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By Dave Graham

BERLIN, March 16 (Reuters) - A life-size wax figure of Adolf
Hitler has gone on display in the heart of Berlin in what musuem
officials say is the first such public exhibition of the Nazi
dictator in post-war Germany.

"Provided it`s all just art, it`s permitted," a Culture
Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, when asked if the Hitler
waxwork was breaking Germany`s tough anti-fascist laws banning
the use of Nazi symbols and insignia.

Hitler shares a room at the "Galerie Art`el" museum with his
World War Two adversaries Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Winston Churchill, overlooking the former Cold War border
crossing Checkpoint Charlie in the once-divided German capital.

Museum director Inna Vollstaedt said Hitler would soon be
reunited with his former Nazi henchmen Hermann Goering, Heinrich
Himmler and Joseph Goebbels in the waxwork displays.

"Until now there has never been a wax figure of Hitler
displayed in Germany," said Vollstaedt.

"We have these men to thank for the Berlin Wall. We want
them all," she said, referring to the Cold War barrier.

Vollstaedt, born in Russia, has assembled a collection of
wax models including Count Dracula, French porn actress Lolo
Ferrari and ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes.



ANTI-FASCIST LAWS

Although it has been nearly 60 years since Hitler and his
top deputies killed themselves at the end of the Third Reich,
artists must be mindful of the anti-fascist laws.

German authorities have long been at pains to distance the
country from Hitler`s legacy. The remains of the Fuehrer`s
bunker in central Berlin have been sealed off to prevent
neo-Nazis from turning it into a shrine.

In the museum an unusually placid-looking Hitler stands
conservatively attired in a grey jacket by a window, while
seated figures of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former
Beatle Paul McCartney drink tea nearby.

At the reception desk of the museum near the East-West
border crossing where Soviet and U.S. tanks faced each other in
a tense Cold War moment in 1961, visitors find a middle-aged
woman writing. Many do not spot the fake.

"That`s our wax Agatha Christie," said Vollstaedt. "People
often mistakenly ask her for a ticket."

Vollstaedt, who has lived in Germany for 35 years but still
speaks with a Russian accent, rented her first waxworks from the
St. Petersburg wax museum but will add more in a bid to create
Berlin`s answer to the famed Madame Tussaud`s in London.

Exhibits such as Ferrari proved such popular attractions
before coming to Berlin that they required repair work.

"Lolo Ferrari was in Cyprus before we got her," said
Vollstaedt. "She`d had so many hands on her that there was a
hole between her breasts -- so we had to fix her."

Vollstaedt said the waxworks with real hair and prosthetic
eyes cost between $5,000 and $10,000 to make.

Soviet authorities sent many of her relatives to gulags, but
she sees the waxworks as a way to put things in perspective.

"An uncle of mine got five years in prison for making a joke
about Stalin," said Vollstaedt. "But I think when you see Stalin
here and the others cast in wax, you realise it`s all history
and it`s good to be able say -- never again."
(Additional reporting by David Crossland)

((Editing by Ralph Gowling, Reuters Messaging:
[e-mail]; 49 30 2888 5210))

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[Fuller81]

Komsich, daß in Deutschland nicht drüber berichtet wird.

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Und ich dacht schon.....

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#4

Zum glück nicht

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Adolf Hitler muss weg
Stalin und Honecker dürfen bleiben



BERLIN – In einem Museum am Checkpoint Charlie musste eine Hitlerstatue aus Wachs entfernt werden. Man befürchtete, der Ort könnte zu einer Pilgerstätte für Neo-Nazis werden.

Die umstrittene Hitlerstatue ist eine von 70 Wachsfiguren, welche die Galerie Artel seit dem Januar zeigt. Darunter befinden sich weitere umstrittene Persönlichkeiten der Weltgeschichte wie Josef Stalin und Erich Honecker.
In den letzten Tagen wurden die Proteste gegen die Hitler-Figur immer lauter. «Unter dem Deckmantel der Kunst kann man nicht Verbrecher mit Grössen der Geschichte auf eine Stufe stellen», sagte Paul Spiegel, Vorsitzender des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland gegenüber der «Bild»-Zeitung.

Nun musste die Figur auf Drängen der Eigentümer des Museums entfernt werden. Ausserdem wurde der Galerie gekündigt. Galeristin Ina Vollstaedt meint aber, dass sie nichts ungesetzliches tue. Es gehe ihr um Kunst, Geschichte und Personen der Zeitgeschichte.




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Warum muss dieser Paul Spiegel denn immer seinen Senf dazugeben und dann auch noch so einen Müll. Da stehen wahrscheinlich noch zig Verbreher rum aber die stören ihn ja nicht, sondern sind Größen der Geschichte.