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Article: Wiesenthal Center Protests Nazi Imagery in Cosmetic Ad
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 3, 2008
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Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news release:
The Simon Wiesenthal Center today protested the latest usage of Nazi imagery in Korean popular culture, this time in the form of an ad for Coreana, one of the largest cosmetic companies in Korea. The ad (which can be seen at:http://blog.naver.com/jjajan8153Redirect=Log&logNo=70028430071&vid=0 or at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rT3_YppvCY) depicts a young model in a Nazi officer's uniform posing as the sounds of gunfire and artillery shells blast in the background. The ad's tagline reads, "Even Hitler didn't have the East and West." The Center urged Coreana to immediately cancel the campaign.
"Frankly put, these images and ...