BERLIN — A man tore the head off an Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds’ new branch in what appeared to be a symbolic protest on the museum’s opening day Saturday, 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, police said. They said he then ripped the head off the likeness of the Nazi dictator. Police said they arrested the man and he told them he was demonstrating against the Hitler figure. The man, who looked “absolutely normal,” was only the second visitor to enter the museum.
Employee Stephan Koch said the damaged figure has been removed, but the museum remained open. The presence of the Nazi dictator’s likeness in the new museum led to criticism in German media, but defenders of the plan argued that Hitler’s role in German history could not be ignored. The Associated Press
