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Laughing in the face, and knees, of evil

NEWLY published pictures of controversial German dictator Adolf Hilter – was it Hilter?

– put us in the odd and uncomfortable position of laughing at one of the most evil men in history.

I like using the Hilter handle – actually from a Monty Python sketch, where the dictator deployed it unimaginatively to disguise his post-war identity – because I can barely bring myself to say his real name. And yet, seeing him in lederhosen and long socks, you can't help laughing.