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Something compelled him
to change up his look. One theory is
that he trimmed his deluxe Kaiser Wilhelm during the war to fit under a gas mask. Another is that he was using his razor
to copy a contemporary German hero, Hans Koeppen. Maybe Hitler wasn't thinking
about shaving his way into immortality. But sometimes, a future tyrant just gets lucky. It ends up becoming
the classic toothbrush mustache, which was used by lower-middle-class men throughout Europe
to change up his look. One theory is
that he trimmed his deluxe Kaiser Wilhelm during the war to fit under a gas mask. Another is that he was using his razor
to copy a contemporary German hero, Hans Koeppen. Maybe Hitler wasn't thinking
about shaving his way into immortality. But sometimes, a future tyrant just gets lucky. It ends up becoming
the classic toothbrush mustache, which was used by lower-middle-class men throughout Europe
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Something compelled him
to change up his look.
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One theory is
that he trimmed his deluxe Kaiser Wilhelm
00:00:08.174 --> 00:00:10.885
during the war to fit under a gas mask.
00:00:11.635 --> 00:00:16.001
Another is that he was using his razor
to copy a contemporary German hero,
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Hans Koeppen.
00:00:17.975 --> 00:00:21.687
Maybe Hitler wasn't thinking
about shaving his way into immortality.
00:00:21.077 --> 00:00:23.772
But sometimes, a future tyrant
00:00:25.107 --> 00:00:26.484
just gets lucky.
00:00:27.943 --> 00:00:31.238
It ends up becoming
the classic toothbrush mustache,
00:00:31.322 --> 00:00:34.095
which was used by lower-middle-class men
00:00:36.452 --> 00:00:37.452
throughout Europe.
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Movie Summary
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
