Obersalzberg
Sub titled: The History of a Mountain
Very nice history book about the Obersalzberg mountain
and it's change throughout the period of the Third Reich.
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Softcover
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In very good exterior and very good interior condition.
Minor dents to wrappers, otherwise ok.
All pages are complete and tight in the binding.
Approx/Measurements: 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" ~0.5 lbs.
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Published by House Josef G. 1963
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Table of contents:
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Preface
1. Berchtesgaden
2. Der Obersalzberg
3. Mauritia Meyer (Moritz)-Judith Platter
4. Von Judith Platter bis Hitler
5. Das Hitlerhaus
6. Martin Bormann
(Der Herrgott vom Obersalzberg * Landhaus Bormann *
SS-Kasernen * Parteikanzlei * Gestapo-RSD *
Gutshof und Verwaltung Obersalzberg *
Das Gewächshaus * Bauleitungen * Der Mensch Bormann
Das Postenhaus * HJ-Verpflegsheim * Das Bienenhaus)
7. Hitlers Teehaus am Kehlstein
8. Landhaus Göring
Und eine Episode
9. Die Theaterhalle
Und die politische Atmosphäre am Berg
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10. Der Platterhof
Reichsstr. 39 * Postamt und Ladenbau
Die Bergschänke * Lazarett Platterhof
Garagenhalle * Terrassenhalle * Modellhaus
Kindergarten * Bechsteinvilla * Der Koksbunker
11. Siedlungen Klaus- und Buchenhöhe
12. Der Stollenbau
13. Noch einmal große Pläne
Die Arbeiter am Obersalzberg
14. Die letzten Geschehnisse
Winter 1944/45 * Der Volkssturm wird gebildet
Die letzte NSDAP-Ortsgruppe
Die Bomben fallen
15. Das Ende
Georg Grethlein und Josef Lohr
16. Der Obersalzberg heute
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Photo contents:
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Barackenlager der Arbeiter
Haus Wachenfeld
Haus Wachenfeld nach dem 1. Umbau
Haus Wachenfeld (Der Berghof)
Der Berghof nach dem 1. Umbau
Der Berghof nach der letzten Veränderung
Haus Hudler
SS-Kasernenbau
Das Innere der SS-Kaserne
Der Berghof mit Kripo-Gebäude
Landhaus Bormann
Eingang zum Kehlsteinhaus-Lift
Landhaus Göring um 1933
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Landhaus Göring Umbau 1941
Die Theaterhalle
Neubau des Platter-Hofes
Das Gästehaus (Parteikanzlei)
Koksbunker
Siedlung Klaushöhe
Baustelle Buchenhöhe
Nach dem Luftangriff am 25.April 1945
Ruinen Platterhof und Kasernen
Haus Bormann nach der Zerstörung
Ruine Landhaus Göring
Der Berghof nach dem Luftangriff
Sprengung des Berghofes
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Background Info:
The Berghof was Adolf Hitler's home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany.
The Berghof was developed in stages from a much smaller house, named "Haus Wachenfeld". "Haus Wachenfeld" was a vacation home built by a businessman from Buxtehude, Otto Winter. Winter's widow originally rented the house to Hitler for 100 reichsmarks in 1928. In 1933 Hitler was eventually able to purchase the house with funds he received through the sale of his political book Mein Kampf. The site is breathtakingly scenic. The valley below appears by illusion to be a lake almost at one's feet. It was located lower down the same mountain as the Kehlsteinhaus, or Eagles Nest, which Hitler rarely visited due to his fear of heights. A large complex of mountain homes for the Nazi leadership (along with many buildings for their security and support staff) was constructed nearby.
The Berghof's great room featured a picture window which could be lowered into the wall below, opening the space to the outdoors and sweeping mountain view. Hitler considered the Berghof his home. He and Eva Braun spent much time there during the 1930s and his last known visit was in July 1944.
Severe damage was inflicted on the Berghof during an RAF bombing raid on April 25, 1945. The Berghof was set on fire on May 4, 1945 by retreating SS guards as the Allies approached and the contents were reportedly looted by Allied soldiers and officers.
The Berghof was connected to the Platterhof Hotel by a series of complex bunkers deep in the mountain, a superb example of underground engineering built at great speed and powered by a subterranean engine like the one remaining at the Eagle's Nest. The government of Bavaria gradually destroyed or buried almost every trace of the Berghof and the site is now overgrown with evergreen trees. The Hotel Platterhof, where many Nazi officers stayed while visiting Hitler, has also been destroyed. Some of the underground structures can be toured from the new German Documentation Center as well as the old Zum Türken Hotel which borders the complex of ruins. By 2005 Berchtesgaden, with its spectacular scenery, had been largely redeveloped for the tourist industry.
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