswade.com uk online store under wwII guess they are halloween coustumes.

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:36am

    Interesting WWII story about English children being evacuated to America. They were on a rustbucket ship that got torpedoed by a German U-Boot. Happy ending, though. The hull was so rusted, that the torpedo punctured it, but did not detonate. The torpedo was recovered by the English and it was one of the electric torpedoes that we (America & England) knew little about, so it turned out to be an intelligence bonanza.

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:06am

      They just found a wwII sub off paupa new guinea could be one of our missing subs that was raiding the japenese at raubal .

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  • phillipwgirard
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:27am

    so it has a tag for identification purposes, so did the military have dog tags, it was wartime, jeesh!

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:51am

      British F=families wouldn’t want to get separated and lost in the war… The tag offered information for the guardians to know where to return the kids, who to contact, after the war…

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:36am

      I remember seeign a history reel about that. Parents putting their children on trains, ships, etc. They put their information so the person picking them up would know who they were.

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  • Findalis
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:12am

    What we have here is a Girl Guide Uniform (Girl Scouts in the United States) circa 1940. Added to it a messenger bag and evacuee tag, and it is a salute to the thousands of girls (and boys) who were evacuated out of British cities to the countryside and small villages in the hope that they wouldn’t be blow up.

    Some lucky children found good foster homes, but many were placed in very abusive environments and many ran back to the homes they came from.

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  • Admiral
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:09am

    Me: “Hey, what are you dressed as?”
    Future psycho: “Oh, a WWII evacuee”
    Me: “Umm… okay…”

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  • lukerw
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:51am

    To me… kids are just cute… no matter what they wear!

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:39am

      http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=51914

      There definitely was some ‘cute’ to it, it brings joy to see that many of the evacuees had fun at the farmhouses they stayed at… I bet to many kids, they thought it was just an ‘adventure’, a sleepover, holiday, or camping with a new family…

      Didn’t let the seriousness of the situation get them down, true hope…

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  • threedoor
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:43am

    The Brits sent their kids north the secape the German air raids. Nothing to it if you know history.

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    • bethg
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:03am

      Hmmm…. that’s what I thought too until the article said it was based on Anne Frank. Still, the costume looks british, not jewish so I’m not sure what to think.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:13am

      re read article it was one persons ill informed OPINION that it represented ann frank

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:18am

      It has nothing to do with anne frank…

      http://www.solwayplain.co.uk/evacuees.htm

      Seriously, we should expect better research from the Blaze….

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:27am

      BTW, that little tag, was the tag put on children, with their identity, so that the families taking care of them in the country would know who they were, and avoid any confusion… Also helped with making sure they got back to the right place after the war…

      Just do a quick google search for ‘evaucee tag’, and you‘ll see the couple marked with ’london’ school names, and what not.

      Seriously, read or watch Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for an example!

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:46am

      I know. Lets see how the maker is marketing them!

      http://www.thelittlecostumebox.co.uk/girls-ww2-1940s-evacuee-childrens-fancy-dress-costume-4-6-years-1194-p.asp

      I guess some people need to review history. There is nothing cute or endearing with the costume.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:50am

      SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:27am
      ———————————————————————–
      Agree with you.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:58am

      I remember back in the day, when they used to make us dress up as Indians and Pilgrims for Thanksgiving…

      Even that isn‘t considered ’cute or endearing’ anymore… People focus on the negative aspects of the history…. But kids have fun, and look cute in the costumes… So why take the fun from them?

