Fire engulfs Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat

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German police said they had detained a suspect after fire broke out at a historic mountain guest house known as the “Eagle’s Nest,” used as a retreat by Nazi officials, including the dictator Adolf Hitler.

Around 200 firefighters and emergency personnel in the area around Berchtesgaden in the southern region of Bavaria were battling the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said.

Police are investigating whether the suspect, who was detained close to the scene, was connected to the fire, they said in a statement.

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There was no immediate word about a possible motive.

Built in 1938 as a guest house for Nazi officials and their guests, the building, in a spectacular Alpine setting, is separate from Hitler’s nearby summer residence, known as the Berghof.

Now owned by the state of Bavaria, the Kehlsteinhaus was classified after the war as a historical monument recalling the Nazi period.

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德国警方表示，在被称为“鹰巢”的历史悠久的山间宾馆发生火灾后，他们拘留了一名嫌疑人。该宾馆曾是纳粹官员（包括独裁者阿道夫·希特勒）的度假地。

警方称，周五，巴伐利亚南部贝希特斯加登附近一栋名为凯尔施泰因豪斯（Kehlsteinhaus）的建筑物发生火灾，约 200 名消防员和紧急救援人员正在该地区奋力扑救。

警方在一份声明中表示，他们正在调查在案发现场附近被拘留的嫌疑人是否与火灾有关。

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目前尚无关于作案动机的任何消息。

该建筑建于 1938 年，最初是纳粹官员及其客人的招待所，坐落在壮丽的阿尔卑斯山环境中，与希特勒附近的避暑别墅贝格霍夫是分开的。

凯尔施泰因豪斯现在归巴伐利亚州所有，战后被列为纪念纳粹时期的历史古迹。