Obersalzberg is a mountainside near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany. The area is mostly known for being the location of Adolf Hitler's beloved mountain residence, the Berghof. Berchtesgaden is a town in the German Bavarian Alps. ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Hitler redirects here. ... The Berghof was Adolf Hitlers home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany. ...
In the 19th century Germans starting coming here for vacations. The area is very beautiful and the mountain view is sweeping. Hitler first visited Obersalzberg in 1923 and was so fond of the place that in 1928 he rented Haus Wachenfeld (Berghof). In 1933 he bought the Berghof estate and started to rebuild and expand it. Other Nazi leaders such as Hermann Göring and Martin Bormann also bought estates in the area and by 1935-36 all residents of Obersalzberg were either bought out or kicked out and the area was blocked from public use by a so-called Führersperrgebiet. The area was heavily expanded with military installations for security and support staff, hotels, underground bunkers and air raid shelters. Hitler and Eva Braun spent much time in Obersalzberg in the 1930s. Hitler's last known visit was in July1944. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... The Berghof was Adolf Hitlers home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, and commander of the Luftwaffe. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1930s (years from 1930-1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
The RAF bombed the area on April 25, 1945 and much of Obersalzberg was severely damaged. Since then the government of Bavaria has gradually destroyed or buried almost every trace of the Berghof. Today the area serves tourists again, including the 5-star hotel, InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden, built on the hill where Göring's residence was. RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India RaÄunarski Fakultet RAF... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
Obersalzberg was a "Taeterort" in two senses of the word: This is where a small number of people devised, discussed and planned crimes of the greatest magnitude, crimes that were to be committed elsewhere.
Accordingly, at the Dokumentation Obersalzberg attention was focused primarily on the perpetrators, but not just on their visible daily lives in Obersalzberg, but rather, and indeed primarily, also on their behind-the-scenes actions, their entire thinking and their actions that led to the genocide and the catastrophe of World War II.
Obersalzberg was not only a center from which power was exercised, it was also a political arena for the Cult of Hitler, through which the "Fuehrer" Myth – legitimizing Hitler's personal dictatorship - was continually nurtured.
The main area of Nazi occupation in Berchtesgaden was on the Obersalzberg, a quiet mountain retreat two miles east of Berchtesgaden and some 1200 feet higher in elevation.
This aerial reconnaissance photo was taken prior to the 25 April1945 bombing of the Obersalzberg, for pilots and bombardiers to study.
To the left of the SS barracks buildings is the shattered greenhouse, and farther on, at the left edge of this view, are the ruins of Bormann's house.
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