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Picture of the Day | 05.07.2008

Evil in Wax

Berlin's new Madame Tussauds wax museum, which opened its doors on Saturday, July 5, might include many of Germany's great. But museum officials also decided to include Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in the exhibition and depict him sitting on a desk in his bunker -- a decision that led to a heated debate ahead of the opening. On Saturday, police officials announced that they arrested a 41-year-old man, who had torn off the head of the Hitler figure shortly after the museum opened to the public. Bildunterschrift:

Berlin's new Madame Tussauds wax museum, which opened its doors on Saturday, July 5, might include many of Germany's great. But museum officials also decided to include Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in the exhibition and depict him sitting on a desk in his bunker -- a decision that led to a heated debate ahead of the opening. On Saturday, police officials announced that they arrested a 41-year-old man, who had torn off the head of the Hitler figure shortly after the museum opened to the public.

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