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Wax museum opens in Germany .. man beheads Adolf.

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ToxicAdam

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A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.

Just minutes after the museum opened, the 41-year-old German man pushed aside two security men guarding the exhibit.

"Then he went over to the figure and ripped off the head," a police spokesman said.

The man tore off the head in protest at the exhibit, the spokesman added. The police were alerted and arrested the man, who did not resist. He was being investigated for assault and damaging property.

The waxwork figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life was criticized as being in bad taste. A media preview of the new branch of Madame Tussauds on Thursday was overshadowed by a row over the exhibit.

Critics said it was inappropriate to display the Nazi dictator, who started World War Two and ordered the extermination of Europe's Jews, in a museum alongside celebrities, pop stars, world statesmen and sporting heroes.

Dressed in a grey suit, the figure of Hitler gazed downwards with a despondent stare, his arm outstretched on a large wooden table with a map of Europe on the wall of his gloomy bunker.

About 25 workers spent about four months on the waxwork, using more than 2,000 pictures and pieces of archive material and also guided by a model of the "Fuehrer" in the London branch of Madame Tussauds where it is standing upright.

It is illegal in Germany to show Nazi symbols and art glorifying Hitler and the exhibit was cordoned off to stop visitors posing with him.

Unobtrusive signs asked visitors to refrain from taking photos or posing with Hitler "out of respect for the millions of people who died during World War Two." Camera surveillance and museum officials were meant to stop inappropriate behavior.
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Keylime

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"Please don't pose with or take pictures of the Fuehrer to be mindful to the dead...but please don't mind us creating him in the first place to generate publicity!"

Guy ripping his head off on day 1 was necessary. Fucking morons...what did they think was going to happen?
 
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Steppenwolf

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Pathetic. Its beyond me why people could find a wax figure in a museum offensive.
Personaly i would find it very interesting to see how large Hitler was, how his uniform looked etc.
 
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nitewulf

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pretty odd, is there a rule that only war heroes and humanitarians are allowed to be displayed? what's wrong w/ having a hitler wax figure, as long as ppl know about his atrocities. he is a part of human history.
 
Alcibiades

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OnkelC said:
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so is that a permanent display or was it some sort of WWII remembrance thing?

I'm guessing it's some sort of German government building?

found this on another site, what is it:

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Jacobi

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Alcibiades said:
so is that a permanent display or was it some sort of WWII remembrance thing?

I'm guessing it's some sort of German government building?

found this on another site, what is it
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It was a movie set
 
Keylime

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Steppenwolf said:
Pathetic. Its beyond me why people could find a wax figure in a museum offensive.
Personaly i would find it very interesting to see how large Hitler was, how his uniform looked etc.
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JodyAnthony said:
what bullshit. hitler was a major part of the history of mankind.
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these arent history museums:

"museum alongside celebrities, pop stars, world statesmen and sporting heroes."


are there other "political" figures in that museum?
 
Keylime

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ProfessorLobo said:
Whoever is defending the guy for ripping the head off a wax doll is, in lack of a better word, retarded.
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What were the intentions of creating the wax statue in the first place? They weren't trying to educate people on history... they wanted to generate publicity by creating a controversial replica of a hated dictator.

It's stooping pretty low when you claim that you want to honor those who have died, yet you recreated a wax statue of the very person that put them all to death.

See the issue here?

Edit: I'm not so much defending the guy who ripped the head off the thing as I am against the notion that the wax museum was innocent.
 
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They should have a "rip Adolf's Head Off!" exhibit there. All the old war vets will finally get their personal retribution, the museum gets their money, everyone goes home happy.
 
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RubxQub said:
What were the intentions of creating the wax statue in the first place? They weren't trying to educate people on history... they wanted to generate publicity by creating a controversial replica of a hated dictator.

It's stooping pretty low when you claim that you want to honor those who have died, yet you recreated a wax statue of the very person that put them all to death.

See the issue here?

Edit: I'm not so much defending the guy who ripped the head off the thing as I am against the notion that the wax museum was innocent.
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please, just stop :(
 
Keylime

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jtardiou said:
please, just stop :(
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Meh, fine!

I don't really care as much as I'm letting on.
 
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Roude Leiw

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RubxQub said:
What were the intentions of creating the wax statue in the first place? They weren't trying to educate people on history... they wanted to generate publicity by creating a controversial replica of a hated dictator.

It's stooping pretty low when you claim that you want to honor those who have died, yet you recreated a wax statue of the very person that put them all to death.

See the issue here?

Edit: I'm not so much defending the guy who ripped the head off the thing as I am against the notion that the wax museum was innocent.
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i agree with you there, they should have put that wax figure into a real museum -_-

but that doesnt give that man the right to rip the head off though :lol
 
The Faceless Master

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wow, poor germany has to suffer in so many ways for what happened so long ago... censored and banned videogames, can't even have a wax statue without some lunatic ripping the head off... sucks to be them.
 
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Jacobi

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The Faceless Master said:
wow, poor germany has to suffer in so many ways for what happened so long ago... censored and banned videogames, can't even have a wax statue without some lunatic ripping the head off... sucks to be them.
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We have quite a few wax statues
 
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