About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle blaze at former Nazi mountain retreat in remote part of southern Germany German police have arrested a suspect after a fire ripped through Adolf Hitler’s former mountain retreat in Bavaria, leaving the historic Nazi meeting place – known as the Eagle’s Nest – largely destroyed. About 200 firefighters were deployed on Friday night to tackle the blaze at the Nazi dictator’s remote, purpose-built Kehlsteinhaus residence, a protected building on the peak of Obersalzberg in southern Germany. Continue reading...
Suspect arrested over fire at Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ retreat in Bavaria
Source: The Guardian
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