HVK Archives: Swiss Company regrets 'Nazi' Ad
Swiss Company regrets 'Nazi' Ad - International Herald Tribune
Posted By Ashok V Chowgule (ashokvc@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in)
16 January 1997
Title : Swiss Company regrets 'Nazi' Ad
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Publication : International Herald Tribune
Date : January 16, 1997
The maker of a medicine that advertised its product by promising to
ease pain if "Nazi gold teeth give you a headache" apologized
Wednesday for the publicity, saying there was no anti-Semitic
intent.
The advertisement for Siniphen, manufactured in Tuesday's Tages
Anzeiger newspaper.
The company's commercial director, Juerg Singer, apologized for the
ad, saying responsibility for it lay with the company's advertising
company.
The newspaper published an article the same day on the debate that
is raging between the Swiss government and Jewish organizations
over Switzerland's dealings with Hitler's regime.
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