Acid was spilled in the German museum currently housing a controversial exhibit on the German army’s crimes in World War II. The Museum for Art and Cultural History in the city of Dortmund, which is hosting the traveling exhibit on “Crimes of the Wehrmacht,” was evacuated Monday night after fire officials found the acid on the floor of the museum’s bathroom.
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