A woman holds up cards featuring (from L to R) Mao Zedong, Josef Stalin, Nicolae Ceausescu and Adolf Hitler from the "Das Fuehrer Quartett" (Tyrant Quartet) card game at a Berlin shop on July 17, 2008. The game is based on a popular German children's card game called Quartet, (in English "Happy Families"). In this version, the cards present pictures and information on notorious historical figures such as Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

A woman holds up cards featuring (from L to R) Mao Zedong, Josef Stalin, Nicolae Ceausescu and Adolf Hitler from the "Das Fuehrer Quartett" (Tyrant Quartet) card game at a Berlin shop on July 17, 2008. The game is based on a popular German children's card game called Quartet, (in English "Happy Families"). In this version, the cards present pictures and information on notorious historical figures such as Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler.

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  2. Veterinarian Rassan Maalbaki of Das Kleine Tierheim foundation puts a stray dog in a cage tray before transporting him to Germany from Sibiu May 23, 2009. The foundation on Wednesday moved 36 stray dogs and 11 puppies to a new kennel in Germany. Romania has had a large population of stray dogs since Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship when households were destroyed and replaced with apartment blocks, forcing people to abandon their dogs on the streets.
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  4. Puppies are kept in an enclosure before being transported to Germany from Sibiu May 23, 2009. The German based Das Kleine Tierheim foundation on Wednesday moved 36 stray dogs and 11 puppies to a new kennel in Germany. Romania has had a large population of stray dogs since Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship when households were destroyed and replaced with apartment blocks, forcing people to abandon their dogs in the streets.
  5. In this photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2009, Benzho, a 68 year-old former Tibetan serf, stands in front of portraits of Chinese communist leaders including Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, second left, at his home in Ganba Village near Lhasa, in Tibet, China. Benzho, who uses only one name, lives in one of 18 Tibetan style houses built with low cost loans in a housing project at the village.
  6. In this photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2009, Benzho, a 68 year-old former Tibetan serf, stands in front of portraits of Chinese communist leaders including Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, second left, at his home in Ganba Village near Lhasa, in Tibet, China. Benzho, who uses only one name, lives in one of 18 Tibetan style houses built with no-interest government loans in a housing project at the village.
  7. In a picture taken on June 30, 2009, a man visiting an arts district in Beijing poses beside an image of former communist party leader Mao Zedong on a one hundred yuan note sculpture. China said on July 2 it wants a diversified global monetary system as President Hu Jintao prepares to travel to the G8 summit in Italy during which the issue of a new reserve currency could be raised. China made waves in March this year when it called for ditching the US dollar as the international reserve currency to stabilise the world monetary climate, a suggestion which the International Monetary Fund later said was legitimate.
  8. A Chinese man carries his daughter on his back as he walks past a man selling photographs in front of the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing June 29, 2009.
  9. An iconic 'London cab' drives past the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong that hangs in Beijing's Tiananmen Square June 29, 2009. The black cabs may soon become a common sight on the streets of inland Chinese cities with Geely Automobile Holdings, a major Chinese indigenous car maker and its British partner Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC, planning to sell about 1,000 of these cars in China this year. Already, 30 of the cabs are in service in the capital Beijing since last year's Olympic games. To match interview GEELY/BLACKCAB.
  10. An iconic 'London cab' drives past the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong that hangs in Beijing's Tiananmen Square June 29, 2009. The black cabs may soon become a common sight on the streets of inland Chinese cities with Geely Automobile Holdings, a major Chinese indigenous car maker and its British partner Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC, planning to sell about 1,000 of these cars in China this year. Already, 30 of the cabs are in service in the capital Beijing since last year's Olympic games. To match interview GEELY/BLACKCAB.
  11. Actor Martin Sommerlatte plays Adolf Hitler during a dress rehearsal of the musical 'The Producers' on Thursday May 14, 2009. On May 17, the German-language version of the Broadway hit "The Producers" is opening at the Admiralspalast Theater in Berlin.
  12. Actor Martin Sommerlatte plays Adolf Hitler in the musical 'The Producers' during a dress rehearsal on Thursday May 14, 2009. On May 17, the German-language version of the Broadway hit "The Producers" is opening at the Admiralspalast Theater in Berlin.
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  15. The signiture of Adolf Hitler can be seen on the painting entitled "Farmstead" by him on show at the Weidler auction house in the southern German city of Nuremberg on April 16, 2009. Two paintings dating from 1914 will go under the hammer on April 25, the newspaper �Nurnberger Abendzeitung� reported.
  16. A box potraying Honduran interim President, Roberto Micheletti, as Adolf Hitler is burned by supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya during a demonstration against the military coup in Tegucigalpa on July 04, 2009. The political and diplomatic crisis around Honduras deepened Saturday after the country's coup leaders announced they were pulling out of the Organization of American States in the face of an almost certain suspension by the international body.

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  13. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 05: Actress Katie Holmes arrives at the stage production of 'Jersey Boys: The Story Of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' at Princess Theatre on July 5, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
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