The mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit had asked Mamade Tussauds to reconsider a planned Hitler display in its new Berlin museum. The museum is standing firm saying that leaving Hitler out would not make sense when it comes to his role in German history.
The
museum has issued a statement about Hitler's rule in Germany:
“stands for an important, though also appalling, turning point in the development of modern Europe.”
“To ignore Hitler’s role in this era would allow a strange gap to develop in the German and Berlin history that we show from (19th century chancellor Otto von) Bismarck to the present day,” the museum added, stressing that Madame Tussauds is “nonpolitical.”
Opening July 9,2008 Madame Tussauds Berlin will feature prominent Germans including Hitler and Albert Einstein who fled Germany before Hitler took power in 1933.
The Hitler display will present the ruler as he looked shortly before his 1945 suicide. He will not be glorified in the display and will remain behind glass to prevent visitors have having a picture taken with the Nazi leader.
Stephan Kramer, general secretary of Germany's Central Council of Jews said that the figure of Hitler must have information on the man and the Nazi era with it. He hopes that the exhibit will help "demystify" the man.
“Trying to erase Hitler from history doesn’t work and is counterproductive,” he said.
Madame Tussauds Will Include Hitler At Berlin Museum
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