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Madame Tussauds' museum in Berlin features Hitler

Madame Tussauds' has a new museum in Berlin — complete with a controversial wax Adolf Hitler hunkered down in his bunker.

The likeness of the Nazi leader, hunched over a desk in a dimly lit bunker just before he committed suicide at the end of World War II, was one of dozens unveiled Thursday at the opening of the British wax museum's latest branch.

The waxworks here are showcased in chronological and thematic order, highlighting Europe's postwar history.
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