Reich Message All Wrong? German AIDS Awareness Video Under Attack

There is an interesting controversy brewing internationally over the use of the advert (shown below) entitled “Aids is Mass Murder” featuring Adolph Hitler as engaged in unprotected sex. It is a PETA-like shock video that has many activists complaining that it vilifies HIV-positive people here.

The advert was released as part of World AIDS Day 2009 in Germany. It is the work of the Regenbogen organization in that country.

Various groups are speaking out against the advert, here.

WARNING THIS IS A GRAPHIC VIDEO DEPICTING SEXUAL CONTACT

It can also be found here.

Others have defended the advert as effective and powerful. You can decide for yourself, but I can see the objections. However, these types of gruesome or shock adverts are becoming the norm. This same week, there are objections to an anti-cellphone advert, here.

WARNING: Graphic images