From their perches atop the Village Antique Mall in Mundelein, the concrete likenesses of Dopey, Sneezy, Grumpy and Doc beckoned to all. But now they are gone–stolen in the dark of the night&… ...

The gnomes are about a foot tall, and Mrs Wilmot has now resorted to moving the rest of her collection to the back garden. As well as the two dwarfs, another gnome of hers has also been stolen.

In 2015, Northern German Radio commentator Sabine Lange compared Petrenko to the dwarfs in Wagner’s operas: “the tiny gnome, the Jewish caricature.” ...

And the maximum lifespan for a gnome is anywhere from 205 to 500 years of age -- a considerable amount of time. The life span of a dwarf is a little shorter than a gnome, but not by much.