German AIDS Charity in Bed With Hitler, Stalin

"A provocative television ad ready to air next week in Germany suggests that when you have unprotected sex, you could be in bed with the devil himself -- Adolph Hitler…The steamy ad opens in a darkened bedroom with a man and woman in bed, climaxing with a look-a-like of the German dictator's face and tag-line, 'AIDS is a mass murderer -- Protect yourself!' The initiative came from the German charity, Regenbogen…European charities -- including the National AIDS Trust, which coordinates World AIDS Day in Britain -- have distanced themselves from the commercial, saying it further stigmatizes those who suffer from the disease…This controversy comes as the Kaiser Foundation finds that the number of Americans who list AIDS as the 'most urgent health problem' is at its lowest level ever -- only 6 percent, compared with 44 percent in 1995. The April report coincides with one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found the number of Americans newly infected with HIV/AIDS is 40 percent higher than previously reported -- 56,300…the ad targets heterosexuals, particularly women, who, with African Americans, are one of the fastest growing groups afflicted with HIV/AIDS."