I had always wanted to see the Georgia Guide Stones but always said "I'll go when I'm in the area" but then someone blew them up before I could see them. Well, I'm NOT going to make the same mistake regarding The Eagle's Nest. I'm going as soon as they re-open for the summer in May.

Are there any other interesting Nazi (or otherwise controversial) sites I should check out? Perhaps Nuremberg? I'll have 10 full days on the ground. I'd prefer stuff in Austria and the southern half of Germany.

I'm an experienced traveler. My German vocabulary is weak but in the past I've gotten around Germany fairly well speaking just German.

Thank you in advance for your advice

I would want to see

1. The U-boat pens at St. Nazaire

2. The bunkers of the West Wall.

3. The Berlin museum of Technology (Has aircraft of the Third Reich)

4. Hurtgenwald

5. Peenemunde

6.Colditz Castle

Dachau. Concentration Camp Memorial Site and museum. Short distance NW from Munich.
It was the "prototype."

A long time ago I spent the better part of a day at Dachau.  It changed my world view.  

National Socialist museum in Munich. It will take all day and it's fantastic.

https://www.nsdoku.de/en/

Going to see the Eagle's nest and the associated sites around Berchtesgaden is a great 1-2 day trip.   The town is lovely and there is of course a Hofbrauhaus and some other great restaurants to enjoy.  I went back in 2019 when I was on a work trip to Salzburg.   I'd recommend an evening out in Salzburg as well.   I was there in April so didn't get all the way up to the Eagle's nest, but did tour the remains of the lower complex.

I did the Nuremberg parade grounds as well as some of the other historical buildings there.   They are well preserved and well documented historically.   I will say this, when I stood near where Hitler's podium was at the parade grounds, it was a very eerie and evil feeling.   I'm not much into supernatural things, but it was clear there was some bad ju-ju there.

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As mentioned, Nuremberg parade fields, Dachau, (sounds like you're flying into Munich, so maybe add half a day for BMW factory.)  Also account for other tours of the obersalzberg and the bunker system by the berghoff.  Bertchesgarten on it's own is a nice way to spend a day.  Those lakes at the end of BoB/Star wars prequels/Bond are also in NW Austria iirc.

If you're single, don't forgot to take a gander at the red light district in Nurnberg, by the wall.

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As others have said, Dachau. That is the most haunted place I've ever been to. You come around a building, and see the ovens with the doors open, will be burnt into your brain for eternity.

I lived in Nuremberg  during the late 1970s / early 1980s.  Seeing the Rally Grounds is powerful.   That was a LONG time ago but the US military was using German military installations that still had visible evidence of war time activities (munitions impacts on the walls of structures, etc).  Lots to do in Nürnberg.

At that time, the MWR was still using the SS barracks at the Obersalzberg for lodging. Long since condemned and razed now.