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TIL that Arno Breker, Hitler's favorite sculptor, who was known for his bombastic style of representing the ideals of the Nazis, was offered a commission after the war by Stalin, but refused, saying "One dictatorship is sufficient for me." He continued to thrive until his death in 1991.

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