He Ripped Off Hitler's Head

Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:08:09 am PST

Can you blame him?

A man has torn the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin’s Madame Tussauds museum today.

A police spokesman said that the man, 41, had ripped off the head in protest at the exhibit.

The waxwork figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life had been criticised as being in bad taste.

A media preview of the new branch of Madame Tussauds on Thursday was overshadowed by a row over the exhibit.