Decades after the fall of the Nazis, Adolf Hitler remains controversial. At the opening of Madame Tussauds in Berlin, a protester beheaded the dictator.
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Adolf Hitler's wax figure, shortly before the opening of Madame Tussauds in Berlin.
The museum promised sensitivity. Hitler would be depicted in his final days, a broken man on the verge of suicide, locked in a bunker as his twisted society was about to collapse.
Jewish groups were brought in to consult on the exhibit, and they voiced their approval.
Still, on the museum's first day, a 41-year-old man pushed passed two security guards, and ripped Adolf's head off.