Adolf Hitler: a personal hero of John Lennon?

according to this NME post, the crazy Nazi had quite an effect on John Lennon

I'm assuming that John, an acclaimed peace activist, admired Hitler's eloquence, and not his racist ways.

the post is about beautiful album covers, and the one featured above is Sgt Pepper's:

"The figures on the sleeve are all personal heroes of the band (John Lennon wanted to include Adolf Hitler but was talked out of it)."

Bruce Springsteen is the only artist to be featured twice, for Born in the USA and Born to Run

my personal favourite explanation of an album cover is this one:



The Doors, 'Morrison Hotel' (1970). The cover photo of The Doors' fifth album was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles. After the owners of the hotel declined the authorisation of the photo, the band decided a little underhand photography was needed and took the photo when the coast was clear.