A Finnish mobile telephone company said it would cancel an advertising campaign that uses a slogan Jewish groups found offensive. The American Jewish Committee had complained about advertisements in Germany for Nokia phones that used the phrase “Everyone Gets His Due.” The same slogan appeared above the entrance to the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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