Two new campaigns by Balenciaga, owned by the French luxury group Kering, ignited a firestorm following allegations that the brand condoned child exploitation. French neo-Nazis were quick to react to the campaigns, accusing the Jews, specifically a French Jewish figure linked to the brand, of being behind them. A French neo-Nazi site and forum assimilated Jews to pedophiles and called for them to be hung and burned.
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