A gay men's activewear store in West Hollywood, Los Angeles is shocking passersby with a controversial window display featuring a mannequin dressed up as a Jewish Holocaust victim.
La Jock, which sells 'sexy' men's underwear, swimwear and activewear on Santa Monica Boulevard, has dressed one of its mannequin in what resembles a uniform from concentration camps -- including a yellow star and a victim number attached to the shirt.
The store's self-described 'gay Jewish' Israeli owner, Nir Ziberman, said the mannequin was set up ahead of today's rally against Russia's treatment of homosexuals, with the store's manager, Bora, telling Racked: 'Putin's Russia is Hitler's Germany.'
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Personally, this old geezer believes that the owner did this protest more out of store promotion than the desire to show support for gays in Russia.
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