An Indonesian museum that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size wax sculpture of Hitler against a backdrop of Auschwitz concentration camp has removed the exhibit following complaints, the manager said on Saturday.
De ARCA Statue Art Museum in the Javanese city of Yogyakarta drew condemnation from rights groups after details of the controversial display were published in foreign media.
The exhibit features a Hitler statue standing in front of a huge photo of the gates of Auschwitz concentration camp.
The museum’s operations manager, Jamie Misbah, said the wax sculpture had been removed after the building was told about criticism from prominent Jewish organisation the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
“We don’t want to attract outrage,” Misbah said. “Our purpose to display the Hitler figure in the museum is to educate.”
