Sometimes when we receive new documents they're incredible glimpses into history, the stories they capture being added to our county's collective memory. Sometimes, they're Hitler's head in a toilet. - ThreadSky

bucksarchives.bsky.social • 53 days ago

Sometimes when we receive new documents they're incredible glimpses into history, the stories they capture being added to our county's collective memory.

Sometimes, they're Hitler's head in a toilet.

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yepicturepalace.bsky.social•53 days ago

The only other iteration of this image I can find online is from a Norwegian regional archive, could it be some local photographer's act of resistance?
https://digitaltmuseum.no/021017378607/fotomontasje-klosett-adolf-hitler-nasist

bucksarchives.bsky.social•53 days ago

How interesting! If it's a postcard, it's not surprising that it's ended up all over Europe. We're going to get back in touch with the depositor and see if they know anything additional about it!

mourn-the-weenie.bsky.social•53 days ago

@alt-text.bsky.social

mourn-the-weenie.bsky.social•53 days ago

Who made this?

bucksarchives.bsky.social•53 days ago

We're not sure! It was included in a recent deposit of some other military records. We'll do some digging and let you know!

ljmu-sca.bsky.social•52 days ago

Photomanipulation anti-Nazi propaganda is actually unmatched! We have some John Heartfield artwork, but nothing that matches this skibidi Hitler.

bucksarchives.bsky.social•52 days ago

We're very tempted to update our catalogue to describe this photo as 'skibidi Hitler' just so future generations of archivists can find it with ease.

ljmu-sca.bsky.social•52 days ago

new taxonomy just dropped

wurz.bsky.social•53 days ago

Skibidi Hitler? One way to get the youngsters into history!

bucksarchives.bsky.social•53 days ago

We posted this five hours ago and we're honestly surprised it took this long for someone to make this joke

wurz.bsky.social•53 days ago

Sorry, I have teenagers and they have broken my brain.

bucksarchives.bsky.social•52 days ago

We've spoken with the depositor for more clues about this photo's origin. It was owned by a WW1 veteran who later joined the Home Guard - it's likely that it was just a postcard that was produced that he decided to hold onto! Eventually, it's made its way into our collection.

bucksarchives.bsky.social•53 days ago

Looks like the alt text didn't attach to this image! Here it is:

A black and white photograph showing the head of Adolf Hitler in a toilet, placed on a brown wooden tabletop. No seriously, there's no other way to describe this.

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