'Absolute madness': Row over plan to demolish Nazi bunker under Berlin
Berlin officials plan to demolish a Nazi-era bunker to make way for new housing, sparking a debate over historical preservation. Critics argue the site should be turned into a memorial, while the city maintains that the structure should not become a site of pilgrimage.
Why it matters
The controversy highlights the ongoing tension in Germany between urban development needs and the responsibility to preserve sites of historical trauma.
Image source, Archiv BUeV / Reiner Janick Image caption, Dietmar Arnold of the Berlin Underworlds Association last visited the bunker in 2007
The article presents both the government's housing-focused perspective and the preservationists' historical-memorial perspective.
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