The man did the right thing.  The sooner that monster is forgotten the better Germany will be.

I guess I disagree and don't understand.  How is keeping something taboo a means by which something can be "forgotten"?  For me this is related to the restrictions on speech in Europe that perplex me.  One could argue that it would be like destroying a museum of Confederate artifacts because of their link to the South and slavery. 

I agree that there are differences between Nazi Germany and the Confederacy but I think that they can be likened in the sense that they were both on the losing side of a cause which represents something reviled these days.  You know how the Confederate flag is now seen as a “symbol” of hate and/or racism?  I think that whole issue is representative of a scorched earth mentality when it comes to historical political correctness.  Perhaps this is why I thought the vandalism of the Hitler statue was troubling.  From what I have read, the wax Hitler at Madame Tussauds was not meant to glorify him and instead showed him in defeat, in his bunker, with an expression of grief on his face and a map of the falling Nazi territories on the map behind him.  This does not glorify Hitler, but shows an episode from history.  Perhaps there are some who may find it “noble” but I think this would be the exception, just as you'll find some Southerners who want the South to “rise again”.  The lessons Hitler provides are well worth studying.  The way he rose to power tells us about the nature of dictatorship, the importance of constitutional safeguards, and the danger in placing too much power in one person's hands even if the intent might start out as something "good".  IMO the wax statue could provide a starting and ending point about all these lessons.

I recall that there was an investigative display at Dachau which explored the very issue of Hitler and the Nazis' rise to power.  I think it's a fascinating topic, and a serious lesson that must not be forgotten.