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| Indonesia museum removes 'Hitler selfie' display after protests | Indonesia museum removes 'Hitler selfie' display after protests |
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| The museum in Yogyakarta initially said the waxwork of the Nazi dictator in front of a giant image of Auschwitz was ‘fun’ | |
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| Mon 13 Nov 2017 06.25 GMT | |
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| An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz death camp has removed the exhibit after protests. | An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz death camp has removed the exhibit after protests. |
| The marketing officer of the De Mata Trick Eye museum in Yogyakarta said the statue was removed on Friday night following an Associated Press story highlighting outrage from Jewish and rights groups. | The marketing officer of the De Mata Trick Eye museum in Yogyakarta said the statue was removed on Friday night following an Associated Press story highlighting outrage from Jewish and rights groups. |
| Human Rights Watch had denounced the exhibit as “sickening” and the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which campaigns against Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, had demanded its immediate removal. | Human Rights Watch had denounced the exhibit as “sickening” and the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which campaigns against Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, had demanded its immediate removal. |
| The museum, which has waxworks of about 80 famous people, had displayed the Hitler figure since 2014. | The museum, which has waxworks of about 80 famous people, had displayed the Hitler figure since 2014. |
| It initially defended the exhibit as “fun” and said it was one of the most popular waxworks with visitors to the infotainment-style museum in the central Java city. | It initially defended the exhibit as “fun” and said it was one of the most popular waxworks with visitors to the infotainment-style museum in the central Java city. |
| On Sunday, the space at the museum occupied by Hitler was empty and the image of Auschwitz, where more than 1 million people were exterminated by the Nazi regime, was gone. | On Sunday, the space at the museum occupied by Hitler was empty and the image of Auschwitz, where more than 1 million people were exterminated by the Nazi regime, was gone. |
| It was not the first time Nazism and its symbols have been normalised in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation and home to a tiny Jewish community. | It was not the first time Nazism and its symbols have been normalised in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation and home to a tiny Jewish community. |
| A Nazi-themed cafe in the city of Bandung where waiters wore SS uniforms caused anger abroad for several years until reportedly closing its doors at the beginning of this year. | A Nazi-themed cafe in the city of Bandung where waiters wore SS uniforms caused anger abroad for several years until reportedly closing its doors at the beginning of this year. |
| In 2014, a music video made by Indonesian pop stars as a tribute to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto stirred outrage with its Nazi overtones. | In 2014, a music video made by Indonesian pop stars as a tribute to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto stirred outrage with its Nazi overtones. |
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