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Adolf Hitler Killed as a Boy by Mercedes in Crazy Spec Ad Sign InSubscribe Creativity Ad of the Day AdFreak Beer & Spirits Cannes Lions The Creative 100 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion PSAs Creativity Creativity Ad of the Day AdFreak Beer & Spirits Cannes Lions The Creative 100 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion PSAs AdFreak Adolf Hitler Killed as a Boy by Mercedes in Crazy Spec Ad This is not how Daimler rolls By David GianatasioAugust 26, 2013 If you were a car, and you could travel back in time and kill Hitler when he was a boy, would you do it? Well, if you were a Volkswagen, the answer would probably be no, since you'd be murdering your own father, and you'd probably cease to exist. A C-Class Mercedes-Benz, however, would suffer no such temporal paradox, and that's the vehicle of young Adolf's destruction in this well-made though extremely odd commercial parody, created as a thesis by some German film students. WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED. Subscribe today! To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber View Subscription Options Already a member? Sign in David Gianatasio @DaveGian [email protected] David Gianatasio is a longtime contributor to Adweek, where he has been a writer and editor for two decades. Previously serving as Adweek's New England bureau chief and web editor, he remains based in Boston. Recommended articles Popular Now Recipe for Disaster: Impossible Foods CEO Says Plant-Based Meat Marketing’s ‘Wokeness’ Hurt the Category The 20 Best Ads of 2023 Exclusive: Google Lets Advertisers Opt Out of Search Partner Network on All Campaigns Following Adalytics Report Dentsu Americas Names New Media, Strategy and Client Executives 2024’s Marketing Strategy Is No Longer About Brand DNA Upcoming Webinars Can ChatGPT Create a Great Webinar? 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