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* In addition to fictional villains, Hitler has also inspired numerous real life villains, such as [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], who idolized Hitler and committed the Columbine High School massacre on his birthday, also [[David Duke]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Joseph Stalin]] (who was Hitler's rival during [[World War II]]), [[Xi Jinping]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Richard Spencer]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Emperor Hirohito]] and [[Mao Zedong]].

* In the Downfall Parodies, Hitler is referred to as the "'''real Hitler'''" by the Downfall Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz).

*Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the U.S. colonial ideology of Manifest Destiny. In fact, there are many books that detail how Hitler's ideologies were inspired by the [[Amerindian Genocide]] ~~as well as~~ the South African concentration camp system during the Boer Wars. In addition, Hitler praised the colonialism of the British Empire and tried to convince the UK to join the Axis Powers in the 1930s, to which they declined.

*Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the U.S. colonial ideology of Manifest Destiny. In fact, there are many books that detail how Hitler's ideologies were inspired by the [[Amerindian Genocide]], the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]] policies directed towards African-Americans in the Southern United States, and the the South African concentration camp system during the Boer Wars. In addition, Hitler praised the [[colonialism]] of the British Empire and tried to convince the UK to join the Axis Powers in the 1930s, to which they declined.

**In 1928, Hitler remarked that he approved how white settlers in the United States "gunned down the millions of redskins to a few hundred thousand". In his ''Mein Kampf'' autobiography, Hitler admired the United States for excluding certain races from naturalization.

*In 1939 and 1940, Hitler received two letters from Mahatma Gandhi trying to convince him to prevent World War II and condemning him for his invasions of Poland, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia.

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 * In addition to fictional villains, Hitler has also inspired numerous real life villains, such as [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], who idolized Hitler and committed the Columbine High School massacre on his birthday, also [[David Duke]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Joseph Stalin]] (who was Hitler's rival during [[World War II]]), [[Xi Jinping]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Richard Spencer]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Emperor Hirohito]] and [[Mao Zedong]].
 * In the Downfall Parodies, Hitler is referred to as the "'''real Hitler'''" by the Downfall Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz).
-*Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the U.S. colonial ideology of Manifest Destiny. In fact, there are many books that detail how Hitler's ideologies were inspired by the [[Amerindian Genocide]] as well as the South African concentration camp system during the Boer Wars. In addition, Hitler praised the colonialism of the British Empire and tried to convince the UK to join the Axis Powers in the 1930s, to which they declined.
+*Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the U.S. colonial ideology of Manifest Destiny. In fact, there are many books that detail how Hitler's ideologies were inspired by the [[Amerindian Genocide]], the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]] policies directed towards African-Americans in the Southern United States, and the the South African concentration camp system during the Boer Wars. In addition, Hitler praised the [[colonialism]] of the British Empire and tried to convince the UK to join the Axis Powers in the 1930s, to which they declined.
 **In 1928, Hitler remarked that he approved how white settlers in the United States "gunned down the millions of redskins to a few hundred thousand". In his ''Mein Kampf'' autobiography, Hitler admired the United States for excluding certain races from naturalization.
 *In 1939 and 1940, Hitler received two letters from Mahatma Gandhi trying to convince him to prevent World War II and condemning him for his invasions of Poland, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia.