Breakdown in Taboo on Nazi Imagery in Marketing?
The Jewish Chronicle (Britain)
The Jewish Chronicle
A long-held taboo on using Nazi imagery to sell products appears to be weakening. Is it just ad-land's love of shock value - or something bigger? ... The use of Hitler's image to sell goods and services has long been taboo, particularly in Europe. But the growing spate of examples of the Nazi dictator being used in advertising and marketing ... suggests that Nazis are no longer off-limits. Karen Pollock, chief executive of the UK-based Holocaust Educational Trust, is disturbed by the new fashion for Hitler imagery ...