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A CURSED villa once owned by Nazi mouthpiece Joseph Goebbels is to be given away completely for free after failing to find a buyer due to it being an eyesore.
Berlin’s government have announced plans to “gift” the horror Nazi playground to whoever wants to own a piece of disturbed history in the sprawling 17 hectares of land.
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NewsflashBerlin’s Finance Senator Stefan Evers told the House of Representatives they should consider giving the property to whoever wants it.
Evers said: “I offer anyone who would like to take over the site to take it over as a gift from the state of Berlin.”
Berlin has repeatedly tried to bin off the site and hand it over to federal authorities or the state of Brandenburg, where the dishevelled villa sits.
So far, Berlin has made no progress in selling it off and as a result the property has dwindled down into disrepair.
After the government refused to pay maintenance and security bills at the complex it became littered with issues from overgrown trees, moss covered roofs and battered walls.
Pictures show the decaying and yellowing walls of the villa barely still standing as headless stone statues sit out the front.
The government even attempted to demolish the building but faced backlash and from citizens, say local media.
Evers continued: “If this (offer) should once again lead to nothing, as it has in the past decades, then the state of Berlin will have no other option than to carry out the demolition in the way that has now been prepared and addressed by us.”
THE HOME’S HISTORY
The grand country house was built just outside of Berlin, in Wandlitz in 1936.
It was built overlooking the Bogensee lake and was considered luxury at the time.
It features pristine parquet floors, intricate wooden panelling and glorious chandeliers as well as a huge courtyard.
Goebbels was last at the house in April 1945 before joining Nazi leaders in Adolf Hitler’s Fuehrerbunker in Berlin.
Since then the Allies briefly took over the villa and transformed it into a military hospital in the wars final moments.
It was then taken over by the youth wing of the East German communist party.
They added a training centre and several large accommodation blocks to the already huge complex.
After German reunification in 1990, the site returned back to the state of Berlin as their property.
Something widely regarded as an unwanted arrangement.
Who is Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels was considered Adolf Hitler’s closet henchman and a linchpin in the Nazi regime during the second World War.
His role was as the notorious Nazi chief propaganda minister and also the Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 until Hitler’s death in 1945.
He technically even succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer of Nazi Germany after the dictator killed himself.
But his reign lasted just one day as he also took his own life inside Hitler’s bunker with his wife.
Goebbels and partner Magda are also said to have poisoned their six children with cyanide so they all died together.
Some of his most evil traits stemmed from his deep rooted antisemitism that would be clear to see during his passionate rallying cries to those he ruled over.
Goebbels is thought to be one of the main advocates for Hitler’s chilling Halocaust due to his strong views on the Jewish community.
The site has been virtually left untouched ever since despite a few visits from tourists and historical fantasists alike.
Despite the issues selling Goebbels holiday home, his grand family manor sold at an auction in 2011.
The 70,000-square-foot plot on Schwanenwerder island was sold to the highest bidder for an unknown price.
Sellers made it clear on the listing that the property was not to be purchased by anyone with any Nazi ideas.
It said: “We can say no and we will say no; nobody wants the right-wing scene here.”
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