# What's the deal with Red Baron pizza? Why is a German who killed people the mascot of a pizza company?

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**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-red-baron-pizza-why-is-a-german-who-killed-people-the-mascot-of-a-pizza-company/933789 "2021-02-26T09:34:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-red-baron-pizza-why-is-a-german-who-killed-people-the-mascot-of-a-pizza-company/933789/110 "2021-02-28T16:13:07Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> But it’s not the only case of associating pizza with Germans. When I lived in Salt Lake City, one of the pizza places I used to go to was the _Rathskellar_ ( [Ratskeller - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratskeller) ) It was decorated with Germanic motifs, and pizza was their main dish.

Pizza is possibly a German-derived word, in any case. Plus there is an equivalent dish in (German-speaking) Alsace, the _[Flammekueche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammekueche)_ . Which is quite tasty, I might add.

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