"In a last-ditch attempt to avoid the demolition of a lakeside villa built for Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, the state of Berlin decided last year to offer it as a "gift" to anyone willing to take on the hefty upkeep. Built in the National Socialist architectural style and located on Bogensee Lake in the northeast of Berlin, the crumbling villa complex, which has been left unused since 2000, may now have been saved following the site's temporary transfer to the municipality of Wandlitz"
"Berlin has not relinquished ownership of the property and will continue to pay the annual management costs of around 200,000 ($233 million). According to German public broadcaster RBB, the Wandlitz municipality had been trying for years to obtain permission to use the site and ultimately plans to raise funds to fully renovate the property, which will cost an estimated 300 million."
"The villa was constructed for Goebbels on a 17-hectare (42-acre) plot of land just outside Berlin gifted to him by the city in 1936. The former Nazi PR chief used the residence as a retreat from his Berlin-based wife and six children. Apart from entertaining Nazi leaders, artists and actors, Goebbels was also believed to have used the villa as a love nest for his many secret affairs."
Berlin offered a decrepit lakeside villa built for Joseph Goebbels as a "gift" to anyone willing to assume its upkeep to avoid demolition. The villa is built in the National Socialist architectural style on Bogensee Lake in the northeast of Berlin and has been unused since 2000. The site was temporarily transferred to the municipality of Wandlitz to host guided tours and events while Berlin retains ownership. Berlin will continue to pay annual management costs of around 200,000 ($233 million). Wandlitz plans to raise funds to fully renovate the property, with an estimated cost of 300 million. The villa sits on a 17-hectare plot gifted in 1936 and was used by Goebbels as a retreat and alleged love nest; after 1945 it served as a military hospital and later as a facility for the East German communist youth wing.
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