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-IBS- i of view ons con aaaJQy laagine that this Is a Materialisation of a child*a conception of the return to the womb* there Is a long hard road, then a he&vilv guarded entrance> a trip through a long tunnel to an extremely inaccvsaible place* There one can be alone, aafo and undisturbed, and revel in the joys that Hotter Nature bentowp. It 1B also interesting to - note that very few people have ever b&eu invited thare and aany flf Hitler1a closest associates are either unaw&re of its existence or have only seen i t froa a diatanca* arily Ertiou^h, Francoia-P&neet le one &£ tho faw peopla who ever Invited to visit ttiere. In tha French lello* Bdok, ha >-IveH ua an extremely vivid doBcriytion of the pine A, n part of which may bfl worthwhile quotingt *The approach is by a winding road about ninfl nlleB lontff boldly cut out of the rock»•• tho road cooes to an and in front of a long underground pasaaga laadiog into the iflountain, enclosed by a heavy double door of bronzs* At the far end of the underground passage e wide l i f t , pfisalled with aheata of copper, awaits the visitor* Through a vertical shaft of 550 f w t cut right through the rock, i t rise a up to the level of the Chancellor's dnU-ing place. Hera lo raachad the aston- ijihing climax* The visitor flnde himself in a strong and massive building containing a galleij with Ronajn pillars, an Iwienpa circular hall with window* All around^-. It gives th? inpredeion of peing suspended In BpaQflt an alao^t overhanging wall of bar a rock rl?es up abruptly» The whole f bathed ia the twilight of tha autuxd i is ^rasdios4r wild, almost The visitor wonders whether hs ie or dreaniog." REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES