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They called it The Castle, though it lacked moat, parapets, murder holes (on the outside) or most of the trappings you would associate with the image that springs to mind when someone says “Castle.” It was, simply, a large, gleaming-white concrete cube nearly 200 meters on a side without visible windows and two sets of double doors set into the north-facing side. The east and west sides were blank; the south side marred by single, dark gray door atop four concrete steps. The emergency exit. 

The Castle’s most castle-like feature was it’s placement: high above the village of Baden-Baden atop Badener Höhe: aloof, imposing and completely and totally secure.