Obersalzbergs Dark History and Political Turmoil Are True

Bei einer Fachtagung in der ... Konzept vor, das den Standort des sogenannten Berghofs, dem Wohnsitz Adolf Hitlers, und das "Teehaus" auf dem 1834 Meter hohen Kehlstein in die historisch-politische ......

Adolf Hitler ließ Forstwege am Obersalzberg asphaltieren, um bequem spazieren zu können. Jetzt soll der Teer weg - doch das wird für das Forstamt zu einem echten Problem.

Und selbst der schöne Schein beruhte auf Druck und Ausbeutung. Martin Bormann, neben anderen Funktionen auch der Beauftragte für den Obersalzberg, sorgte erst mit sanftem Druck, bald aber schon mit rabiaten Drohungen dafür, dass die Bewohner ...

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The scenic landscape and sweeping mountain views also attracted Adolf Hitler, who in 1923 visited his fellow party member and anti-semite, Dietrich Eckart at the Obersalzberg boarding house, shortly before the Beer Hall Putsch and his imprisonment at Landsberg.

The Allies rejected suggestions about derailing Hitler's train to Obersalzberg and using poison in the train's drinking water, but the British developed a plan named Operation Foxley in 1944. This called for a sniper to kill Hitler on his daily 15–20 minute walk from the Berghof residence to the Teehaus on the Mooslahnerkopf Hill, which had been revealed by a prisoner of war.

The ground floor of the main building and most of the tunnel exhibits cover general topics of Nazi Germany, such as "The Fuehrer", "Actors in the regime", "Machinery of Terror", "Resistance", "Foreign Policy" etc. that are not directly related to the Obersalzberg resort. The path of the exhibition ends in a documentation of the Holocaust in the dark of the bunker.

Most recently, there were around 170,000 visitors a year. The Documentation Center couldn't manage such crowds, which is why it has now been extended; it is scheduled to open in 2022.

Wolf, A. and Matzner, C. (2012), "Arten und motive des dark tourism", in Quack, H.D. and Steinecke, A. (Eds), Dark Tourism -Faszination des Schreckens, Selbstverlag des Faches Geographie, Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, pp. 87-98. ... Obersalzberg is considered to be a »site of the perpetrators« in the history of National Socialism.

Hitler purchased Haus Wachenfeld up on the Obersalzberg, and enlarged it to create his alpine residence, the Berghof. ... In spite of the changes there is still a lot to see for those interested in World War II history.

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.

As my guide half-jokingly pointed out: given that Hitler only paid this tea house 14 official visits, those 14 cups of tea would have come at a price of nearly 13 million dollars each – certainly the most expensive cups of tea in history. The Kehlsteinhaus was built and used purely to impress – namely foreign guests in particular. It had a conference room, kitchen, dining room, and viewing terraces – but no bedrooms. It was never intended for overnight stays. As the end of WWII drew closer and the impending defeat of the Nazis by the Allies became more and more obvious, the Obersalzberg complex was increasingly fortified.