KEVIN Rudd has been photographed from a potentially embarrassing angle, with a poster of Adolf Hitler right behind him.

The Prime Minister was touring a school in Sydney's west when he was invited into a classroom to chat to legal studies students, oblivious that the wall behind him was plastered with large posters of dictators including Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

Other posters carried images of allied heroes, however, as the display focused on World War II.

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The awkward photo came after he was earlier unable to explain a cut on his knuckle and less than forty-eight hours after he was accused of being rude to a make-up artist.

Mr Rudd has a team of so-called "advancers" who precede the Prime Minister ahead of any visit to guard against such incidents, but his office said the prime minister had been invited into the classroom by the school staff.

The posters are understood to have been part of a "war history project''.

Earlier, during a 6.30am visit to a South Granville shop, staff unpacking fruit and vegetables were told by a local Labor volunteer to "put the herbs out", saying it was a request from the prime minister's office.

It is understood the herbs were needed as a possible photo opportunity when Mr Rudd arrived.

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