Adolf Hitler's Home on the Obersalzberg, 1927-1945

[Darrell]

hahah

The point being ... I guess if the German's are trying to erase any sign or trace of these sites ... then the last thing they should be worried about is a few dime sized pieces of concrete missing.

[blackadder]

ofcource,
that is not the point.
What I'm trying to say is that these buildings are monuments, that hole area is one monument.
You know also that the germans these days are not that much hiding behind the facts and the past then 40 years ago.
again, you know all what I'm trying to say by it.
and ofcource its just a piece of rock, but servall pieces of rock kan build the eagles nest remember !

[GELIS44]

The point being ... I guess if the German's are trying to erase any sign or trace of these sites ... then the last thing they should be worried about is a few dime sized pieces of concrete missing.

My thoughts exactly!! The "rock" was not from the Eagles Nest!!
It was taken from the remains of the Berghof, which to my knowledge is only the "retaining wall" shown in the picture I posted. I didn't have time to explore deeper in the woods so I could be wrong.

[pzrwest]

I have seen pics of the Berghoff and other buildings from that period and there were rows of rocks on the roofs.... why did they have these rocks on them? to hold the shingles down?... stop the snow from sliding off?

I was talking to my uboot vet friend today and asked him about rocks on the roofs and he explained that the rocks are there to hold the clay tiles from blowing off especially in the mountainous areas. They were placed every few rows of the clay tiles

[PHILBROWN]

a few bits of rock? i can beat that, 2 yrs ago we went to berchtesgarden and on the way up to the turken hotel, in the [now] layby was a campervan parked in what was the entrance to the bergoff , a guy i later found out was notorious in the area was chisseling out the large stone work that lined the wall on the road . i was gob smacked.

[blackadder]

hahah

[Greg]

a few bits of rock? i can beat that, 2 yrs ago we went to berchtesgarden and on the way up to the turken hotel, in the [now] layby was a campervan parked in what was the entrance to the bergoff , a guy i later found out was notorious in the area was chisseling out the large stone work that lined the wall on the road . i was gob smacked.

Phil.

Are you talking about here - the main driveway? This photo is several years old, and I understand it's more overgrown now.

Best,
Greg

[TerryG]

As far as I know, the building process of the new hotel on the site of Goering's house generated a lot of rubble which was then dumped over the Berghof area.....who knows where this piece of rock came from......but I also picked up a few bits from the Berghof area when I visited the site a few years ago

[Bob Hritz]

Why has the German Government not destroyed the Eagle's Nest? I guess if Hitler can earn them money, all is good??????????

Blow up some buildings and keep some as tourist attractions. It does not make sense to me.

Bob Hritz

[GELIS44]

Why has the German Government not destroyed the Eagle's Nest? I guess if Hitler can earn them money, all is good??????????

Blow up some buildings and keep some as tourist attractions. It does not make sense to me.

Bob Hritz

Thank God they haven't!!

[oldflagswanted]

...AH House bits

...a lot of rubble ...was ...dumped over
the Berghof area.....who knows where this piece of rock came from......but I also picked up a few bits from the Berghof area



when I visited the site a few years ago

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Hello TerryG:
I also have a brick from Hitler's House, now sitting on my
computer, that I picked up myself back in 1991 before the site
was totally buried. Back then the garage inside and out was
still visable - the roof being the patio as seen in Eva Hitler
home movies. My bit has red brick covered by lighter stucco
which was part of the outer surface of the house, before the
house was blown up in 1952 by the Bavarian government at
the request of the US Army. Why they left the garage up thru
the 1990's I've never figured out, but that is now covered up too.


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[TerryG]

Here's the garage as I saw it about 10/15 years ago...

[TerryG]

...and an inside shot.

[TerryG]

All that was left of interest 2 years ago...the retaining wall at the back of the Berghof.

[TerryG]

This shot was taken from the "Zum Turken" Pension and shows both access roads to the Berghof.