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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World

Back in the bunker

A waxwork figure of Hitler on display at Madame Tussauds
In the London Tussauds, it is a Hitler in fighting spirit who is on display, punching his fist in the air as Winston Churchill looks on. But such a pose was out of the question at the Berlin museum Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
A waxwork figure of Hitler on display at Madame Tussauds
Hitler sits hunched over his desk, gazing at a pink file with the concern of a businessman who has realised the books are looking bad Photograph: Arno Burgi/EPA
A waxwork figure of Hitler on display at Madame Tussauds
Critics have argued Hitler should not be in the museum at all, but the curators say he is part of German history and it would be off if he wasn't there Photograph: Tobias Schwarz /Reuters
A waxwork figure of Hitler on display at Madame Tussauds
As in London, the curators had wanted to stand Hitler opposite Churchill, but after heated debate the German dictator has been placed in a corner of his own Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP
A waxwork figure of Hitler on display at Madame Tussauds
The curators hoped that Hitler would not be the centre of attention, but inevitably he is the one everyone is talking about Photograph: Steffen Kugler/Getty
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