Hitler was on a mission to destroy culture. In places where human tragedy wasn't as bad he succeeded destroying history; ancient ruins, mideival castles, Greek monasteries etc etc etc ....
You know he ordered to destroy the Eiffel Tower, yeah? That was the first order his men disobeyed, his general or whoever ignored the order like "we lost fellas, it's a wrap, we better get outta here."
Smooth moves. When I woke up this am, I had no idea was gonna bla bla bla some nazi shit.
Very true sadly, there was a great deal of local history destroyed here during the occupation. In the nearest small town was the headquarters and starting point of the corps Franc pommies and resistance. Churches,statues,castles and medieval remains were razed to the ground when the soldiers left.
The Eiffel tower was a probably a bridge too far at that stage.
I guess history is full of dudes that believe by destroying the past the can create their a new future in their batshit crazy image.
Thanks for keeping an eye on me