Fire devastates the Eagle’s Nest retreat built for Hitler in Germany

BERLIN: The retreat known as the Eagle’s Nest built for Adolf Hitler in the Bavarian Alps was almost completely destroyed in a fire, and work to extinguish the blaze was still in progress Saturday, authorities said. A suspect was detained. The local tourism authority said it wasn’t immediately clear whether parts of the building could be salvaged. Police later said it burned down almost completely. A fire alarm at the building in the Berchtesgaden district in Germany’s southeastern corner wen

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