GESICHT ZEIGEN! AN ASSOCIATION ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAND AGAINST RACISM IN GER
Product/Service
GESICHT ZEIGEN! AN ASSOCIATION ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAND AGAINST RACISM IN GER
Category
B01. Posters
Entrant
OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Idea Creation
OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Media Placement
KINETIC WORLDWIDE Frankfurt, GERMANY
PR
OGILVY Düsseldorf, GERMANY
Production
H&O FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Additional Company
GESICHT ZEIGEN! Berlin, GERMANY
Additional Company 2
KARSTEN WEGENER PHOTOGRAPHY Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name
Company
Position
Dr. Stephan Vogel
Ogilvy Germany
Chief Creative Officer
Tim Stuebane
Ogilvy Germany
Managing Director Creative
Philipp Bertisch, Stephan Westerwelle
Ogilvy Germany
Art Director
Holly Attril, Anke Roell
Ogilvy Germany
Copywriter
Max Brunner, Constanze Kobe
Ogilvy Germany
Account Management
Martina Diederichs
Ogilvy Germany
Art Buyer
Karsten Wegener
Karsten Wegener Photography
Photographer
Patrik Huelsmann, Christina Hohoff, Christine Fritz, Carolin Bub
Ogilvy Public Relations GmbH
PR
Alexander Pfaff
H&O Frankfurt GmbH
Post Production
Sophia Oppermann, Rebecca Weis
Gesicht Zeigen! An association encouraging people to stand against racism in Germany
Advertiser's Supervisor
Background
Fascism is conquering the internet. Right-wing populists and agitators are abusing the web and using social networks to attract people through propaganda. Their aim: to shift society to the right-wing. As the world drifts further to the right, the small anti-racism organization “Gesicht Zeigen!” (well known from their project “Mein Kampf against racism”) strives to fight back by recruiting new supporting members.
To be successful with nearly no budget in the battle against racism, the non-profit organization needed to recruit new supporting members, through a very eye-opening, outstanding and provoking campaign.
Describe the creative idea
To show the imminent danger of social media in the wrong hands, we created a symbol. Starting with an icon that reigns supreme on the internet: the hashtag. By simply adding a specific background to the symbol we completely changed its meaning, directly referring to the Nazi swastika. The Hitler Hashtag was born.
Describe the execution
We kicked off the campaign with huge Hitler Hashtag flags in the heart of Berlin’s political district – like the Nazis did with their swastika flags in front of their buildings.
List the results
Our campaign hit hearts everywhere and young influencers joined the fight against racism. The Hitler Hashtag became a relevant topic with more than 850,000 likes and 76 million contacts. Via earned media an equivalent of € 4.9 million was generated. Even right-wing extremists spoke about us. But more important: so did the people who wanted to take a stand against racism. Attracting 550% more new members per month to “Gesicht Zeigen” than usual. After the campaign period of 4 weeks the rate decreased, but is still 80% higher than in the months before the campaign.