Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Should France preserve it?

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Personally I don't care much. I never have seen it, and I am not interested to ever see it - it means nothing to me, and gives nothing to my life. My historical understanding and conclusions from that do not come from monuments, but films or books of historic documentation, and discussions.

If they want to keep it and maintain it, okay, let them do it - but with private funding exclusively: no state support. The French finances are a cause for major concerns, their budget is anything but solid and like all others in europe they spend more than they can afford, and have high debts. There are much more essential needs than supporting a bunker museum with public tax funding.

You cannot always spend money while having debts and expect to repair your finances that way. You must set priorities. Vital stuff first, important stuff possibly second, everything else: later in better times, or never. Another war museum is luxury.