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...have been a red-hot G.I. tourist attraction. Souvenir hawkers have stripped them, selling tiles from Hitler's bathroom to G.I.s at 5 marks ($1.20) apiece. Before handing back the mountainside to the Germans, the Army wanted to be sure that it would not become a neo-Nazi shrine. Last week the Bavarian state government agreed, decided to blow up the remains of the lower-altitude chalets, turn over the Eagle's Nest either to an Alpine club, youth hostel or research organization. Said Social Democratic Leader Waldemar von Knoeringen: "Hitler's real monuments are the ruined...
...have a picture of his revolutionary relation as first President of the U.S. Supposedly mislaid, the picture was found hanging in the hall of the 15th earl in 1939, identified as Robertson's Washington. Last May, the earl sent it off to Sulgrave Manor (since 1914 a Washington shrine). Not especially publicity conscious, Sulgrave Manor just got around to announcing the acquisition last week...
After a few minutes he came out of the trance and told a representative of the Air Ministry that the god was willing to move, provided the R.A.F. would build him a new shrine nearby. The Ministry man nodded agreement...
Several years ago, during World War II, the Japanese district commander at Butterworth, near Singapore, ordered the destruction of a local Hindu temple to make way for an airfield. Local laborers refused to tear down the shrine; the deity who dwelt within, they said, did not want to move. The Japanese gave up. Last week the tactful British, who also want to build an airfield at Butterworth, tried their luck in their own way. They approached the Hindu god through proper diplomatic channels-a local poojari, or medium. After spreading the temple liberally with sweet-smelling blossoms, coconuts, saffron...
...first time since Hitler, opera fans are trooping once again into the big red brick Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, the Bavarian shrine Richard Wagner built to honor his own music...