Wednesday, February 11, 2009

German TV character taken as political hostage

When a statue was recently stolen from the main square of the central German city of Erfurt, it was more than a mere theft. It was a kidnapping.

The statue was of Bernd das Brot, a hugely popular TV character -- a melancholy bread loaf -- on German children's channel KLKA.

The channel presented the statue to the city in 2007, and it stood next to the imposing neo-gothic city hall until Jan. 21, when it disappeared.

A group of anarchists claimed responsibility for the abduction, followed by a YouTube video that indicated that the anthropomorphic loaf had joined its members in solidarity.

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[ via Dan Clore ]

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