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Hitler's Berchtesgaden

A Guide to Third Reich Sites in Berchtesgaden and the Obersalzberg
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In 1925, Adolf Hitler chose a remote mountain area in the southeast corner of Germany as his home. Hitler settled in a small house on the Obersalzberg, a district overlooking the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Obersalzberg area was transformed into the southern seat of power for the Nazi Party. Eventually the locale became a complex of houses, barracks, and command posts for the Nazi hierarchy, including the famous Eagle's Nest, and even the mountain itself was honeycombed with tunnels and air-raid shelters. A bombing attack at the end of World War Two damaged many of the buildings and some were later torn down, but several of the ruins remain today, hidden in the woods and overgrown. This guide book will help history-minded explorers find these largely-forgotten sites, both on the Obersalzberg and in Berchtesgaden and the surrounding area, with detailed directions for driving and walking tours.
Geoffrey R. Walden is a former armor officer in the U.S. Army, with four military tours stationed in Germany, principally in Bavaria. He has travelled all over Germany in search of the remains of the Third Reich, and he has guided tour groups and individuals to Third Reich sites for over twelve years. Walden is the author of the "Third Reich in Ruins" webpage on the internet. He currently resides in Bavaria.
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