Arrest made after fire at Hitler's famed Eagle's Nest retreat
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The Eagle's Nest was still on fire early on Saturday Police in the southern German state of Bavaria have detained a suspect during a fire at Adolf Hitler's Alpine mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle's Nest.
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Dispatchers in Traunstein received a fire alarm from the building at 21:15 local time (19:15 GMT) on Friday and firefighters found it engulfed in flames.
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Difficult terrain was hindering efforts to extinguish the blaze and it was still burning early on Saturday, police said, with some 200 emergency personnel deployed.
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There were no reports of injuries. The Nazi dictator used the retreat, which lies above the town of Berchtesgaden, as a part-time seat of government and met commanders there to plan the invasion of the USSR in 1941.
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Hitler also used the area as a backdrop for propaganda films portraying him as a lover of animals and nature.
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A criminal investigation is under way to determine whether the suspect is connected to the fire.
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Completed by the Nazis in 1938, the Eagle's Nest escaped destruction after their defeat in 1945.
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Since then, it has become a popular tourist destination and houses a mountain inn.
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It serves as "a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship", according to its official website, external.
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During World War Two, Hitler and his followers were responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the mass murder of European Jews.
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Police station opens at Hitler's birthplace in bid to rid site of Nazi link Should Hitler's DNA have been studied – or just left alone?
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