The prosaic explanation comes in a new biography of the writer Alexander Moritz Frey, who came to know him when both were lowly privates in a Bavarian infantry division.

In a hitherto unpublished essay, Frey, who died in 1957, wrote of his first meeting with Hitler in 1915: "A pale, tall man tumbled down into the cellar after the first shells of the daily evening attacks had begun to fall, fear and rage glowing in his eyes.

"At that time he looked tall because he was so thin. A full moustache, which had to be trimmed later because of the new gas masks, covered the ugly slit of his mouth."

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His moustache is the most ... sinister - in history.

Ask Charlie Chaplin

It really is not helpful to construct Hitler as a monster. In doing so we will hasten the repeat of history. He was a man like many others. A very bad person who did things that justify his being put in the category of worst people in history. But if we vilify him to the point of caricature we will not recognize the new one when they arrive. And they will.

But if we vilify him to the point of caricature we will not recognize the new one when they arrive. And they will.

So true. And I'm just as sure that the world won't recognize him.

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thats a pretty neat fact. nice comment kmcolo

Agreed, kmcolo, excellent comment

if we vilify him to the point of caricature we will not recognize the new one when they arrive. And they will.

Ah, finally some logic regarding Hitler. He was horrible, but has no one every seriously questioned why he had so many followers? He didn't force that many people to serve under him. He was only one man -- that would've been impossible. No, he had their trust and their respect. Obviously he didn't look like a villain up close!

Either that, or all participants in the Nazi regime were clinically insane.

Somehow, "Cats That Look Like Charlie Chaplin" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

great comments, everybody.