Hitler vs Lenin in Peru election

Lima – Hitler will stand in Peru’s municipal elections on October 7 after authorities rejected a bid from Lenin to have him barred.

It may sound like some sort of spoof about the historical battle between fascism and communism, but Germany’s Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Soviet Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin are nowhere to be seen.

Representing Somos Peru (We Are Peru) party, Hitler Alba Sanchez, 37, is running for mayor of Yungar, a remote district in central Peru. His name has made it onto the ballot paper thanks to authorities rejecting a bid from citizen Lenin Vladimir Rodriguez Valverde to have him struck off.

“The good Hitler is returning to this election with the support of friends and sympathisers,” said Alba in a video that has gone viral over the last week.

As for his name, Alba puts it down to his father’s lack of general knowledge. –