German prosecutors have launched an enquiry into whether a garden gnome with its right arm raised in a Hitler salute in a Nuremberg art gallery is against the law.
Hitler salutes and Nazi symbols have been illegal in Germany since World War II, but some claim that the garden gnome is actually ridiculing the Third Reich.
The artist in question is Ottmar Hoerl, who has designed numerous exhibitions and projects in public spaces and has been president of the Academy for Fine Arts in Nuremberg since 2005.
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