Man arrested after fire at Hitler's mountaintop Eagle's Nest retreat
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Some 200 emergency personnel were deployed to fight the blaze at the Nazi dictator's Alpine residence in Germany.
      • Taldan@lemmy.world
        89·
        2 days ago

        Are you a Nazi or just ignorant?

        From the article:

        It serves as “a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship”

        It’s a monument against Nazis, and you want it burned down

        It’s like celebrating Auschwitz being burned down. Only Nazis and people ignorant of its current use would celebrate

        • 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org
          111·
          2 days ago

          Instead of throwing insults, know what you are talking about first. It’s a propaganda building.

          Built by the Nazis.

          Used by the Hitler to present himself as animal friend and lover of nature. And by other Nazis for representative and diplomatic events. About today’s use of this building: Wikipedia article

          “The Kehlsteinhaus interior offers little information about its past. Photos displayed and described along the wall of the sun terrace document the preconstruction location and later history.[23]“

          The building now is owned by a charitable trust and operates as a restaurant, offering indoor dining and an outdoor beer garden. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its historical significance.

          I don’t think it’s fitting to use it as “cautionary reminder”. It’s also quite absurd to compare it to Auschwitz.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          It’s a restaurant. Based in a vacation home for a monster. What exactly is the cautionary messaging here?

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
      37·
      3 days ago

      They usually pick an archive site that serves malware. Nowt wrong with the BBC link though.

        • fullsquare@awful.systems
          8·
          3 days ago

          maybe you can’t

          The Eagle’s Nest was still on fire early on Saturday By Patrick Jackson

          Published 3 hours ago

          Police in the southern German state of Bavaria have detained a suspect during a fire at Adolf Hitler’s Alpine mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle’s Nest.

          Dispatchers in Traunstein received a fire alarm from the building at 21:15 local time (19:15 GMT) on Friday and firefighters found it engulfed in flames.

          Difficult terrain was hindering efforts to extinguish the blaze and it was still burning early on Saturday, police said, with some 200 emergency personnel deployed. There were no reports of injuries.

          The Nazi dictator used the retreat, which lies above the town of Berchtesgaden, as a part-time seat of government and met commanders there to plan the invasion of the USSR in 1941.

          Hitler also used the area as a backdrop for propaganda films portraying him as a lover of animals and nature.

          A criminal investigation is under way to determine whether the suspect is connected to the fire.

          The Eagle’s Nest (file photo)

          Completed by the Nazis in 1938, the Eagle’s Nest escaped destruction after their defeat in 1945.

          Since then, it has become a popular tourist destination and houses a mountain inn.

          It serves as “a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship”, according to its official website, external.

          During World War Two, Hitler and his followers were responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the mass murder of European Jews.

        • MouldyCat@feddit.uk
          1·
          2 days ago

          oh really? I wish they’d do that in Britain too. Instead they’re talking about forcing everyone to pay for the BBC if they watch Netflix or Youtube.