04 September 2007
A German hotel has been criticized for giving guests access to a swastika-covered bunker in its cellar. The 'Zum Tuerken' hotel in the state of Bavaria near the Austrian border, has been allowing guests into the bunker which was once the headquarters of Adolf Hitler's personal security staff. Critics say the bunker, located in Hitler's favorite vacation spot, Obersalzberg, has become a shrine to neo-Nazis who come to see Nazi propaganda and anti-Semitic statements scrawled and carved on its walls.
The Bavarian state Finance Ministry has recommended that the state prosecutor file criminal charges. It also said the mayor was investigating whether the hotel's restaurant and alcohol license could be withdrawn. "There should be no hushing up, but most importantly, no hidden or open glorification of the Nazi regime," Bavarian Finance Minister Kurt Faltlhauser told the Reuters news agency.
