Shortly after opening for the first time, Madame Tussauds in Berlin had a problem on its hands; a visitor saw the copy of Hitler, ran to it, and ripped the fake Hitler’s head off.
It’s hard to read something like that and not to laugh out loud. It also causes one to think about whether or not Madame Tussauds should have a ‘Hitler’ figure. Isn’t Hitler such a horrendous, evil figure, that he should not be part of this museum? A museum people visit for fun; to look at wax copies of famous human beings?
Well, the German man who ripped Hitler’s head off did not find it a difficult question at all; he ran to ‘Hitler,’ jumped over a desk, pushed aside two security guard, yelled out “never again war!” and decapitated the old bugger. He was only the second visitor to Madame Tussauds in Berlin.
What’s even funnier is the reaction of people to the news that ‘Hitler’s’ head was ripped off: Initial reactions were more of bemusement than surprise. “It is more a work of art to rip Hitler’s head off than it is to present him in the first place,” said Frank Zimmerman, a Social Democratic parliamentarian from Berlin. Henryk M. Broder, a reporter and commentator for SPIEGEL, said wryly: “Finally an attack on Hitler was successful.”
The museum, however, is less pleased, considering that it spent €200,000 on the wax dictator. That’s $300,000.
In the rest of the world, meanwhile, attacks on fake Hitlers are normal; in London, for instance, the wax Hitler has suffered various attacks throughout the years. This was the first time that a fake Hitler was attacked in Germany, however, which makes it rather memorable.
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