Coca-Cola recently distanced itself from the right because of a fake poster. But was the company once so close to the Nazis that they even sponsored the Olympic Games?
An apparent Coca-Cola advertising poster from 1936 keeps popping up.
Currently increasing again as Coca-Cola clearly distanced itself from the right. This is the poster:

This is not a Photoshop gimmick, the poster was also on display in an exhibition:

“One people, one empire, one drink – it’s Coke”
Two things that make us suspicious
1. “a drink”
The German umlauts are a torture for everyone who doesn’t speak German, which is why the two dots above the letter are often simply left out when a non-German speaker writes a German word.
A note that the author of the poster did not know the German language and spelling correctly; such an error would probably not end up on an advertising poster.
2. “Coke is it”
This slogan sounds very awkward and was never a Coca-Cola slogan, at least in Germany. That slogan translated literally into English is “Coke is it”. And this was actually an advertising slogan for Coca-Cola - in 1985 .
In 1936, however, the slogan was “Thirst knows no season.”
The origin
We already mentioned above that the poster was shown in an exhibition, now we want to reveal in which:

In 2004, an exhibition called “Coca Cola's Nazi Adverts” opened in London. The exhibition was organized by comedian Mark Thomas and artist Tracey Sanders-Wood.
Artists and visitors with artistic aspirations were invited to take part in the exhibition. Their task was to imagine Coca-Cola's advertisements in Nazi Germany .
Mark Thomas said: “ Coke exists through advertising. That's why people drink the stuff. You can't escape it. We wanted to create an exhibition that would make people think every time they reach for a Coke. “
A website was even set up where users could submit their ideas. The comedian always announced the exhibition after his performances and asked his fans to submit suggestions. So he and Sanders-Wood received a total of 400 exhibits, none of which are real !
Conclusion
It is a fictional advertising poster from an exhibition by a comedian and an artist.
In fact, Coca-Cola was also sold in Germany during the Nazi era (it later became the predecessor of today's “Fanta”, as the ingredients for Coca-Cola were no longer available in Germany). Correction November 14, 2022: According to the Coca-Cola Company's own statement (see HERE ), the company has sponsored the Olympic Games continuously since 1928, including the 1936 Games (it previously stated at this point that Coca-Cola would not finance the 1936 Games , many thanks to our reader Ulrich D.) - but that doesn't make the above fictional advertising posters any more true.
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