Plan to build apartments over a Nazi bunker reignites debate in Berlin

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

The debate centers on how Germany should address its complex history under Adolf Hitler and whether preserving Nazi-era relics might be counterproductive.

August 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT3 minutes ago

Tourists read an information board posted outside Adolf Hitler's bunker in Berlin in 2017. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)

BERLIN — If it weren’t for the easily missed informational plaque, the site of Adolf Hitler’s demise could be mistaken for a normal parking lot.

Construction workers in 1999 accidentally dug up parts of the concrete bunker where Hitler died by suicide, reigniting a long-standing debate over how Germany should deal with Nazi relics.


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