Wax Adolf Hitler causes outrage

[marie]

Wax Adolf Hitler Causes Outrage


Plans to include an Adolf Hitler figure in the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds wax museum are being condemned by critics who say displaying the dictator is tasteless and could attract neo-Nazis.

Madame Tussauds, which is due to open its Berlin museum next month, argues Hitler is part of German history and deserves a place in the exhibition near the Brandenburg Gate.
“Our surveys show people want to see him because he belongs to Germany’s past,” said spokesman Natalie Ruoss.
Hitler would be featured as a broken man in a dark, bunker-like setting, with panels providing explanations on the dictator, Ruoss said, adding a figure of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill would be shown in the same room.

Opponents of the Hitler waxwork say the man who led Germany into World War Two and ordered the extermination of Europe’s Jews should not be shown in the same style as popstars, statesmen and famous soccer players.

“It’s tasteless,” said Johannes Tuchel, from the Gedenkstaette Deutscher Widerstand, a memorial for opponents of the Nazi regime. “A waxworks museum is meant to entertain and to amuse. It’s not appropriate to have a Hitler figure there.”
Tuchel said Germany had many historical museums which informed citizens about the Nazi regime and the Holocaust, adding a waxworks exhibition could hardly provide the necessary explanation and context to treat this chapter of history.
“It’s embarrassing that this part of German history should be exhibited like this,” he said. “There’s also the danger that young people could try to take pictures with Hitler.”

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[snuffy]

"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."
-George Santayana

[Chimera]

Enough already - the endless freakout over anything Hitler is ridiculous!

[SophieOrangeBerry]

It's not as if he's drop kicking some jewish guy. He's a part of history. You can't just ignore it.

[KristiB]

As I recall the British branch has Quadafi, Saddam Hussein and Kim Jung Il.

[Novice]

Does that mean we can turn him into a giant candle & lit him up???

[twitchy]

“It’s tasteless,” said Johannes Tuchel,

Like a wax museum in general is tastful.

[Melyanna]

Does that mean we can turn him into a giant candle & lit him up???

Sounds nice...

[lurkur]

Do they know for sure he had blue eyes? I always thought that was a myth. Can't find a consensus anywhere.

[zebracakes]

Madame Tussaud's already has Bush and Sadam Hussein so why not include another dictator?

[Grimmlok]

because hitler is just SO offensive.. despite Mao Tse Tung having killed 40 million.. and Stalin having killed 60 million.. Hitler only rates 20 mil, and half of that was in actual war while the rest killed off that many of their own people before/after...

[MsChiff]

Like a wax museum in general is tastful.

lol this cracked me up.