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Berghof (residence)
Adolf Hitler's Bavarian residence
Not to be confused with Kehlsteinhaus.
The Berghof was Adolf Hitler's holiday home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. Other than the Wolfsschanze ("Wolf's Lair"), his headquarters in East Prussia for the invasion of the Soviet Union, he spent more time here than anywhere else during his time as the Führer of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the most widely known of his headquarters,[1] which were located throughout Europe.
The Berghof was rebuilt and renamed in 1935 and was Hitler's holiday residence for ten years. It was damaged by British bombs in late April 1945, and again in early May by retreating SS troops, and it was looted after Allied troops reached the area. The Bavarian government demolished the burned shell in 1952.
History
The Berghof began as a much smaller chalet called Haus Wachenfeld, a holiday home built in 1916 (or 1917) by Kommerzienrat Otto Winter, a businessman from Buxtehude. It was located near the Platterhof, the former
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History of the Obersalzberg
The Obersalzberg sits 1200 feet above the alpine village of Berchtesgaden. During the Third Reich, this beautiful, pastoral community became known as Hitler's mountain headquarters.
Prior to 1933, this area was the scene of rustic mountain farms and modest guesthouses where visitors would come to enjoy the breathtaking natural beauty of this little corner of the Bavarian Alps.
This had been a well-known vacation spot for many years. Sigmund Freud, Johannes Brahms, Robert and Clara Schumann, Theodor Fontane, Caspar David Friedrich and Bavarian royalty all visited the Berchtesgaden area.
According to German legend, Charlemagne is sleeping in a cave in the Untersberg mountain across the valley from the Obersalzberg; the story says he will return for the final battle between good and evil at the end of the world.
The Nazis Arrive
During the 1930's and war years, this vacation spot became the country residences of many well-known figures of the Third Reich.
Adolf Hitler first arrived on the Obersalzberg in 1
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Dietrich Eckart bronze bust, Berghof Great Hall
This lifesize bronze bust of Dietrich Eckart by the G. Wagner foundry of Munich was displayed in the Berghof's Great Hall from 1936-1945. As the spiritual father of Nazism, Eckart was Hitler’s ‘pole star’ – the guiding force that shaped his ideas, propagated the ‘Hitler myth’, and brought the horrors of the Third Reich into being.
“Follow Hitler. He will dance, but it is I who has called the tune!”
– Dietrich Eckart
How the bust found its way out of the Berghof in May 1945 is unclear. What is known for sure is that it surfaced in 2005 when it was purchased from the family of Dr. Rudolf Müller (1912-2009). On May 4, 1945, Berchtesgaden District Administrator, Karl Theodor Jacob, called in Müller as an interpreter during the peaceful handover of the town to the US Third Infantry Division. In later years, Müller was appointed as Berchtesgaden’s District Counsel and Deputy District Administrator. During the occupation, he worked as a defense attorney in the military tribunals.
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