During World War II, American officials feared that Adolf Hitler would try to flee Germany. The Office of Strategic Services hired New York make-up artist, Eddie Senz, to produce altered portraits of Hitler in various disguises. Although these portraits would prove unneeded, they were eventually released to the public by the German magazine Der Spiegel in the 1990s. The U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C. would later release high-resolution versions of these photos.