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Well, this is embarrassing. Following last week's disturbing stunt by LA blogger Rachel Nguyen (she staged a fashion shoot at a Jewish mausoleum and posted it on International Holocaust Remembrance Day), Racked National points us to an similarly shocking move by male lingerie shop, LA Jock. A reader sent them a photo of the Santa Monica Boulevard store's window display, which features a mannequin wearing what resembles a uniform from concentration camps, along with a yellow star and a victim number attached to his shirt. Bora, the store's manager, said the store set up the mannequin ahead of a rally tomorrow [now, today] against Russia's treatment of homosexuals, telling Racked 'Putin's Russia is Hitler's Germany.'" Although the store manager is Jewish and his intention wasn't too offend anyone, he has definitely raised more than a few eyebrows. [Racked Nat'l; Previously]