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Ruins of the Reich is a documentary series that traces the rise and fall of the Third Reich through its architecture.Written and directed by film maker R. J. Adams, the film's "then and now" format focuses on the primary sites that played key roles from Hitler's rise to his final days in his Berlin bunker.
Kehlsteinhaus.com. Historical Overview and Guide. "Das Kehlsteinhaus". The Third Reich in Ruins. "Eagle's Nest". studiosevenum.nl. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. 360° Virtual Tour of Kehlsteinhaus. "Kehlsteinhaus". Berchtesgaden. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 "Kehlsteinhaus - Hitler's Eagles Nest". August 9, 2017.
The construction of new buildings served other purposes beyond reaffirming Nazi ideology. In Flossenbürg and elsewhere, the Schutzstaffel built forced-labor camps where prisoners of the Third Reich were forced to mine stone and make bricks, much of which went directly to Albert Speer for use in his rebuilding of Berlin and other projects in Germany.
The nearby former hotel "Türken" was turned into quarters to house the Reichssicherheitsdienst (Reich Security Service; RSD) SS security men who patrolled the grounds of the Berghof. [17] It was later occupied by the Generalmajor of the Police. (The hotel was rebuilt in 1950 and reopened as a hotel before Christmas, the Hotel zum Türken.
View from Kehlsteinhaus. Obersalzberg is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany.Located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Munich, close to the border with Austria, it is best known as the site of Adolf Hitler's former mountain residence, the Berghof, and of the mountaintop Kehlsteinhaus, popularly known in the English-speaking world ...
Though the Reich formed schools for students hoping to become future political and military leaders (Napolas) and schools for students who desired to enter Nazi politics (Adolf Hitler Schools ...
"Third Reich in Ruins" (in English) (historical and modern comparison photos) Pictures from Berchtesgaden; Map of Bavaria in 1789; Berchtesgaden military intelligence records, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
Vlasov’s division fought only once for the Nazis, in February 1945, in a futile attempt to stop the Soviet push across the Oder River and into the heart of the Third Reich.