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

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.