Arrest made after fire at Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat

Police in the south German state of Bavaria have detained a suspect during a fire at Adolf Hitler's Alpine mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, additionally known as the Eagle's Nest.

Key points

• Completed by the Nazis in 1938, the Eagle's Nest escaped destruction after their defeat in 1945.
• Dispatchers in Traunstein received a fire alarm from the building at 21: 15 (19: 15 GMT) on Friday, and firefighters discovered it engulfed in flames.
• During World War Two, Hitler and his followers were responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of individuals, including the mass murder of European Jews.
• Tough terrain was hindering efforts to extinguish the blaze and it was still burning early on Saturday, police stated, with some 200 emergency personnel deployed.
• It lies above the town of Berchtesgaden, as a part-time seat of administration and met commanders there to plan the invasion of the USSR in 1941.

Tough terrain was hindering efforts to extinguish the blaze and it was still burning early on Saturday, police stated, with some 200 emergency personnel deployed. There were no reports of injuries.

Notably, the Nazi dictator applied the retreat. It lies above the town of Berchtesgaden, as a part-time seat of administration and met commanders there to plan the invasion of the USSR in 1941.

Notably, a criminal investigation is under way to determine whether the suspect is connected to the fire.

Hitler additionally employed the area as a backdrop for propaganda films portraying him as a lover of animals and nature.

Since then, it has become a popular tourist destination and houses a mountain inn.

According to its official website, external, it is "also a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship".

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