# What was the deal with Hitlers mustache? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384 "2006-12-08T19:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/1 "2006-12-08T19:30:56Z")
That was a funny little mustache. I’ve never seen a picture of anyone with a mustache like that. Was that mustache in style back then? What was it called? Now, its just called a Hitler mustache. I suppose no-one had the balls to say, “Hey fuhrer, lose the goofy tache”. Did he think it was cool? Dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/2 "2006-12-08T19:32:18Z")
Definitely a call for the Search function. we just did this last summer: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380304&highlight=Hitler+moustache](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380304&highlight=Hitler+moustache) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/3 "2006-12-08T19:32:49Z")
Say what you will about it, but he single-handedly cornered the market on that mustache. It’d be like following John Holmes in a gangbang. Oh, it’d still be a mustache, but you get the sinking feeling that a bigger man has beaten you to the punch and mustachioed much better than you could ever hope to mustache. …however one “mustaches”. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/4 "2006-12-08T19:34:32Z")
It’s a [toothbrush moustache](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush_moustache). I think it was quite stylish in the twenties and thirties… until Hitler ‘claimed’ it. Charlie Chaplin had one. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/5 "2006-12-08T19:36:21Z")
I’ve seen pictures of Hitler with other 'staches. Trust me, this one looks best on him. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/6 "2006-12-08T19:38:10Z")
I’ve heard that Hitler had the mustache to distract attention away from his horrible teeth (have you ever seen a pic of him flashing a toothy grin?), whether it is true I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/7 "2006-12-08T19:57:04Z")
I thought the pencil thin moustache of the same era was stupider, but it was big with movie stars, so what do I know. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-deal-with-hitlers-mustache/383384/8 "2006-12-08T21:25:01Z")
FWIW, I know one guy who wears the ‘Hitler Stache’ today. he actually looks like a younger, slimmer Hitler! Stand-up guy though.