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The Berghof's shell survived until 1952, when the Bavarian government demolished it with explosives on 30 April. [32] The Berghof, the houses of Göring and Bormann, the SS barracks, the Kampfhäusl, and the teahouse were all destroyed. This had been part of an agreement under which the Americans handed the area back to the Bavarian authorities.
Acting on Hitler's orders, SS personnel destroyed the Berghof before pulling out. [42] [43] The US Army XV Corps captured the area on 4 May. [20] Göring, who had survived the air raid, was taken prisoner by the US Army on 9 May 1945. [39] [44] American and French soldiers looted Obersalzberg, including the ruins of the Berghof, after its capture.
Destroyed Berghof SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz. Alois Degano (3 March 1887 in Schmerold, municipality Gmund am Tegernsee; † 26 July 1960 [1] in Gmund am Tegernsee) was a German architect and Baurat. Degano studied architecture in Munich and then worked as an independent architect and master builder in Gmund am Tegernsee.
The Berghof's shell survived and had been attracting tourists until 1952 when the Bavarian government decided to demolish the buildings so they would not become a Nazi shrine. [15] On 30 April, the Berghof, the houses of Göring and Bormann, the SS barracks, the Kampfhäusl, and the teahouse were all destroyed. [16]
The General Walker Hotel was a hotel for US troops after World War II in the mountain (Alpine) retreat of Obersalzberg, Germany.The former Pension Moritz boarding house, boasting opulent accommodations and sweeping views of the Bavarian countryside and Alpine scenery, had been opened in 1878 and renamed Platterhof in 1928.
Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Bernhard Frank (15 July 1913 – 29 June 2011 [1]) was an SS Commander of the Obersalzberg complex who arrested Hermann Göring on April 25, 1945, by order of Adolf Hitler, who had been manipulated by Reichsleiter Bormann into believing Göring was attempting to usurp the Führer's authority.
The upper floor of the exhibition area Inside the Platterhofbunker. The museum exhibition is taken care of by the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich. It offers over 950 documents, photographs, audio clips, films and maps as well as a scale model of the Obersalzberg area overlaying current buildings with the position of historical Nazi installations.
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 ...