      In high school, I had to attend a renaissance fair… and also come up with a biography for the character and costume I war… that was apparently education… That wasn’t a pretty time either, with the plague, and true class struggle between nobles and peasants…

      I don’t know what your education was like, but costume wearing is a normal part of childhood. The costumes aren‘t always ’pretty‘ and ’cute’…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 6:17pm

      KIds actually wear assorted costumes, not just these ones shown in this article on Evacuee day;

      http://www.holdenby.com/schools-world-war-ii.php

      Here is a video of one of these events;

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4eml_O8ruk

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:32am

    This is abhorrent.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:20am

      No it’s not Snowleopard…
      It’s a standard ware for British children during the Blitz… It has to do with british evacuees from London and other cities…

      http://www.solwayplain.co.uk/evacuees.htm

      This has nothing to do with the jews…

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:07am

      Snow is right, it is abhorrent. Evacuee, or refugee, for long as there has been a TOTAL war, (which most wars throughout history have been) families of people have had to flee their homes and at times were separated during what was a very horrifying and emotional trial of survival.

      Evacuees at times were also subject to bombings and strafings while fleeing as well.

      This shows me that people have forgotten what the horrors of war can bring, believing that “Oh it can’t possibly happen again” (WWI…aka the war to end all wars…before WWII of course)

      Pray God there is no WWIII.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:15am

      Kickenback, you don’t understand, the reason why British kids wear these uniforms, is so that they remember what they had to live through during the Blitz…

      It’s educational… Much like having to dress up for a renaiscance fair, just closer to modern history…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:19am

      Think of the American Civil War and World War II reenactments… For educational reasons, and keeping memories alive.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:32am

      @Sacredhonor

      Good points. I didn’t read through the rest of the article and that let the emotions get the better of me. *My idiocy.* What I thought first of was no particular nationality, but the Europeans as a whole. (Polish, French, etc..)
      But as a learning tool, yeah, I can see that. Thank you for the comment.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:43am

      But on a side note, the pose in the pic looks too much like a model posing a fashion, not a refugee.

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    • flatdog
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:49am

      Kickinback, I agree with you about the pose being inapropriate, and if you look at the legs, the model is wearing tan coloured tights or stockings. Nylons were only available in America at the time, and little girls would certainly not have worn them even if they could be had. During WW2, British women used to put gravy browning on their legs, to make it look as if they were wearing stockings!

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:23am

      Keep in mind, that the ‘nylons’ are actually ‘stockings’, (you know long socks). While I haven’t found many pictures, of girls wearing ‘stockings’ up their leg (they usually have them pushed down to just above the anckle) (there are a few), boys did wear many long stockings in photographs (however usually just below the knee).

      Also point of note, the stocking and shoes do not come with the costume, if you read the label material.

      As for nylons, interesting bit of history, because they were rare, several companies actually came out with makeup kits to simulate wearing nylons. Some women would just mark their legs with an eyeliner pen!

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:28pm

      The zionist propaganda machine just can’t pass up an opportunity to cry anti-semitism and” look at us we’re still being persecuted”- it’s like money in the bank-60 years after the war they keep adding more money in the bank to ensure american gulls keep up their blind manipulated support for illigal israeli occupatrion.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:20pm

      zionest propaganda machine? Is that what you think of Huffington Post? Remember they are one of the progressive pages that posted this mock ‘offense’…

      Oh wait, your are just another anti-Semite, who wants to see all jews destroyed right? Be honest.

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:26am

    I don’t support holidays that espouse a reason to glorify unGodly behaviors, such as witchcraft. Therefor I could care less about this article, except to write my first sentence.

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:25am

    It‘s not for halloween it’s for education purposes guess there is some old wounds do to the fact the british refused to let jews and gypsy’s in and so did the U S they were sent back to germany to be slaughterd….. fact.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:22am

      You are nuts, this has nothing to do with the jews…

      Look up British evacuees…

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:35am

      See above post i know what the damn costume is all about cause i researched the store sellimg them my point is it could be easily misunderstood if you watched the movies where jews were sending their kids off the same way.And you saw footage of people with id tags on them being shipped off do you think just the brits tried to get their kids out so did the french .People need to rember all of the history from that time.

