Hitler Beheaded!!
The opening of the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin was marred in controversy as it included a figure of Adolf Hitler. One protester who got in as a visitor beheaded the wax figure, cutting short the Fuhrer’s second innings in Berlin. The man apparently was shouting slogans to effect “Never again war!!”
Apparently this wasn’t the first of its kind attack. The Hitler figure at the museum in London has been attacked numerous times. It was only after 9/11 that Osama Bin Laden’s figure was able to outnumber the attacks attracted.
Well..i don’t get it. This attacks serve no purpose. You may like it or not these are the people who have greatly influenced our history. The impact that the WW-II had on European countries and on their colonies cannot be erased. Hitler in his way has transformed the world and the way its perception of many things. Merely breaking the statues or suppressing anything to do with Hitler is not the answer. He is part of history and there and the only thing any one can do is to learn to not repeat the mistakes he made.
Same for Osama. His attacks on US soil has changed the way we live today. Those attacks has resulted in every single Muslim being looked upon as terrorist. The attacks has led to multiple security layers being added at airports and every single passenger being scanned. You may not like all this but he has impacted our lives and he is part of our history.
The same mentality is evident even in India. It shows manifests it self in renaming of streets and areas. Across India streets which were named after some British officers are being renamed after Indian figures. Ditto for institutes. In Mumbai the government has gone ahead and renamed the airport and one major railway terminus VT, after Shivaji Maharaj. I agree that he was a great warrior and has done immense work for the common people of his time, but that was all in Maharahstra. Mumbai was not even on his map. He built his navy and trade at the Murud fort near Alibaug and from the Vasai fort completely bypassing Mumbai’s natural harbour. The British were the one’s who developed it and brought railway to India. Same with Carter road. It was named after the local collector of the British era, who lived here and worked for local people. But now the road as been named after the famous composer, Naushad, just cause he lived there.
People should realize that breaking statues and renaming places is not the way to change history. It cannot be changed. All we can do is learn from the mistakes of ancestors and not repeat them.
