Man or beast: why is a pack of bronze wolves terrorising Berlin?

Giving Nazi salutes and pointing pistols at commuters, Rainer Opolka’s wolf statues offer divided Germany a timely reminder of nationalism’s dangersA pack of 60 wolves is set to descend on Washingtonplatz, the concrete square opposite Berlin’s central station. The bronze and iron statues, some more than two metres tall, loom over passengers spilling out of the city’s Hauptbahnhof station, their snouts warped into vicious snarls, their paws moulded into Nazi salutes.People