SodaHead Celebrates Green Week

Submit News News

Court fines man for beheading wax Hitler

- 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 »
You!
Add Photos & Videos
Top Comment
  • +5 raves kahless May 13, 2009 15:58:07
    kahless
    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
Sort By
  • Most Raves
  • Least Raves
  • Oldest
  • Newest
Comments
  • Teresa ... ♥~Rainb... May 14, 2009 22:32:24
    Teresa Canales
    ??
  • Op4 Teresa ... May 14, 2009 22:14:02
    Op4
    Maybe you were thinking of Ponce de Leon?
  • Teresa ... Op4 May 14, 2009 22:32:43
    Teresa Canales
    I don't know. Who is that?
  • Op4 Teresa ... May 15, 2009 01:26:43
    Op4
    A Spanish explorer, widely credited as the first European to land in Florida.
  • Teresa ... Op4 May 15, 2009 16:24:16
    Teresa Canales
    Oohhhh. Thanks for clearing that up.
  • +5 raves
    kahless May 13, 2009 15:58:07
    kahless
    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.
  • +1 raves
    A314 Golden Dragon May 13, 2009 15:42:44
    A314 Golden Dragon
    As a Jew Hitler was a part of history and just like Khan, Stalin and others ignoring him will only let a new one rise up. Also Germany has laws like here and going into a business and vandalizing it is against the law. He could have staged protests outside, organized media campaigns, many things that were not criminal acts to show his disgust with the exhibit.
  • +2 raves
    John Wayne May 13, 2009 15:39:57
    John Wayne
    Like it or not he's a very important historical figure. Germany can't just pretend he never existed. The man should be fined for destroying someone else's property. Doesn't matter if it was a statue of Hitler and Stalin playing cards.
  • +1 raves
    steford May 13, 2009 15:39:27
    steford
    I don't like a lot of shit, but you can't just go knock some head off, just because you're a cop. A lot of people would like toknock the heads off a lot of cops too.
  • mr.decency steford May 13, 2009 17:06:12
    mr.decency
    moderated...
  • Op4 steford May 14, 2009 22:02:59
    Op4
    The article above said he was an ex-cop. I don't see any connection between that fact and his actions here.
  • Extremist Soldier of Christ May 13, 2009 15:32:27
    Extremist Soldier of Christ
    First of all......it wasn't the man's property so he should have his ass fined! My neighbor was a supporter of Obama- and she use to dress up her house (not anymore she stop sniffing the koolaid)in every "yes we can- change " crap that you can imagine. Everyday that I and my neighbor walk her dog- I felt like going over there and knocking down her signs. But- it wasn't my property- and it was her decision and her choice. I, understand, the Jews on this issue- it is a reminder of a cruel beast- but- if we all had these feeling about a person- Obama's statue would have been bashed along time ago. The man had no business doing what he did! Period! reminder cruel beast- feeling person- obamas statue bashed business period
  • +3 raves
    Sennae May 13, 2009 14:05:19
    Sennae
    Wel he should be fined!It was in a wax musuem. They paid money for that figure. He can't tear up every school book with Hitler's picture in it either.
  • Op4 Sennae May 14, 2009 22:05:26
    Op4
    Great point. The four months of time it took those 25 people to assemble it should figure into it too
  • +3 raves
    Huey May 13, 2009 06:44:03
    Huey
    Good, if he wants to destroy effigies of Hitler let him make his own and not fuck up other people's property.
  • Duke Huey May 13, 2009 20:53:49
    Duke
    Normally I would agree with you...but...can you cut the guy some slack...just once...afterall...it was a wax...hitler...(JMHO)...
  • Huey Duke May 14, 2009 14:40:15
    Huey
    Accurate preservation and recording of history, both proud and shameful, is sacrosanct. And should not be allowed to be altered or defaced. It's value as a reminder of where we can go when we do ill or good is worth more than someone's ideals of the individuals involved.
  • +1 raves
    Duke May 13, 2009 05:59:11
    Duke
    They should have given him a medal...
  • +2 raves
    M May 13, 2009 05:28:52
    M
    Even in death, vengeance haunts his head in any form.

    The man should not be punished. He should be rewarded.

    death vengeance haunts head form punished rewarded
  • +2 raves
    daylight May 13, 2009 05:23:37
    daylight
    They should have paid him 1,227 to knock it off...........
«« First « Prev ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 8 Next » Last »
or
Cancel