Does This Picture Show Hitler Holding a Bible?
U.S. President Donald Trump's use of force to clear an area in front of a church occupied by protesters drew comparisons to world dictators.
DAN EVON
PUBLISHED 2 JUNE 2020



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The image of Hitler, however, is a fake.

A genuine photograph of Hitler standing in a crowd of people delivering the “Heil Hitler” salute was manipulated to appear as if he was holding a book. The original image is available via Getty with the following caption:



Nazi German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler (C) saluting girding crowd raising arms in enthused mass heil, in undated image. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

A version on Alamy Images states that this photograph was taken in front of the Berghof, Hitler’s home in the Bavarian Alps in Germany, in 1935. Here’s a look at the original photograph (left) and the doctored version (right):



PUBLISHED 2 JUNE 2020

BY DAN EVON