Hitler represents such radical evil as to make it difficult for us even to utter his name.
The title of this work is based on this awareness and unites it with a highly ambiguous moral gesture.
The dictator is represented kneeling in the act of pleading for forgiveness (from god perhaps ?). The dimensions of the figure are slightly reduced, as in other works representing stoic or artistic icons.
Is forgiveness conceivable in the case of an icon of radical evil ? Cattelan seeks to arouse reactions of indignaion through the public's possible replies to this question.