A YOUNG blonde woman morphs into Nazi leader
Adolf Hitler in a hard-hitting Polish advert.
She is chatting with mates
before she sees something that sends her into a rage not unlike those of the
Fuhrer.
Eventually
the bile-spitting woman morphs into the German wartime despot.
The
reason is that two gay men had walked into her line of sight.
Her
transformation is being used in a YouTube advert to highlight the dangers of
homophobia in Poland.
The
woman cannot hide her disgust, and asks her friends: "Did you see them?
Wusses (Polish negative term for homosexuals)."
She goes on to say: "They
can do whatever they want at home, but walking together like that is too much!
I see faggots everywhere! I want to puke when I look at them!"
The
video was prompted by an "alarming" report showing the extent of hate
speech among young Poles, according its makers, the Stefan Batory Foundation.
A man
then asks her: "Really? You want to look like that?", and the girl
curses with the German expletive "scheisse".
Batory
Foundation spokesman Agata Szypulska said the video is just part of a
"Stop Hate Speech" campaign that launched on September 14, targeting
those aged 15-18.
A study
suggested that nearly two-thirds of young Poles had come into contact with hate
speech online.
Ms Szypulska told CNN: "If
you look at the numbers, it's almost 77 per cent of youngsters that encounter
homophobic hate speech online, and almost 65% encountered homophobic hate
speech among their peers.
"We
focused on homophobia because we saw those numbers and we found them very
alarming."
An
estimated 6 million Poles were killed during World War Two, including about 3
million Polish Jews, as Hitler targeted minorities across Europe.
Ms
Szypulska added: "We also wanted to use a person and symbol that would be
recognisable. We wanted to show that hate speech is not just words. Words can
lead to actions.
"I
think in the Polish context, it's pretty obvious that Hitler harassed and
murdered people because of ethnicity and because of things you cannot
change." News watch
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