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Night Club Art Director Fined over Hitler Ads

13:21 22/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti)

A magistrates court in Siberia fined an art director at a night club for using Hitler images to advertise a WWII Victory Day party, lenta.ru said on Tuesday.

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