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The 20th-Century Dictator Most Idolized by Hitler

Fatal Attraction

Historians may credit Mussolini with inspiring Hitler’s rise to power, but the despot called a different contemporary his ‘shining star.’

William O’Connor
William O’Connor 

Former Travel Editor

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William O’Connor

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

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