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Germany is divided over whether to rebuild Hitler's fire-gutted Eagle's Nest amid fears of neo-Nazi pilgrimages to the ruin

Adolf Hitler at the Eagle's Nest, pictured in October, as Buchenwald director Jens-Christian Wagner warned that Nazi-era sites lose their evidential value if replicated rather than preserved in original form.
Adolf Hitler at the Eagle's Nest, pictured in October, as Buchenwald director Jens-Christian Wagner warned that Nazi-era sites lose their evidential value if replicated rather than preserved in original form.
The fire-gutted Eagle's Nest on the Kehlsteinhaus mountain, cordoned off since the blaze destroyed it, as Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann backed reconstruction while Obersalzberg Documentation Centre director Sven Keller insisted a replica was "out of the question.
The fire-gutted Eagle's Nest on the Kehlsteinhaus mountain, cordoned off since the blaze destroyed it, as Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann backed reconstruction while Obersalzberg Documentation Centre director Sven Keller insisted a replica was "out of the question.

The Kehlsteinhaus, destroyed in an inferno over a week ago, has been cordoned off while German authorities argue over its fate — with no decision expected soon. Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann has called for reconstruction, while experts warn that replicating the gutted structure would strip it of historical value. Authorities fear the ruin could attract neo-Nazi pilgrimages, with helicopter-delivered barriers and scaffolding being erected to secure the mountaintop site.

Buchenwald director Jens-Christian Wagner warned that replicas of Nazi-era buildings 'lose their evidential value' if not preserved in original form.

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