A supermarket chain in Germany has denied deliberately using neo-Nazi codes in a Christmas advert - but an expert on the far right said she believed it was no accident.
Sabine Bamberger-Stemmann, director of the Regional Centre for Political Education in Hamburg, told Germany's Manager magazine that the Edeka ad showed two car number plates that displayed common codes used by right-wing extremists.
According to Ms Bamberger-Stemmann, it was highly unlikely that the number plate stamped with "MU SS 420" appeared by accident because the letters SS - short for Nazi paramilitary Schutzstaffel - are not permitted for use on German cars. In addition, the number 420 is an abbreviation for Hitler's birthday, which was April 20.
Ms Bamberger-Stemmann added a second plate contained further number combinations that were familiar on the far-right extremist scene.
