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Emperor Mussolini

Satirical magazine cover depicting Mussolini as Caesar on a ship, his arm raised in a fascist salute, behind him are two uniformed fascists doing the same. The resemblance to US president DJT is uncanny.

The caption reads, “I’ve decided to accept God, but he has to become Italian.” The German here for “accept,” “gelten lassen,” could also be translated as “allow.”

Source: Simpicissimus, May 3, 1926, http://www.simplicissimus.info.

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