AIDS Campaign Features Hitler, Saddam, Stalin

An AIDS awareness campaign called "AIDS Is A Mass Murderer" features an Adolph Hitler lookalike engaging in raunchy sex.

The Das Comitee Advertising Agency produced the campaign which, according to creative director Dirk Silz, is designed to counteract diminishing public awareness of the dangers of unprotected sex.

"The campaign is designed to shake people up, to bring the topic of AIDS back to centre stage, and to reverse the trend of unprotected sexual intercourse," the agency said.

The ad, due to be screened on German television after 9 pm and in cinemas, shows blurred clips of a couple having sex, but it is only at the end that the man is revealed as Hitler.

A tag line then reads: "AIDS is a mass murderer."

The campaign, which also features posters of Joseph Stalin and Saddam Hussein lookalikes in flagrante, was organised with AIDS awareness group Regenbogen e.V. ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1.

Despite the reported good intentions of the advertising, AIDS victims groups have expressed outrage regarding the campaign. It's seen as insensitive and stigmatizing to those with the virus and it might deter people from being tested.

Link to NSFW video - http://www.aids-is-a-mass-murderer.com/