Germany is split over whether to rebuild Hitler's fire-gutted Eagle's Nest amid fears neo-Nazis could make 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.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 Eagle's Nest atop the Kehlsteinhaus mountain in Bavaria burned down over a week ago, and German authorities have now cordoned off the site while a bitter public debate rages over its future. Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann has called for reconstruction, but historians and memorial directors are pushing back hard, warning that any replica would strip the ruin of its historical evidence.
Buchenwald director Jens-Christian Wagner argued Nazi-era relics 'lose their evidential value' if rebuilt rather than preserved in original form.
