Hitler Causes Meltdown at Wax Museum

A waxworks museum in Berlin that featured a life-size figure of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler has proved to be so controversial it is to be shut down, according to Reuters news agency. Almost 60 years after the end of World War II, the subject of Germany's past remains so sensitive that the German bank which owns the building housing the "Galerie Art'el" has asked the museum to leave because of the statue. "I had to get rid of Hitler... I'm very disappointed," museum director Inna Vollstaedt told Reuters. Vollstaedt said the bank was worried about being associated with the Nazis and wanted her out as soon as possible. "They were tired of being continually hassled on the phone. Apparently people have been out on the streets protesting about the figure in Israel," said Vollstaed, who was born in Russia.