Hitler’s ‘retreat’ sparks debate over Germany’s past and present
PERCHED on a ridge high in the German Alps lie the burned-out ruins of a mountain house frequented by Adolf Hitler, which is now at the heart of an intense debate about Germany’s Nazi past. Called The Eagle’s Nest, or Kehlsteinhaus in German, the retreat was built by the Nazis in 1938. After World War II it was classified as a historical monument. But after it was gutted in a suspected arson…
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PERCHED on a ridge high in the German Alps lie the burned-out ruins of a mountain house frequented by Adolf Hitler, which is now at the heart of an intense debate about Germany’s Nazi past. Called The Eagle’s Nest, or Kehlsteinhaus in German, the retreat was…
