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In the original, Hitler is seen poring over a battlefield map with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to his right, Wehrmacht - army - chief Wilhelm Keitel behind him and Alfred Jodl, chief of operations of the army to his right. In the parody picture on the cover of Wprost magazine Mrs. Merkel is depicted as Hitler with EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker uand EU Parliamentary President Martin Schulz in the picture. All are clad in Nazi-style uniforms and the headline reads; "They want to control Poland again."

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WPROST Wprost magazine compare the German Chancellor to Hitler

It is not the first time Mrs. Merkel has been compared to Hitler - it happened on an almostm weekly basis in the Greek press at the height of the euro crisis. But as she battles the refugee crisis in her homeland the tensions have been ratcheting up with Germany's large eastern neighbour in recent days. Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski summoned Berlin's Ambassador Rolf Nikel in Warsaw to register his protest against an alleged anti-Polish statement by the Germans. Relations between the two countries have been strained after the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) took to power in October 2015. Shortly after, the PiS introduced legislation enabling the government to control Poland's court and its public broadcasters.

GETTY The Chancellor is said to be fuming