Obersalzberg, an in-depth look at the remains of Hitler's Berghof

[cigar_man]

If anyone is interested.

I just found my picture video of the remains of Hitler's Berghof and surrounding area.

Almost killed myself retrieving a brick and goodies from the Berghof.
Had our car parked at the entrance with some WW2 tunes playing courtesy of Ipod.
Lets just say, tunes that would have stirred the ghosts.

A sample starts at 3:51 into the video.

I myself in no way support the Nazi's or what they have done to mankind.

I am a travelling History Buff.

Sometimes I like to relive a moment in time.

Yah, I spelt Obersalzberg wrong on the video.

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[uchi]

some good pictures and nice to see some history, but the zoom and scroll picture crap is annoying as hell

 

[Miller854]

Nice video

 

[collector67]

I was in that area last year, but it was too foggy for the bus to get to the Eagle's nest . From what I have heard, Adolf suffered from vertigo, so he only stayed overnight 2 or 3 times in the Bergehof. It was a sham, just like that whole village was "re created" to make Hitler a "man of the people". Pure propaganda, but it is a very pretty village and countryside...

 

[skirsons]

Cool! It would be great to have captions of what we're looking at.

 

[Joe549]

I was in that area last year, but it was too foggy for the bus to get to the Eagle's nest . From what I have heard, Adolf suffered from vertigo, so he only stayed overnight 2 or 3 times in the Bergehof. It was a sham, just like that whole village was "re created" to make Hitler a "man of the people". Pure propaganda, but it is a very pretty village and countryside...

The Berghoff was Hitler's house in Obersalzberg and the Eagle's Nest is the structure on the mountain peak. They are two different places. The house was bombed pretty badly by the Allies at the end of the war and the remains were eventually demolished in the early to mid fifties. The Allies also attempted to take out the Eagle's Nest, but it proved to be to difficult of a target to hit.

 

[highlander]

I visited the area when I was stationed in Germany in 1974. At that time, you could still see the foundations of the Berghof itself, and the garage was still there. The homes of Goering and Borman were gone, but Albert Speer's house and studio are still there to see.

The Eagles Nest was turned into a public restraurant in the late 60's. It had originally been built for Hitler by the Nazi party as a 50th birthday gift. This was the place that Hitler didn't spend much time due to it's height, not the Berghof; which was Hitler's real home. The view from the top is just awesome; on clear days you can see well into Austria and all around southern Germany.

All that area is probably the most beautiful place in Germany. Well worth a visit if your over there.