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Madame-Tussauds in Hitler row.
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Should Tussauds put certain restrictions on it's customers, or should they display a notice outside such as,
Warning: "Some exhibits may cause offence to certain people of a sensitive nature"?
Should Tussauds put certain restrictions on it's customers, or should they display a notice outside such as,
Warning: "Some exhibits may cause offence to certain people of a sensitive nature"?
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"the tourists' behaviour, which they described as 'an unequivocal demonstration of anti-semitism and bigotry'."
Sorry, but that's nonsense. It was an unequivocal demonstration of stupidity - I wonder if any of those posing had any grandparents killed in the war? But I'd have to have a lot more evidence before I was persuaded that saluting a waxwork proved you were anti-semitic.
Sorry, but that's nonsense. It was an unequivocal demonstration of stupidity - I wonder if any of those posing had any grandparents killed in the war? But I'd have to have a lot more evidence before I was persuaded that saluting a waxwork proved you were anti-semitic.
stupidity is right, but Madame Tussauds could be a little more helpful. Put a sign up if need be. i confess i didn't like the picture when i saw it, and might be offended had my parents, grandparents been murdered in the death camps. And to the best of my knowledge the Nazi salute is banned in Germany, as many don't wish to be reminded of that time i'm sure.
Had the attempt on Hitler's life in '38 succeeded, he would very likely be remembered as the second Bismarck. If you'd like to see how actual academic historians view the subject, I strongly reccomend Gellately's "Backing Hitler" as an introduction to the considerable evidence that the regime was genuinely popular among Germans. It appealed to extremely common bigotries that had been exacerbated by Depression (many of which I think you can convincingly say are parallelled in a different form by plenty of sections of society today), and it was elected on the pretty open promise to break an fairly unpopular (and to an extent unwanted) democratic system.
That does not mean Hitler was a 'good thing', before people start putting words in my mouth. It just means that the common understanding of Hitler and his regime being an unwanted and illegitimate imposition on the German people is just too simple and fatally undermines our ability to understand it properly.
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As regards the link, I agree - it's a non-story. The people just seem to be fooling around with the model - which is the only reason anyone goes to Madame Tussauds.
That does not mean Hitler was a 'good thing', before people start putting words in my mouth. It just means that the common understanding of Hitler and his regime being an unwanted and illegitimate imposition on the German people is just too simple and fatally undermines our ability to understand it properly.
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As regards the link, I agree - it's a non-story. The people just seem to be fooling around with the model - which is the only reason anyone goes to Madame Tussauds.
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