Hitler swiftly loses his head in the dictator's latest downfall

In life, he died from a pistol shot to the head. But yesterday, Hitler's wax effigy met the fate of the French nobility after 1789: decapitation. A controversial waxwork that went on show at Madame Tussauds in Berlin last week was beheaded by anti-fascist protesters within minutes of the doors opening. 'A man leapt over the ropes and, with a single whack, the head was off,' said a witness. A 41-year-old man, a member of Antifa, a radical group opposed to neo-Nazi violence in Germany, was apprehended by police shortly afterwards. He faces charges of criminal damage, assault and trespass. Some 25 workers spent about four months on the waxwork, using more than 2,000 pictures and pieces of archive material. Last night, as curators took away the decapitated dictator for repairs, it was unclear when the wax Hitler will be seen... [read full story]