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Above: Benito Mussolini wanted to give the appearance that he was an imposing, heroic leader, but you can’t do that very well with someone holding your horse. Therefore, he had one horse handler turned into a tree (original image, left) and the one holding the horse removed completely (original image, right).
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Another one from the breaking up is hard to do, even for Dictators file: Adolf Hitler had his Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, (second from the right in the original image) removed from this photograph. It was a pretty lousy job too, you can see some of Goebbels’ left shoulder still remaining in the doctored photo. As to why Hitler had Goebbels – a loyal friend and follower up until his death in 1945 – removed from this photograph is unknown. Perhaps Goebbels – one of the most influential people in Nazi Germany – had himself removed from the photo. IMO, the best theory is that he was deleted from the picture because the woman he’s standing next to is Lida Baarová – a Czech actress Goebbels was having an extramarital affair with. (He later broke it off at Hitler’s insistence.) As the Minister of Propaganda, perhaps he figured the best PR move would be to cover up all evidence of himself with Lida.
