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Nazi gnomes in Straubing, Germany

Hitler gnomes: installation called Dance with the Devil in Straubing, Germany
A gold-coloured gnome stands out in the exhibit called 'Dance with the Devil' Photograph: Armin Weigel/EPA
Hitler gnomes: German Artist Ottmar Hoerl
Ottmar Hoerl in front of his installation of 1,250 garden gnomes Photograph: Joerg Koch/AFP/Getty Images
Hitler gnomes: installation called Dance with the Devil in Straubing, Germany
The gnomes with their right arms raised in a Nazi salute in the centre of the southern German city of Straubing Photograph: Joerg Koch/AFP/Getty Images
Hitler gnomes: installation called Dance with the Devil in Straubing, Germany
The majority of the 'Hitler gnomes' are coloured black Photograph: Armin Weigel/EPA
Hitler gnomes: installation called Dance with the Devil in Straubing, Germany
One of Ottmar Hoerl's assistants walks between the gnomes Photograph: Christof Stache/AP
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