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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    • @Raxiel
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      911 months ago

      Because he shot himself (allegedly)

      • @Emerald
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        11 months ago

        I thought he took cyanide pills after using them on his dog

        Edit: seems like both, busy guy

    • @jenny_ball
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      111 months ago

      he’s quoted saying something like that. something like he would shoot himself before allowing Russians to capture him