(Deutsche Welle) Germany's left-wing opposition party Die Linke (the Left party) on Friday defended their use of the Nazi swastika in an election campaign.

When filming a television commercial for their election campaign they painted a swastika and the words "foreigners out" on a Berlin florist. In the advertisement, a lady is seen wiping away the paint to symbolize the party's fight against racism.

But unsuspecting onlookers, shocked to see people painting Nazi symbols, called police.

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