13-07-2025
Goebbels' love nest to be torn down if it cannot be sold
A lakeside villa dubbed Joseph Goebbels' 'love nest' was once cherished by Nazi Germany's propaganda tsar as a getaway he used to seduce film actresses and write his historic Total War speech.
Today, however, it has proven to be a real estate agent's nightmare, standing deserted and weatherworn, with flaking white facades and weeds growing among uneven flagstones.
The steep-gabled 'Waldhof', or forest manor, on the shore of Lake Bogensee outside Berlin boasts floor-to-ceiling terrace windows that could be automatically lowered into the ground. It still has the original wood-panelled walls, marble window sills, brass fittings and fine wrought-iron front door.
'All alone. I'm so happy,' Goebbels wrote in his diary of his time staying at the villa. 'Surrounded by woods, withering leaves, mist and rain. An idyll of solitude.'
