A mountaintop building once gifted to Adolf Hitler is now a burned-out shell – and Germany is divided over what to do next. The Kehlsteinhaus, or Eagle’s Nest, was badly damaged in an arson attack in October that caused millions in damage but no injuries. Authorities are debating whether to rebuild, preserve the ruins or let the site disappear. Telegraph reports. Bavaria’s interior minister has said the ruins cannot simply be left as is, but historians warn that a complete reconstruction would create a “false history” and risk attracting neo-Nazi pilgrims.
The site, long a destination for American and Israeli tourists, is now cordoned off as authorities rush through barriers and scaffolding by helicopter and debate whether to turn the marked spot into another kind of memorial — or something completely different. A group of experts in the fields of construction, heritage conservation and national culture of Holocaust memory will help in decision-making, the Minister of Culture said, according to the statement. Tutor. Hitler helped build “propaganda buildings,” a Nazi-era historian said. “Hitler loved architecture that made other people seem small.”
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