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Old 08-07-2006, 11:27 AM
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Default Re: New discussion about Austrias role in Nazi era

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Originally Posted by Slartibartfas
Could it be that you are talking about the eagles nest at Berchtesgarden? Thats quite near to Salzburg and was a Nazi HQ. It would be however German not Austrian.
No, I spent a week in and around Salzburg. It was this building:



I'm not asserting the correctness of what the guy told us, by the way, and it's not like Hitler himself used it or anything. Probably, it was just a minor regional HQ or even just for the city. In fact, I believe mostly it held prisoners and probably an SS garrison. My point really was the guide's seeming pride in Austria's participation in the war.
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