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New Zealand pizza chain scraps Hitler ads

New Zealand's Hell pizza chain, which is known for its wacky advertising campaigns, has scrapped billboards showing Hitler saluting with a slice of pizza after complaints from the Jewish community, a newspaper reported on Friday. The Nazi leader was shown giving a Heil Hitler salute with pizza in his hand and the quote: "It is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell."
Kirk MacGibbon, of the Cinderella advertising agency that devised the billboard, told The Press newspaper, "We hoped we could get away with people seeing Hitler with a piece of pizza would be funny."
Read entire article at Earth Times