Suspect arrested over fire at Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ retreat in Bavaria

About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle blaze at former Nazi mountain retreat in remote part of southern Germany

German police have arrested a suspect after a fire ripped through Adolf Hitler’s former mountain retreat in Bavaria, leaving the historic Nazi meeting place – known as the Eagle’s Nest – largely destroyed.

About 200 firefighters were deployed on Friday night to tackle the blaze at the Nazi dictator’s remote, purpose-built Kehlsteinhaus residence, a protected building on the peak of Obersalzberg in southern Germany.

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