Nepal, Jan. 10 -- Rana rulers objected to planes flying overhead, fearing invasion or divine anger

The Pundits don't approve On 5 January 1939, Adolf Hitler was in Berghof, his mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps, a place from where a considerable number of decisions related to World War II were taken in addition to being a place where plans were set out that would result in some of the most atrocious genocidal crimes the world has known.

Photographs of the place reveal a stunning, idyllic landscape, the actual retreat not appearing too impressive, a structure rather plainly mounted with ordinary corrugated sheet. But then you focus on the images containing Hitler himself.

What is striking about such images is the order and tranquil...