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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Putting them on display in the dining room is weeeeeird. Like Madison Cawthorn visiting the Eagle’s Nest as one of his bucket list items weird[/quote]

Madison Cawthorn may be weird--but wanting to visit the Eagle's Nest is not weird.  It is absolutely not a shrine to Hitler as you seem to think.

It has a phenomenal view and is an engineering feat.  It is not a Hitler museum.  After WWII until after the wall fell, Berchtesgaden had US hotels in the area for American soldiers.  Hotels that were won from Hitler.  Kind of satisfying to think that he lost so badly that his enemies were living in his holiday spaces.

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Look at the context of Cawthorn’s politics (and Crow’s) and tell me that. That’s what you’re missing.[/quote]

So, if two politicians both like gin over bourban, that makes them the same?

Have you any idea how many Americans have visited the Eagle's Nest?  I don't think you know much about it.[/quote]
Holy moly. That you liken the politics of hate that Cawthorn, Crow and Thomas have in common to sharing a love of particular booze does not recommend your argument to be taken seriously. I don’t think you know much about anything.

Seriously, I don’t think you know anything. Here’s beloved travel writer Rick Steves on the Eagle’s Nest: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/hitlers-eagles-nest-at-berchtesgaden There are many, many places to take in the awesome views of the Alps. To visit this one specific place? You’re going for WWII history. Add in fascist politics? You’re going to see Hitler’s mountaintop aerie. [/quote]

DP.  You're not making whatever point you think you are.  I read Steves' review of the area, and nowhere does he say it's a terrible place to visit, don't go, if you go you are a Nazi, etc.  In fact, this is what he says about it:

"While for many modern visitors "Berchtesgaden" is synonymous with "Hitler's Eagle's Nest," "the Eagle's Nest" actually refers just to this small lodge itself, perched alone amid spectacular scenery like a Bond villain's lair. Built in 1939 with precision stonework evoking fascist obedience, it was Hitler's 50th birthday gift from his inner circle. The lodge and the road up to it cost a fortune — but Hitler, who was afraid of heights, visited only 14 times. (It wasn't even much of a lodge: While Nazi officials met and hosted visiting diplomats here — and Eva Braun was fond of sunbathing on the terrace — it never had any beds.)

Today, the chalet that Hitler ignored is basically a three-room, reasonably priced restaurant with little in the way of artifacts, and views that are often obscured by fog. On nice days, however, the terrace offers a magnificent panorama, and the tunnel, elevator, and mountain road — Germany's highest — that lead to the Eagle's Nest are dramatic in any weather.

For many, however, Obersalzberg's vast bunker system is the more fascinating part of a visit. This professionally engineered underground town held meeting rooms, offices, government archives, and lavish living quarters for Hitler — all connected by four miles of tunnels cut, by slave labor, through solid rock. You can't visit all of it, and what you can see was stripped and looted bare by Allied soldiers. But enough is left that you can wander among the concrete and marvel at megalomania gone mad."

I've visited it and it was, indeed, fascinating.[/quote]

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