There was a time when it was considered pretty stylish and cool in the West to be a Communist. Stalin, after all, was our ally against the Nazis! ;-) All that changed, naturally, the moment the Nazis were out of the way, and the next great political crusade to save the world commenced...namely: The Cold War.

If Hitler's ghost was watching, he must have been laughing up his sleeve. It was what he would have wanted, but it could only come AFTER his demise.