Mockups created in 1944 by the US government about how Hitler may have looked in disguise.
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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Middle top row looks like George Bluth Sr.
He may have committed some light genocide.
ohboi shall we consider how much one fella looked like another for this markup?
There’s always money in the Swiss banks!
I'm Oscar(.com)!
I was thinking Terry Savalas as Blofeld
You mean Hank Kingsley?
TIL that Hitler without a mustache looks like HP Lovecraft.
Not racist enough to be Lovecraft
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.
HP Lovecraft looks like mark Zuckerberg...
That's a good call. Especially since they both have roughly the same amount of empathy and understanding of humans.
Lovecraft looks like he’s hiding a bird in his mouth
Bro I was about to comment the same thing
There's always money in the banana stand.
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.
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?
Good point.
It was common enough to be listed by the US government
Also common enough for there to be a Batman villain with that look during that time.
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
This made me realize that I wouldn't recognize many historical persones without the signature makeup 🤯
Bottom left and bottom right would have fooled me.
over his dead body would he tolerate looking like any of these
What makes you say that?
Because he shot himself (allegedly)
I thought he took cyanide pills after using them on his dog
Edit: seems like both, busy guy
he's quoted saying something like that. something like he would shoot himself before allowing Russians to capture him
Top-right is the Clark Kent approach.
Upper right is Michael Palin. Maybe this explains why Monty Python did so many Hitler sketches.
It's so interesting to see what an impact that little beard makes.
Also the hair.
I'd have never thought of Humphrey Bogart as a potential actor to play Hitler until I saw that lower right one.
Uncle Karl?
Si claro que lo conozco, estuvimos juntos en Argentina mucho tiempo.
He had a combover thing as well, huh.
He definitely should have went with the last option from the get go. Can't go wrong with that style.
Heil Munster
He could look like anything, I think that’s the conclusion