"Cake Request for 3-Year-Old Hitler Namesake Denied,"

reports the AP:

Deborah Campbell, 25, said she phoned in her order last week to the ShopRite. When she told the bakery department she wanted her son's name [Adolf Hitler Campbell] spelled out, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who denied the request.

Karen Meleta, a spokeswoman for ShopRite, said the Campbells had similar requests denied at the same store the last two years and said Heath Campbell previously had asked for a swastika to be included in the decoration.

"We reserve the right not to print anything on the cake that we deem to be inappropriate," Meleta said. "We considered this inappropriate."

The Campbells ultimately got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania, Deborah Campbell said....

The Campbells' other two children also have unusual names: JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell turns 2 in a few months and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell will be 1 in April.

Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name." He sounded surprised by all the controversy the dispute had generated....

Yeah, right, surprised.

Thanks to Prof. David Wagner for the pointer.

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Young Adolf Hitler Campbell and Sisters Taken into State Custody:

Fox News reports:

A 3-year-old boy named Adolf Hitler and his [sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,] were removed from their New Jersey home last week and placed in state custody ....

Kate Bernyk, a spokeswoman for the [New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services], said confidentiality laws barred her from commenting on the case or even confirming that the Campbell children were involved....

"I've dealt with the family for years and as far as the children are concerned, I have never had any reports of any abuse with the children," [police sergeant John] Harris said. "As far as I know, he's always been very good with the children."...

Speaking generally, Bernyk said the state's "decision to remove a child is based on the safety and well being of the child and the risk to that child, and that decision is made in conjunction with the courts and the county family court judge." ...

"DYFS would never remove a child simply based on that child's name," Bernyk said.

For an earlier chapter in the Adolf Hitler Campbell saga, see this post, about a bakery's refusal to produce a birthday cake with the 3-year-old's name on it. Thanks to Fred Ray for the pointer.

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