"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.

在柏林的德国历史博物馆举行的展会“希特勒和德国人”自上周五开幕以来，已经吸引了一万多游客前来观看，这场展会对“创造出”希特勒的社会进行了调查研究。

Busts¹ 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." src="http://www.enread.com/upimg/allimg/101025/4_101025065413_1.jpg" width="400" height="243" />
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.

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 margins² of society for 30 years, in Vienna's men's hostels³, could become an almost mythical⁴（神话的，虚构的） leader of the German people.

"We are all affected⁵ 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, aged⁶ 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（磁铁） 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.