Berghof Obersalzberg

[Ernie Primeau]

That's a movie set - A Max von Sydow film: Hamsun

Yes, I know.

[tunix0]

Nice video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWTbBgaizG4#t=279

Hi!

In this video the panorama window comes from the top, but wasn't it a retractable window? Above the window there wasn't enough space for it.

Christian

[Geoff Walden]

Hi Christian,

You are right - the window went down into the basement area wall, not up. Some (at least) of the window lowering/raising mechanism is said to be still down there. That room and the adjacent basement rooms are still intact, and used to be accessible from the garage.

[tunix0]

Thanks Geoff!

Sounds very interesting! Maybe we'll see an Entrance in a few years when all visitors continue to take souvenirs.

I don't hope so...

[Steve Hoog]

Hi Christian,

You are right - the window went down into the basement area wall, not up. Some (at least) of the window lowering/raising mechanism is said to be still down there. That room and the adjacent basement rooms are still intact, and used to be accessible from the garage.

That is all correct.

The new occupants are field mice

[Steve Hoog]

This is from the Groundskeeper who took interest in this discussion a bit ago.

Acording to his book, Julius Schaub arrived at the Berhof between 15.00 and 16.00 hours on the 26 of April. Most of the interior was still intact, the next day he started to empty Hitlers safe and burned the contents. At the end of that day a few curious people came up and the first looters came in the days there after. In the morning of the 4 of May SS Gebirgjäger set fire to the Berghof and in the early afternoon a few French troops arrived, they went in the basement and found bottles of wine and a Dutch flag witch the draped over the site of the garage the French way. After that they left the to get their comrades and then the US troops arrived, and in the days that followed the Berghof and the other buildings were stripped and totally plundered by France and US troops and the local people.

He has some pics to go with this; I'll try to work that into the thread.

[Annelie]

Way to go Steve, looking forward to the photos.

[Steve Hoog]

From the Groundskeeper and I can honestly say I have never seen any of these (or don't remember), great photos!

Picture 1; French soldiers in the morning of May 5

Picture 2 and 3; French and U.S. soldiers afternoon May 4

Picture 4 ; French soldier with flag on the terrace early afternoon May 4

The pics loaded backwards from the Groundskeeper captions; I think I have it sorted a bit backwards by time.

[Steve Hoog]

I am off to see David Irving next week, this should be a bit interesting!

[CPB]

Does anyone have more photos from Hitler's Berghof study?

Specifically, I'm trying to get a full length view of the kachelofen.

Can anyone help?

[Geoff Walden]

Hi Chris,

I think this is about the best pic I have.

Have you found a tile from the oven?

I know of at least one that still exists.

[CPB]

Geoff

I should be so lucky...

[Thanks for the photo btw]

Chris

[uknews]

Hi Chris,

I think this is about the best pic I have.

Have you found a tile from the oven?

I know of at least one that still exists.

Any further info/pics on the tile Geoff?
Thanks, Mark.

[Progmetty]

I took a couple of screen captures from the movie Valkyrie, found it interesting and nicely done but I'm pretty sure you guys can tell me a whole bunch of inaccuracies which should be fun to spot

[Steve Hoog]

For one there is a hill directly behind the original location; or maybe better said a rise before the big hill. Also the absence of the Turken is painfully obvious.