BERLIN, July 5, 2008
Wax Adolf Hitler Beheaded In Berlin
Protest Marks Display Of Dictator At Opening Of New Madame Tussaud's Museum
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A figure of former German dictator Adolf Hitler is displayed at the Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum on Thursday, July 3, 2008. Berlin police say a man ripped off the head of the figure shortly after the museum opened to the public on Saturday morning, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
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A view of Hitler's bunker at the newly-opened branch of Madame Tussauds in Berlin, July 3, 2008. Criticism in the German media about plans to exhibit the former dictator has brewed for weeks prior to today's opening. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
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Timeline Hitler's World Read about key events in Hitler's life, from his birth in Austria to his suicide in 1945.
Police said the 41-year-old man shoved aside two museum employees - one of whom was assigned to protect the exhibit - and slightly injured one of them. He then ripped the head off the likeness of the Nazi dictator.
Police said they arrested the man and he told them he was protesting against the Hitler figure.
The man was only the second visitor to enter the museum, employee Stephan Koch said - adding that he and a colleague had tried unsuccessfully to prevent the assailant from jumping over a table in front of the figure and damaging the effigy.
The Berlin resident now faces an investigation on suspicion of causing damage to property and bodily harm, police spokesman Bernd Schodrowski said.
Koch said the damaged figure has been removed for now, but the museum remained open. Museum official Nathalie Ruoss said organizers would decide Monday what to do about the figure.
The presence of the Nazi dictator's likeness in the new museum led to criticism in German media over recent weeks, but defenders of the plan argued Hitler's role in German history could not be ignored.
Last month, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit urged the museum to consider carefully whether to include Hitler and, if it did, to ensure that he not be shown as a "cult figure."
The museum, which is near the German capital's Brandenburg Gate, pledged to portray Hitler without glorifying him, as he would have looked shortly before his 1945 suicide.
It produced a likeness of the Nazi leader hunched over a desk in a dimly-lit bunker. The figure, unveiled to journalists Thursday, showed Hitler - with deep lines furrowing his forehead - sitting beneath a map of Europe on the wall, monitoring the advance of allied troops from the east and west.
Museum officials offered assurances that visitors would not be able to touch, photograph or pose with the wax Hitler - unlike the rest of the 75 figures in the new collection.
Prominent figures in the two-story exhibition, which spreads out over nearly 27,000 square feet, include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, communist East Germany's longtime leader, Erich Honecker and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.
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See all 42 CommentsCarter or Clinton ?
Where the hell do you get this number.
The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II was roughly 72 million people, making it the deadliest, and most destructive war in human history. The civilian toll was around 47 million, including 20 million deaths due to war related famine and disease. The military toll was about 25 million, including the deaths of about 4 million prisoners of war in captivity. The Allies lost approximately 61 million people, and the Axis powers lost 11 million.
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Posted by jankebenz
The official toll of WWII most cited by historians is around 50 million. I wouldn''''t consider Wiki the end all-be all of evidence.
Posted by Rafterman1
And to hear a Jew talk you''d never think any other people died at the hands of the Nazis.
I pity anyone who compares themself to Carter, it is agreed by every poll ever taken that Carter was the worst president this country ever had. He is the laughing stock of the world.
Posted by dmw1167
That is a very very very gross distortion. One of the ultimate lies of the 3rd Reich Wing republican party. Cheney was present during the Nixon years and returned to the private corporate world like satan being caged for a few years still spewing bile with all the right wing scum bags who are bringing this country down to an level that will permit a king, dictator or an oligarch to take over.
The right wing created the image of a failed Carter. The economy was in shambles after tricky D*ick Nixon and the debt of the Vietnam War.
The right wing special interest party of dictatorship will lead to much suffering again and the right wing special interest corporate kingdom elite media will gladly ride the next Democrat into the ground just like the corrupt diabolical so*ns*of*bi*tch*es have in the past all the while the minions claiming the media is too liberal.
Posted by trbundro1277
Well, yeah, he sort of did, which is what a fascist is, in part. German business had a big say in government. Krupp, Messerschmitt, etc and the government were definitely holding hands with the Nazis.
The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II was roughly 72 million people, making it the deadliest, and most destructive war in human history. The civilian toll was around 47 million, including 20 million deaths due to war related famine and disease. The military toll was about 25 million, including the deaths of about 4 million prisoners of war in captivity. The Allies lost approximately 61 million people, and the Axis powers lost 11 million.
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Posted by jankebenz
The official toll of WWII most cited by historians is around 50 million. I wouldn''t consider Wiki the end all-be all of evidence.
I agree with President Carter when he says that the moron-in-chief is the WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
I pity anyone who compares themself to Carter, it is agreed by every poll ever taken that Carter was the worst president this country ever had. He is the laughing stock of the world.
Posted by dmw1167
Absolutely untrue. President Carter is highly respected globally and his views gain tremendous coverage as such. The current excuse for a president IS, however, widely ridiculed by just about everyone. HE''s the laughing stock and embarrassment, every time he opens his ignorant mouth.
Posted by trbundro1277 at 02:26 PM : Jul 05, 2008
Sounds just like hitler! arianism and nazi ideology
Posted by trbundro1277 at 02:23 PM : Jul 05, 2008
I back up my "math" with proof.I can also easily prove anyone who claims ww2 was not started by Hitlers agenda to rid the world of jews, wrong
Total human losses
The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II was roughly 72 million people, making it the deadliest, and most destructive war in human history. The civilian toll was around 47 million, including 20 million deaths due to war related famine and disease. The military toll was about 25 million, including the deaths of about 4 million prisoners of war in captivity. The Allies lost approximately 61 million people, and the Axis powers lost 11 million.
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Posted by guadalcanal3 at 03:30 PM : Jul 05, 2008---- Yeah, he was too much a coward to face that fate for the evil that he made the world to suffer.
He is the President of this country and deserves the respect as President. Just wait some day you might get this same garbage thrown right back in your face.
Two polls one by th WSJ and the other by SIENA College shows Bush with a higher rating than Bill Clinton.
Posted by dmw1167
Bush deserves NO respect, since he clearly does not respect the American people or the US constitution. He should never have been president and usurped power via the US Supreme Court in 2000. I sincerely doubt that he has a higher approval rating than Bill Clinton with any credible source. I agree with President Carter when he says that the moron-in-chief is the WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
Whats the matter with you boy? Did your parents drop you on your head or something?
Posted by nsSherlock1 at 01:36 PM : Jul 05, 2008
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*** Too funny! The Europeans really hate Bush! Heck, I''d rather Hitler be our leader in US rather than Bush. Atleast Hitler didn''t let big business control everything in Germany the way big business controls everything here under Bush! I know atleast Hitler wouldn''t allow 12 million illegals to get amnesty! When will we have American for Americans?
Posted by jankebenz at 01:22 PM : Jul 05, 2008
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*** Your math is off! 72 million people weren''t killed in world war 2! Maybe if we weren''t on the wrong side of world war one, world war two wouldn''t have had to happen! Treaty of Versilles led to world war 2. If I was german, I would have hated the rest of the world for that document too!
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