'Tea with Hitler' attracts numberous americans and various neo-nazis. - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Eagle's Nest, the mountain retreat in Germany near the Austrian border, was where Adolf Hitler took time off with mistress Eva Braun while World War II raged. It was smashed by the Allies in 1945, but a chalet-style annex where Hitler received diplomats, is a thriving tourist attraction, with a tearoom. Britain's Daily Mail reports that German tourist officials say it logged about 300,000 visitors last year, up 30,000 from the year before. The Mail article has a picture of the attraction. The tea house atop Kehlstein Mountain, known as Kehlsteinhaus in German, was a 50th birthday gift to Hitler from Nazi party secretary Martin Bormann in 1939. The nearby vacation home, Berghof, was destroyed in Allied raids, and much of the tea house's costly furnishings disappeared. Which nationality visits most? Americans, the article says, followed by Brits. Together, they make up 85% of visitors. Germans apparently prefer hiking nearby rather than revisiting the place where Hitler lounged and entertained fellow Nazi officials. Visitors pay about $25 to visit the retreat, rising about 6,000 feet above a rural landscape below. In the summer, they can take tea or eat a heartier meal of roast pork with dumplings and cabbage. Kehsteinhaus now is run by a charitable trust. The kehlsteinhaus website says it is one of the most popular attractions in Germany. It also says that "due to its being having been commissioned by the Nazi leadership, it will never be possible to separate the Kehlsteinhaus from its bitter historical legacy. However, with more than sixty years having passed since the end of the war and with new friendships having been made, it stands to reason that the Kehlsteinhaus should not be examined from this blinkered angle alone. The house no longer stands as an icon for National Socialism, and has not done so for over half a century."[/QUOTE] [URL="http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2011/09/tea-with-hitler-cafe-a-big-bavarian-tourist-attraction/545773/1"]http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2011/09/tea-with-hitler-cafe-a-big-bavarian-tourist-attraction/545773/1[/URL] I guess hanging out with hitler wasn't enough, now they gotta have tea with him? Jesus christ, when will it be disco-parties?

Who's Hitler ?

Jeeze, talk about sensationalist headlines. It's a tea set that hitler may or may not have used on display at a popular tourist attraction spot which Hitler visited back during WW2. It doesn't even say anything about neo-nazi's

[QUOTE=estrx;32182769]Who's Hitler ?[/QUOTE] Some exaggerated guy with race issues.

[QUOTE=estrx;32182769]Who's Hitler ?[/QUOTE] a dude with a bitching mustache

[QUOTE=Lambeth;32182808]a dude with a bitching mustache[/QUOTE] he jocked it off charlie chaplin tho, lame

Uhh, learning about a historical figure does not imply one sympathizes with a historical figure.

[QUOTE=Lankist;32183139]Uhh, learning about a historical figure does not imply one sympathizes with a historical figure.[/QUOTE] Agreed. I would love to have a relic of the man who instigated the bloodiest conflict humanity has ever known. That's some powerful shit. [editline]9th September 2011[/editline] Not that I love that it occurred, of course.

The article doesn't say anything at all about neo-nazis. [QUOTE=Contag;32183188]Agreed. I would love to have a relic of the man who instigated the bloodiest conflict humanity has ever known. That's some powerful shit. [editline]9th September 2011[/editline] Not that I love that it occurred, of course.[/QUOTE] I don't know man, Genghis Khan would be even better. Nobody even knows where that bastard was buried, everybody at the burial was killed to prevent the secret being found out.

[QUOTE=Contag;32183188]Agreed. I would love to have a relic of the man who instigated the bloodiest conflict humanity has ever known. That's some powerful shit. [editline]9th September 2011[/editline] Not that I love that it occurred, of course.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/image/portrait_GenghisKhan.jpg[/img] Dude, seriously.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;32183214]The article doesn't say anything at all about neo-nazis.[/QUOTE] He's implying Americans that visit the Eagle's Nest are all neo-nazis and Hitler-sympathizers. As opposed to, I dunno, people who wanted to stomp on the precise grounds on which the Allies had driven the greatest war criminal in recent history to his own suicide.

[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;32183229][img]http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/image/portrait_GenghisKhan.jpg[/img] Dude, seriously.[/QUOTE] Jesus Christ it's like we think alike.