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:43am

      www letspartybiggleswade.com uk online store wwII boys and girls evacuee uniform also gasmasks and uniform

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  • packsack54
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:21am

    This is another BS thing, she looks like a young French girl of the 1930 era. She has a smile on her face and meat on her bones. Let some of my friends tell you of the ones they found in Germany in 1945 in March what they looked liked?

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  • Blazeanswerman
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:21am

    I saw a wig at the Halloween store that said “Rehab Wig” and it was an Amy Winehouse look-alike on the picture.

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    • Tronix
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:23am

      Lucky you didn‘t find a Francis Fox Piven’s costume.

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  • toto
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:14am

    Jeez, when I was a kid (40‘s and 50’s), any character from history was fair game, there were times at Halloween where there were lots of Hitlers on parade. You’re supposed to dress up like the scary and the bad. Articles like this just shows that people are paranoid because they don’t distinguish good and evil and think if you show evil it legitimizes it. When I was young, everyone had a very firm grasp on good and bad and good and evil and if someone dressed as evil that didn’t legitimize the character.

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    • Jaxco
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:20am

      Very true, but this story was written by a dolt (at least in regard to WWII history) Look at the old movies in train stations in England, those kids were tagged so they would not lose their identification in the event they were killed, wounded or got separated from their groups. In some cases, the kids came from Poland and France and spoke no English. The tags were very important and very necessary.

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:35am

      You are right on jax but alot of jews and french could only ship their children out so it would be an easy mistake to make had nick douglas not researched it it could be a multi ethnic costume

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:50am

      Keep in mind Huffington Post, was just as stupid and ignorant in this piece… Ignorance spreads… The Blaze should be careful using it as a valid source…

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  • Jaxco
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:09am

    And also as far as the tag, if you have seen WWII movies, the evacuee kids DID wear tags exactly like that.

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    • Scaz
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:25am

      You’re right about that. When I first looked at the picture, the first thing I thought was ” A British kid being evacuated from London during the Blitz.”

      I’m really in to history though, especially military history, so I wonder if some of the details of the costume would not be understood by the average person. That being said, It’s probably not in the best taste to have a costume that depicts children who were escaping the bombs of the Third Reich. I have to wonder how many of these kids would even know what the Third Reich was.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:21am

      World War I and World War II are still extremely big parts of the British History lessons…

      Both wars mean more to them than it does to us, since it was on their doorstep so to speak… They always worried about invasion by the Germans… It wiped out most of their population, empty spots that never fully were filled…

      They didn’t have the luxury of distance, like Americans had for the most part…

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:03am

    So do i need to fake surprise when they come out with brownshirt uniforms complete with jackboots .With a discount for registerd democrat’s all you need do is fax a coupy of your acorn endorsed voter registration card and and a notorized statment you will or are in the ows obama civillian military force.

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  • donh2
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:02am

    Send one to Helen Thomas. Perfect outfit for her to wear as she yells “ go home ” and slams her door on little jewish trick or treaters.

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:55am

      costume? that nasty old hag don‘t need no stinkin’ costume!

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  • Jaxco
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:01am

    ummm Weren’t a lot of school children in LONDON evacuated during the Blitz to towns in the country in England??? This story should have been written by someone with a grasp on the history of WWII. This is a non-story, the costume looks just like one worn by schoolgirls in England during the Blitz.

    How did this get by a competent editor?

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    • Jaxco
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:06am

      The poll is also incorrect and ‘leading’. I have been a long time Insider Extreme / GBTV and Blaze reader… Remember your motto: “The TRUTH has no agenda”

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    • copatriots
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:19am

      Uh, okay……but this is an acceptable costume how exactly? As a woman, I can assure you……girls costumes are generally meant to make them look pretty or to have fun. This does neither. Impart more wisdom, please.

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    • green_manalishi
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:25am

      Jaxco, came straight from the toilet “ Occupied Rally” did you? Perhaps you should try a little soap and water next time before you sit down and decompose your thoughts. Or perhaps Jaxco has a more nefarious reason he likes to see little girls in humiliating outfits. Hmm, he seems very trollish.

