O 0 t he Ze ltun a. al al r Women working on small busts of Adolf Hitler, 1937. Hitler Exhibit In Berlin 2.00 Off I a r Off Purchase of $10.00 Purchase of $20.00 I I or more or more I I Jews in Germany say the time is right. Toby Axelrod Jewish Telegraphic Agency $1.00 r Not valid with any other offer Not valid on breakfast specials With coupon Exp 5/30/11 Not valid with any other offer Not valid on breakfast specials I I I 1 With coupon I I Exp 5/30/11 I I 10% Off Your Total Bill Not valid with any other offer Not valid on breakfast specials I With coupon I Exp 5/30/11 L Berlin T Open 7 days a week for breakfast lunch and dinner www.leosconeyisland.com he image of Hitler is still arresting, 65 years after his suicide and the end of World War II. Now the German Historical Museum has dedicated an exhibit to the fascina- tion Hitler held for the yolk, the ordi- nary German citizen. It marks the first time a German museum has ventured into such ter- ritory, and the curators say they have taken great care to avoid glorifying the man behind the Third Reich, which in Germany would not only be distasteful but illegal. Controversial though it is for some, the exhibit has been welcomed by the Central Council of Jews in Germany. The council's secretary general, Stephan Kramer, said he thought the timing was right, given today's political climate. "Especially the lower-middle classes are susceptible to wanting to be led:' he said, and politicians are "instrumental- izing their fears." Kramer said the exhibition "is deal- ing seriously with the issue, and I don't think there is a danger of any form of glorification." "Hitler and the Germans" opened Oct. 15 in Berlin and runs through Feb. 6. It includes posters, artifacts and other contemporary propaganda illuminating the complex interaction between the public and their fuhrer, or leader. Objects are arranged in three chrono- logical and thematic chapters focusing on the socio-political conditions, forms and consequences of Hitler's rise to power. The propaganda messages on display are countered by images that convey the reality of what was hap- pening. Exhibit items were set up in a nearly 1,300-square-yard exhibition hall in ways to discourage neo-Nazis from taking heroic photos of themselves near images of Hitler. The exhibit opened only days after a new study by the Friedrich Ebert The playing cards game "Fuhrer Quartet," Berlin, after 1934 Foundation showed that some 10 per- cent of Germans still wish they had a fuhrer to tell them what to do during these hard economic times. "My idea, my wish, is to explain these historical events so that people know the dangers which are caused by irra- tional mass movements:' curator Hans- Ulrich Thamer told JTA. The "fascina- tion [with Hitler] was caused by very modern technical methods, with movies and microphones and so on." Though it does not focus extensively on the genocide of the Jews, the exhibit "shows the persecution of German and European Jewry as one of the results of the rhetoric and ideology of the volksgemeinschaft," — the Nazi concept of a so-called Aryan racial community, Thamer added. A sign reading, ews are unwelcome in our town" is one of the items on display. There are also items that were never meant to be seen by the public, such as Hitler's secret memo regarding the so-called euthanasia program in which physically or mentally disabled citizens, whose lives were deemed unworthy by the state, were murdered in gas cham- bers. Hitler continued his anti-Semitic rants in his last will and testament, charging his followers to resist "the universal poisoners of all peoples, inter- national Jewry." Today, the spot above Hitler's former bunker, where he killed Eva Braun and himself, is marked by a small sign. It's a few steps from the national Holocaust memorial. El NNONG H FINE CHINESE DINING "A wonderful adventure in fine dining" — Danny Raskin Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner Catering and carryout available Gift certificates 27925 Orchard Lake Rd., North of 12 Mile, Farmington Hills 248-489-2280 WWW.honghuaf n ed ining.com ev4e Chef RESTAURANT AUTHENTIC LEBANESE FOOD Open everyday for Lunch & Dinner 0/ Total Food .20.. Bill With this coupon. I Valid for dining-in and carry-out. One coupon per visit; expires 1/31/11 ■ www.lechefmi.corn 32621 Northwestern Hwy. Farmington Hills 248 - 932 - 1300 Just in front of Sam's Club & Home Depot s anua y 2011 37