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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 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

TIL that Hitler without a mustache looks like HP Lovecraft.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not racist enough to be Lovecraft

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

HP Lovecraft looks like mark Zuckerberg...

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Bro I was about to comment the same thing