''Addie and Hermy - The Nasty Nazis'' was a British

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series created by Sam Fair, which appeared in the magazine '' The Dandy'' from 1939 until 1941. It was published by the

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-based publishing-firm

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. The comic strip starred caricatures of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, using typical

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stereotypes and speech to portray the characters. The BBC states that they were 'usually embroiled in a scam that went wrong'. It was part of the British war time

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during World War II. A similar comic by the same publishing firm poked fun at

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and was called ''Musso the Wop''.

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