Don’t Lose Your Head
19th December 2023
Rüsselsheim am Main is a city in the German state of Hesse. During this year’s festive, culture-enriching winter holiday season, Rüsselsheim experienced a spot of bother when the life-sized figurines in a nativity scene were decapitated by persons unknown. The major figures in the display are now headless, but it’s not clear what happened to the Baby Jesus.
There’s no indication of the possible ethnicity of the beheaders. However, given that the act involved the decapitation of revered Christian symbols, I wouldn’t bet any money that the perpetrators were named Hans or Dietrich or Wilhelm.