A Czech anti-racism campaign succeeds with a risky approach: “Be kind to your local Nazi.”

Visitors to Prague at the end of last year-- especially those who don’t understand Czech--had to be puzzled by the ubiquitous posters showing two skinheads in combat boots, standing in the middle of a bright, green backyard. Using their hands, extended in “heil Hitler” salutes, the young men were holding up a clothesline for an older woman, who was calmly hanging up her wet laundry to dry. “Be kind to your local Nazi,” read the poster, in English, followed by a mysterious message in Czech, which translated, meant: “Do not ignore. Help your local Nazi to find some nice hobby. Show him the way to go before he gets wild.”

Check out the German television commercial that inspired this. It's over 11mb but worth it!

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