Hitler’s alpine retreat getting makeover with expanded historical info. centre

BERLIN – Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat in Bavaria is getting a makeover, with a 17-million euro ($22.5 million) renovation project that will enlarge the historical information centre now there.

The Bavarian government said Tuesday that building should begin in 2015.

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The daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports the 1,000 square meter (11,000 square foot) centre will be expanded to 2,500 square meters (27,000 square feet) in a project that will take until 2018.

The centre includes details on Obersalzberg – the mountain ridge where Hitler had his Eagle’s Nest retreat and Berghof home and headquarters – as well as on the Nazi regime in general.

The alpine village was a second centre of power after Berlin for the Nazis, with high-ranking officials like Herman Goering, Albert Speer and Martin Bormann also keeping homes there.