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Excerpt: Towards the end of World War II, U.S. intelligence officials were afraid that the German dictator would flee Germany by assuming a disguise. By 1944 the world identified the man largely by his trademark toothbrush mustache and oily side-slicked hair, so they ordered his portrait to be cloned.

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), an early version of the CIA set up during World War II, asked Eddie Senz, a New York make-up artist, to produce the altered portraits after D-Day on 6 June 1944. Despite fears that Hitler would attempt to flee Germany, the portraits were never needed.

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[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

TIL that Hitler without a mustache looks like HP Lovecraft.

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Not racist enough to be Lovecraft

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

When you run for president, someone will dig up this comment and go to the media about that time you said Hitler wasn't racist enough.

[-] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 10 points 11 months ago

HP Lovecraft looks like mark Zuckerberg...

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

That's a good call. Especially since they both have roughly the same amount of empathy and understanding of humans.

[-] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Lovecraft looks like he’s hiding a bird in his mouth

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Bro I was about to comment the same thing

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