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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  • livus@kbin.social
    17·
    1 year ago

    Bottom middle still looks too much like Hitler. Bald with beard would probably work best.

    That guy who shot him was always going to recognise him though.

    • Classy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      How common was the bald+beard look in the 1940s, though? Might be have stood out more with an unusual hair style than by going with something more commonplace?

      • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        But he probably went to South America with all the other surviving Nazis. As long as he isn’t recognizable as Hitler it doesn’t really matter if he stands out a little bit. If that did happen he probably didn’t have to leave his house because all the Nazis would have served him hand and foot