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    • Jaxco
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:27am

      Of course – nobody EVER dresses up in a costume from a different period in time for fun… SMH

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    • Jaxco
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:35am

      The only thing I‘d EVER be doing at an ’occupy’ rally, you idiot, is to turn the firehoses on them when the temp dropped below 50 degrees. I am not trolling, just being CORRECT about HISTORY. There is NOTHING wrong about this costume, especially in ENGLAND where this took place. When people forget what they went through, ties are broken to the past… much like what is going on in THIS country. I am just saying the EDITOR and WRITER of this story are IGNORANT of WWII history in England.

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    • toto
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:36am

      JAXCO I agree with you. The Blaze needs to be careful not to become just another propaganda outfit that tells half truths to suit their agenda. I see too many articles that are short on facts and information that are relevant to forming an opinion.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:42am

      Not that costume. Assumably, you’re a guy. Trust me, no little girl would ever want to dress up in that hideous costume. There is zero appeal.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:17am

      Having spent some time in England, and studied the history of the Blitz, I am almost certain this costume is related to the British children evacuees, that were sent from the cities to the countryside. Search for ‘british ww2 evacuees” and you’ll even get pictures of the British children being sent on trains, buses, and lorries to the countryside.

      http://www.solwayplain.co.uk/evacuees.htm

      This has nothing to do with the jews…

      Seriously…

      If you want more interesting history, look into the WW1 gas mask drills, where the kids were exposed to tear gas canisters so that they learned to put on the masks quickly… Fascinating stuff.

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:25am

      absolutely jax, nothing wrong with this, over reaction on reporters part, probably had nothing else to report and needs the paycheck on friday, much ado about nothing.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:42am

      Okay…..thanks for this history lesson, guys. Really, I mean that. I learned something here.

      But, still, why the modern day costume of that tragedy for British girls? What benefit does it serve? Is that a happy time in history to re-live?

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    • taxpro4u03
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:51am

      Jaxco: – Precisely. I for one presume ALL ‘polls’ are leading/skewed/biased/infiltrated, therefore — USEless in the intelligent determination of facts. While I applaud diverse and heartfelt debate/discourse, l can do without the theatrics in demeaning opposing OPINIONS. That said, “I may disagree with what one has to say, but will fight to the death one’s right to say it.” Still don‘t make it ’so.’ :-) I don‘t stoop to the levels of evoking emotional responses using Vick’s Vapor rub under me eyes to PsyOp a point either. The best defense is a good offense, i.e. when **** hits the fan.. ‘don’t BE there.’

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:18am

      It’s educational…

      for the same reason people wear Civil War or World War II costumes for ‘reinactments’… People can learn alot more by looking at touching, or wearing the artifacts of an era.

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:37am

      The Blaze needs to be careful not to become just another propaganda outfit that tells half truths to suit their agenda.

      That was a joke, right? That’s exactly what this site was intended to be just another radical right wing extremist echo chamber filled with the paranoid delusions of the low information, and low value types.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:30am

      As opposed to the mundane left wing propaganda sites out there? Frankly I‘m tired that I can’t find any site devoid of any ‘bias’, left or right… I’d like to see both opinions… But still, at least right wing biased stuff, lets you know from the get go that they are biased, and proud of it (and show you the bias of the left)… Most left wing sites, claim that they aren’t biased, but won’t allow the right to give their point of view at all (or point out the extreme examples of conservative bias)… There are few ‘right wing’ than left wing sites, however.

      Also keep in mind that this article channels some of the outrage that originated out of the HuffPo article it uses as a source… and HuffPo is a left wing biased site…

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:55pm

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    Just getting them ready for the future…………..

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  • 11
    Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:51pm

    So, just to be clear: You posted this story to let us know it was a non-story? Um.. thanks?

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