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‘Uncomfortable history’ at Nazi bunker-turned-hotel in Hamburg

Visitors are invited to “experience the magic of this historic place,” built by a thousand slave laborers.

Hamburg City Hall. Credit: Aliasdoobs via Wikimedia Commons.
Hamburg City Hall. Credit: Aliasdoobs via Wikimedia Commons.

Where four anti-aircraft guns used to be on the roof of a tower, hotel guests now find a restaurant, bar, café, shop and hotel foyer.

The Reverb hotel at the Hamburg Bunker is constructed on both an “uncomfortable lump of war history” and a “challenging property,” wherein guests are invited to “experience the magic of this historic place,” built by 1,000 slave laborers, according to a travel write-up in the Financial Times.

“Little of the building’s darker past is acknowledged in its new incarnation as yet, although there are plans for a memorial to the victims of the Nazi regime, including the laborers who built the tower in just 300 days,” the newspaper adds.

The promotion of one of the president’s most partisan and hard-nosed lieutenants to one of the most powerful jobs in Washington may signal how Trump intends to respond to his party’s defeat in the midterms.
“It’s an evolving trend that shows greater signs of permanence than temporary quality,” Dan Diker of the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs told JNS.
The president is continuing consultations with the newly elected factions scheduled through Thursday evening.
The move comes amid a sharp increase in Holocaust denial and distortion around the globe following the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.