How do we know that he wasn't just resting his arms or something, though? Because we actually know who he was: His name was August Landmesser, and not long after this picture was taken, he was arrested for trying to marry a part-Jewish woman, which was illegal. That's right, this guy had "attempted marriage" in his criminal record.

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Neither Landmesser nor his would-be wife survived the war, but their two daughters did, and in 1991 one of them recognized her father in this picture and began sharing his badassery with the world.

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"Adolph Hitler? More like Piece of Shitler."

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Eric Yosomono writes for GaijinAss.com and has a Facebook page here. Curren Mcdowell is picking his way across the world and blogging about it at garagesalepickers.blogspot.com. Xavier Jackson has a Facebook page and an email at XavierJacksonCracked@gmail.com.

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