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Court fines man for beheading wax Hitler
- May 12, 2009 20:50:57
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- A German court fined an unemployed man 900 euros ($1,227) Tuesday for knocking the head off a waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler in a Berlin museum.
Minutes after the Madame Tussauds museum opened in the German capital in July, the 42-year-old pushed past security staff ripped off its head. The man, an ex-policeman, said he found it inappropriate to display an exhibit showing the Nazi leader only some 500 meters from Berlin's Holocaust memorial.
The waxwork of a glum-looking Hitler in a mock bunker stirred debate in Germany even before it went on display. Critics argued it was tasteless to display a replica of the man who unleashed World War Two and ordered the extermination of Europe's Jews.
Madame Tussauds said the museum avoided politics, arguing Hitler stood for a significant part of German history and his waxwork therefore had a legitimate part in the exhibition.
The restored figure was returned to the museum in September and is now displayed behind a glass wall.... Read full article »
Minutes after the Madame Tussauds museum opened in the German capital in July, the 42-year-old pushed past security staff ripped off its head. The man, an ex-policeman, said he found it inappropriate to display an exhibit showing the Nazi leader only some 500 meters from Berlin's Holocaust memorial.
The waxwork of a glum-looking Hitler in a mock bunker stirred debate in Germany even before it went on display. Critics argued it was tasteless to display a replica of the man who unleashed World War Two and ordered the extermination of Europe's Jews.
Madame Tussauds said the museum avoided politics, arguing Hitler stood for a significant part of German history and his waxwork therefore had a legitimate part in the exhibition.
The restored figure was returned to the museum in September and is now displayed behind a glass wall.... Read full article »
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those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it....show this monsters face to the world, and tell the story of what he and his murderers did......dont ever forget it.View thread
When angry feelings run deep, reaction with anger is what I expect.
The museum should have expected it too.
It was stupid to display something that could set off a blind rage.
So yes, destroying private property is a crime and the perp should pay the damages and any penalty the court decides.
But that being said, did you even read the article and how Hitler was displayed? He is not shown as a hero, just a dejected and defeated monster,..
Hence,...
"The waxwork of a glum-looking Hitler in a mock bunker"
Hitler doesn't deserve a wax-figure.....
And since when is Madame Tussads about history?
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