LOOK: 6 Bizarre Hitler-Trump Mashup Memes

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By Sam Kestenbaum February 28, 2017

Much has been said on the Trump-Hitler comparison. Is it fair? Is it useful?

Earlier this month a prominent Hitler scholar offered a detailed comparison in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Just this week a card game designer sent a Hitler-themed board game to U.S. senators, urging them to resist Trump.

Of course, Trump is not the first politician to be compared to the Nazi leader. He will not be the last.

Online memes mashing together the likenesses of Trump and Hitler abound.

These memes continue to proliferate, forming a strange sub-genre of internet art. Here are a few.

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Sam Kestenbaum is a contributing editor and former staff writer for the Forward. Before this, he worked for The New York Times and newsrooms in Sana, Ramallah and Beijing. Contact him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum and on Instagram at @skestenbaum.

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