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Posted by Jennifer Copley Jun 26, 2008 |
Paul Neve, creator of a website that hosts pictures of cats that look like Hitler, says that he got the idea from Koos Plegt, who discovered the first Kitler in Zwolle, Holland, and created a blog to display this Kitler and others to amuse his friends. Kitlers are cats with black and white markings that suggest the distinctive small rectangular moustache and hairline of the notorious dictator. Neve and Plegt collaborated to develop the Kitlers site.
Neve is quick to emphasize that Hitler is a very bad person and that the site is in no way meant to glorify him, but rather to ridicule him and have a good laugh doing so. However, not everyone agrees that Kitlers are funny. The site has two pages of reader mail: “We Love Kitlers” and “We Hate Kitlers.” Those who stumble upon the site appear to either dissolve into hysterical laughter or be shocked and offended.
While Kitlers may be perceived as darkly humorous or in horribly poor taste, the site is certainly one of the more original cat-related online offerings. It has been steadily increasing in popularity and now hosts pictures of 2,338 Kitlers. To its credit, the site also posts links for and raises awareness of cat-related charities, as well as hosting pics of Kitlers that are looking for good homes.
For more quirky cat stuff, see Dancing with Cats, Cat Circuses Make a Comeback and Cat Agility Contests.