Who was Hitler before there was Hitler? Who did people compare others to in order to shame them?

by GovernorSan

Oftentimes nowadays, especially on social media sites, almost anytime two or more people disagree on a subject, generally political in nature, one of those parties compares those they disagree with to Hitler and the Nazis, with the intention of saying that they and their beliefs are pure evil.

My question is, who did people compare their political or conversational opponents to before Hitler became the monster that history remembers him to be?

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