Busts of dictator Adolf Hitler are pictured at the media preview of the exhibition "Hilter und die Deutsche Volksgemeinschaft und Verbrechen" (Hitler and the German Nation and Crime) at the Deutsche Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) in Berlin October 13, 2010. |
"Hitler and the Germans," an exhibition in Berlin's German Historical Museum which investigates the society that created Hitler, has seen more than 10,000 visitors walk through its doors since opening on Friday. Rudolf Trabold, a spokesman for the museum, said there were 4,000 visitors to the exhibition on the first day alone. People visiting the exhibition said they had waited as long as 1-1/2 hours to get in. Ravi Nair, a 73-year-old Indian visitor, said: "I had to queue for about an hour but it was worth it. The exhibition should help people in democratic countries realize that their vote is very valuable." Trabold said Hitler and the Germans was so popular because it was "the first exhibition to explain how a man who lived on the margins of society for 30 years, in Vienna's men's hostels, could become an almost mythical leader of the German people. "We are all affected by Hitler, so it speaks to all of us and helps Germans and foreigners to come to terms with the past." Inge Lonning, a 72-year-old tourist from Norway said: "I thought the exhibition was very impressive. I wanted to see it because I experienced the German occupation of Norway as a small child, so it's not just history for me." But not everyone was convinced there was something new to be learned from the exhibition. "So much has been done about this period over the years, it was like, I knew this and I knew that," said Canadian Julien Cayer, aged 28. "I thought I'd find something new but I didn't." There has been widespread concern in the German media that the exhibition could become a magnet for neo-Nazi admirers of Hitler, but Trabold said that although there had been some right-wing extremist visitors, they had not caused any problems. (Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a journalist at the China Daily Web site.) (Agencies) |
在柏林的德國歷史博物館舉行的展會(huì)“希特勒和德國人”自上周五開幕以來,已經(jīng)吸引了一萬多游客前來觀看。這場展會(huì)對“創(chuàng)造出”希特勒的社會(huì)進(jìn)行了調(diào)查研究。 博物館發(fā)言人魯?shù)婪?特拉波德說,展會(huì)第一天就接待了4000多名游客。 參觀展會(huì)的游客說他們有的在門外等了一個(gè)半小時(shí)才能進(jìn)來。 一位73歲的印度游客拉維?耐爾說:“我排隊(duì)排了近一個(gè)小時(shí),但這是值得的。這個(gè)展會(huì)可以讓民主國家的人們意識到他們的投票權(quán)是十分寶貴的?!?/p> 特拉波德說,“希特勒和德國”展會(huì)如此受歡迎是因?yàn)樗恰笆讉€(gè)詮釋一個(gè)在德國邊緣社會(huì)生活了30年、曾經(jīng)居住在維也納流浪漢收容所的人如何成為近乎神話般的德國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的展會(huì)”。 “我們?nèi)际艿搅讼L乩盏挠绊?,因此這一展會(huì)所講述的故事與我們都有關(guān)系,而且它能幫助德國人和其他國家的人接受這段過去。” 一位來自挪威的72歲的游客英格?龍寧說:“我認(rèn)為展會(huì)非常震撼人心。我想觀看這一展覽是因?yàn)槲以谀暧讜r(shí)經(jīng)歷過德國對挪威的占領(lǐng),所以對我來說,這不僅僅是歷史?!?/p> 然而不是每個(gè)人都確信可以從展會(huì)中獲知一些新東西。 28歲的加拿大人朱利安?凱雅說:“這些年來關(guān)于這一時(shí)期所做的研究太多了,我發(fā)現(xiàn),這個(gè)我知道,那個(gè)我也知道,我以為自己會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一些新的東西,但是我沒有?!?/p> 德國媒體曾普遍擔(dān)心這一展覽會(huì)吸引那些希特勒的新納粹主義崇拜者,但是特拉波德說,盡管游客中有一些右翼極端分子,但是他們沒有引發(fā)任何問題。 相關(guān)閱讀 (中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮 編輯:馮明惠) |
Vocabulary: hostel: a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time(臨時(shí)收容所;慈善收容所) |