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The Berghof was Adolf Hitler's holiday home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. Other than the Wolfsschanze ("Wolf's Lair"), his headquarters in East Prussia for the invasion of the Soviet Union , he spent more time here than anywhere else during his time as the Führer of Nazi Germany .
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 ...
The Berghof was modified in much the same way as other FHQs, [3] and Hitler had daily conferences on military matters there in the latter part of the war. [3] The "Eagle's Nest", i.e. the Kehlsteinhaus, was rarely used and may not be considered a FHQ as such alone; however, it was associated with the Berghof and part of the Obersalzberg ...
Located in the German state of Bavaria, close to the Austrian border, Obersalzberg in the 19th century was one of the earliest tourist destinations in the Berchtesgaden Alps. That changed, when Hitler purchased the Berghof (Mountain House) residence upon the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 and a large area was cordoned off and evacuated.
Referred to as the "D-Haus", short for "Diplomatic Reception House", the Kehlsteinhaus is often conflated with the teahouse on Mooslahnerkopf Hill near the Berghof, [8] which Hitler walked to daily after lunch. [9] The teahouse was demolished by the Bavarian government after the war, due to its connection to Hitler. [10]
Berchtesgaden was where Adolf Hitler met Neville Chamberlain in 1938 before the Munich Agreement; see Berchtesgaden meeting. Even though a feared Alpine Fortress last stand of the Nazi Regime in the Alps failed to materialize late in World War II, the Allies launched a devastating air raid on the Berchtesgaden area in the spring of 1945.
Adolf Hitler greeting Neville Chamberlain at the Berghof on 15 September 1938. The Allies considered attacking Obersalzberg prior to April 1945, but decided against doing so. Obersalzberg's location was well known, and in June 1944 Allied intelligence confirmed that Hitler was directing the resistance to the Normandy landings from the
Hitler made the 20-minute walk from the Berghof to the teahouse with his dog Blondi, closest friends, and associates. After having tea, coffee, and cakes, Hitler often fell asleep and was driven back to the Berghof by car. The others had to go back by foot.