Shampoo ad using Hitler’s image sparks outrage, calls for removal

In the ad from shampoo maker "Biomen," archived video of former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is played in which he is seen yelling and gesturing wildly with his hands, while a fictional text translates his message across the screen.

"If you are not wearing a woman's dress, you should not use her shampoo either," Hitler says in the ad. "Here it is, a real mens' shampoo, Biomen." The video then cuts to a picture of the shampoo bottle with the on-screen message, "Real men use Biomen."

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Theofane said:

Hitler has become a joke thanks to the Internet, so much so that maybe we've forgotten he wasn't orginally a joke.

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DaisyDay said:

It's not glorifying him; it's silly.

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TerranceL said:

Oh ADL will you whine about everything?


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Hitler being used in a shampoo ad...I did nazi that one coming

This commercial is out of Mein Kampfort zone

I wonder if the instructions on the bottle read something like: "Lather, rinse, invade poland, repeat."

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Theofane said:

It's a joke now, but it's important to remember it wasn't originally a joke. Have you ever spoken with a survivor of the Nazi regime? Someone whose family was killed by them? I wish people didn't joke about this kind of thing so often. You know, I had a grandfather who was active in the Dutch Resistance during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

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