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Which artist created political photomontages mocking Hitler?

John Heartfield

Background

The German artist John Heartfield invented political photomontage. He glued photos together to mock the Nazis. One famous image shows Hitler with an X-ray full of gold coins in his belly. The Nazis wanted to arrest him, so he fled to Prague and London. His real name was Helmut Herzfeld.

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