[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;32183229][img]http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/image/portrait_GenghisKhan.jpg[/img] Dude, seriously.[/QUOTE] Eh, his kill count is lower. That being said, Mongolian technology was pretty nifty. World's fastest information transmission system for hundreds of years.

wasn't stalin's kill count even higher? 9 million iirc, as opposed to roughly 6 million for the holocaust

[QUOTE=trotskygrad;32183574]wasn't stalin's kill count even higher? 9 million iirc, as opposed to roughly 6 million for the holocaust[/QUOTE] Oh, if it's on an individual basis, the Khan reigns supreme, but I was taking a holistic approach to the deaths in WW2. It depends on what kind of deaths you're including. Soviet civilian deaths were in the tens of millions.

[QUOTE=Contag;32183656]Oh, if it's on an individual basis, the Khan reigns supreme, but I was taking a holistic approach to the deaths in WW2. It depends on what kind of deaths you're including. Soviet civilian deaths were in the tens of millions.[/QUOTE] 25 Million

[QUOTE=Contag;32183656]Oh, if it's on an individual basis, the Khan reigns supreme, but I was taking a holistic approach to the deaths in WW2. It depends on what kind of deaths you're including. Soviet civilian deaths were in the tens of millions.[/QUOTE] jews were civilians

[QUOTE=trotskygrad;32183765]jews were civilians[/QUOTE] But they were systematically executed, whereas the soviet citizens died from a multitude of causes.

[QUOTE=Contag;32183778]But they were systematically executed, whereas the soviet citizens died from a multitude of causes.[/QUOTE] IIRC, the major causes were famine and the purges the purges were systematic, and had a death toll of around 9 million

[QUOTE=trotskygrad;32183833]IIRC, the major causes were famine and the purges the purges were systematic, and had a death toll of around 9 million[/QUOTE] Oh right, the purges, I forgot about those. Late at night = bad posting I suppose. stalin y u kill like 95% of experienced officers

[QUOTE=CoolHandLuke;32182761] Jesus christ, when will it be disco-parties?[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://media.photobucket.com/image/hitler%20dancing%20gif/younghollywood_03/Pics%2520from%2520computer/a65d1573c8a613dd50a3f098ab1b48.gif?o=[/IMG] Image linking fail :(

[QUOTE=estrx;32182769]Who's Hitler ?[/QUOTE] Please say you're joking.

[QUOTE=Led Zeppelin;32183931][IMG]http://media.photobucket.com/image/hitler%20dancing%20gif/younghollywood_03/Pics%2520from%2520computer/a65d1573c8a613dd50a3f098ab1b48.gif?o=[/IMG] Image linking fail :([/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/fhYoG.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=Fatman55;32184234][img]http://i.imgur.com/fhYoG.gif[/img][/QUOTE] dances better than me

[QUOTE=Lambeth;32182808]a dude with a bitching mustache[/QUOTE] Are you kidding?! Hitler was an asshole! He basically single handedly ruined the toothbrush moustache.

[QUOTE=sltungle;32184839]Are you kidding?! Hitler was an asshole! He basically single handedly ruined the toothbrush moustache.[/QUOTE] Michael Jordon is rocking it these days.

[QUOTE=sltungle;32184839]Are you kidding?! Hitler was an asshole! He basically single handedly ruined the toothbrush moustache.[/QUOTE] [I][B]And[/B][/I] he couldn't pay his gas bills. What a dick. ... Too soon?

[QUOTE=Cone;32185054][I][B]And[/B][/I] he couldn't pay his gas bills. What a dick. ... Too soon?[/QUOTE] More like not funny. I mean, I love my fair share of Holocaust jokes, but that was plain unfunny.

[QUOTE=Frogz;32185194]More like not funny. I mean, I love my fair share of Holocaust jokes, but that was plain unfunny.[/QUOTE] Yeah, it was a joke I heard a while ago. I tried to work it into the situation, and it didn't work.

[QUOTE=Frogz;32185194]More like not funny. I mean, I love my fair share of Holocaust jokes, but that was plain unfunny.[/QUOTE] I agree. The gas bill joke is only funny when someone says it was the reason why Hitler killed himself.