Germans are 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.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 on the Kehlsteinhaus mountain has been cordoned off since the inferno destroyed it over a week ago, with barriers and scaffolding set to be airlifted to the summit while authorities wrangle over its fate. Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann has backed reconstruction, but Sven Keller, director of the Obersalzberg Documentation Centre, insists a replica is "out of the question" given the damage's extent.
Buchenwald director Jens-Christian Wagner warned that Nazi-era sites "lose their evidential value" if replicated rather than preserved in original form.
