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Grandson of Madame Tussaud holding Mussolini’s wax head in 1935

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Bernard Tussaud, grandson of Madame Tussaud, in September of 1935 holding two wax heads. In his right hand is the wax head of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. In his left, the wax head of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Mussolini, of course, was executed in April of 1945. [Getty Images]


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