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Sculpture of Sad-Looking Hitler in Munich Museum
Mon Nov 10,10:53 AM ET

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - In a life-like sculpture, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler kneels in an empty room in a Munich art museum.

It is a striking piece of art for Germany, where the horrors of the country's Nazi past have made it taboo to display Hitler in any form except in documentary films.
The exhibition with the depiction of Hitler opened on Friday at a neo-classical museum, which the Nazi leader ordered built in 1937.
The sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, entitled "Him," shows a sad-looking Hitler wearing a modest suit and kneeling in an empty room with his hands folded together.
Among other pieces in the exhibition are works by Diane Arbus, James Coleman and Paul McCarthy.
The museum, first known as "Haus der Deutschen Kunst," was built on Hitler's orders and designed by one of his favorite architects, Paul Ludwig Trost.
Between 1937 and 1944 there were annual exhibitions of German art. After the war it was renamed "Haus der Kunst."

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