Eingangstunnel zu Aufzügen, Khelsteinhaus, Berchtesgaden, Bayern, 1991.The large and grandiose entra

Eingangstunnel zu Aufzügen, Khelsteinhaus, Berchtesgaden, Bayern, 1991.The large and grandiose entrance tunnel and elevators inside look as if they might lead to some immense and secret underground military facility (think Colorado Springs NORAD headquarters). Instead one steps off the large elevators at a gemütliches Bergchalet, a kind of lodge one might have expected at a posh Alpine ski resort in the 1930s. The building and the operatically dramatic road and elevator entrance to it were built by enthusiastic Nazis as a gift to Adolph Hitler. In English-language publications Kehlsteinhaus is often called “Hitler’s Eagles Nest,” though Hitler himself apparently did not like it and only used it a few times. It is now a major tourist attraction in the Obersalzberg region. Sadly, some of those tourists may be “making a pilgrimage” to this site not for its stunning view of the Alps or as a historical curiosity but rather to honor its Nazi connections. In all too much of the world, including Germany and the United States, the racist ideology which was the foundation of Nazism remains a formidable and execrable element of politics and popular culture. -- source link

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