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Adolf Hitler (right) and his chauffeur Julius Schreck (left), both wearers of the toothbrush moustache—their only substantial physical similarity (1925). The 1939 book The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler alleges that the Nazi Party used four people as doubles for Hitler, including the author, who claims that the real dictator died in 1938 and that he subsequently took his place. [11]
The toothbrush originally became popular in the late 19th century, in the United States. [1] It was a neat, uniform, low-maintenance moustache that echoed the standardization and uniformity brought on by industrialization, in contrast to the more flamboyant styles typical of the 19th century such as the imperial, walrus, handlebar, horseshoe, and pencil moustaches.
However, Adolf Hitler's adoption of the style from 1919 onward eventually led to a distinct association between the style and the German Nazi leader. Resultantly dubbed the "Hitler moustache" in the public consciousness, the style has faded and become nearly extinct since World War II. [1] Walrus moustache
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See "This moustache is most famous for having been worn by film star Charlie Chaplin and later by dictator Adolf Hitler." It would be nice to see some facts :-) Chaplin was wearing his moustache in character on film as far back as 1914, long before Hitler became a public figure. I also rather doubt that Hitler chose his mustache after Chaplin.
Five human skeletons - all missing their hands and feet - have been discovered at Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s eastern front military headquarters in present-day Poland, buried inside the villa of ...
Former President Donald Trump once asked his White House chief of staff John Kelly why his generals couldn't be more like Adolf Hitler's, according to "The Divider: Trump in the White House," an ...
Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary (present-day Austria), close to the border with the German Empire. [13] [14] He was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl. Three of Hitler's siblings—Gustav, Ida, and Otto—died in infancy. [15]