Labelling an opponent as "worse than Hitler" or saying a policy is "like Nazi Germany" is hardly new.
But recently, it has crept into political discussion on an international scale.
As a row between Turkey and the EU deepened in early 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused both the Germans and the Dutch of using Nazi tactics.
Similar comparisons plagued the 2016 US presidential election, and they can be found in every medium, from Twitter to national parliaments.
So why is it so widespread?
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