Myriad tourists flock to Hitler's Alpine retreat

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More than half a century after the fall of the Third Reich, people are drawn to the site where the German Fuehrer developed his sweeping vision

Adolf Hitler once said he would prefer his Alpine home, the "Berghof," to go up in flames after his death rather than have tourists flock to see where he had breakfast.


He would have mixed feelings if he saw it today.

The Berghof, built on the Obersalzberg mountain facing a panorama of craggy peaks and green pastures, did indeed come to a fiery end in a British air raid in April 1945.

But well over 100,000 tourists visit the site near the German border with Austria each year, lured by a lasting fascination with Hitler, both in Germany and abroad.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/09/16/2003068056

I thought that vision happened in Texas then again in Texas in 1963.

[R Hickey]

1. Perhaps that new hotel can be improved by a massive car bomb.

Ed. (Just Kidding)