Hotel revives Germany's Nazi past

OBERSALZBERG, Estonia, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A Jewish leader in Germany has termed as tasteless a luxury hotel set to open March 1 on the site of Adolf Hitler's Alpine retreat at Obersalzberg in Bavaria.

Michael Friedman with Germany's main Jewish organization said the 138-room Intercontinental Resort Berchtesgaden is "tasteless and robs the place of its history," the BBC reported.

But Kurt Faltlhauser, Bavaria's finance minister, said: "There can be no covering up and absolutely no glorification of the Nazi regime."

The hotel has been built on the spot where Hermann Goering, the former Nazi air force chief, had his summer residence.

Guests will pay about $264 per night for a room.

Hitler developed Obersalzberg as a second seat of government for his regime after becoming German chancellor.