Berchtesgaden-Obersalzberg, Germany (Part 2 of 2)

[oma51511]

Going  to the south of Germany in the Spring, but after seeing the road leading to the Eagle's Nest, I think I'll skip that tour.

[maryfrances12]

@oma51511 - You will take a special tour bus to the top because of the steep grade - so if you go, don't be surprised that you will have to park your car, and take the tour bus up to the top.

[bettygoodbody]

not only was he forced to sell, they killed him and sent the ashes in an urn to his daughter, and wife.

[geertwildersful]

JUNGE KOMM BALD WIEDER

[AKD1V]

Those bus drivers have balls! Flying on those narrow roads like that

[atomicplayboy4u]

I hope it is sunny when I go ! Percentage wise, when is the driest months ?

[oktoberfest1810]

@atomicplayboy4u:

Anytime in late spring or summer is fine, except August (too many people). If I had to pick an exact time to visit Berchtesgaden, I'd choose mid-May (cause that's when the Eagle's Nest opens for the season and it's not crowded). Go to my Web site and click on Berchtesgaden to learn more.

[atomicplayboy4u]

@oktoberfest1810 Thanks for the information.

[paulva82]

such a cool video! i actually stayed at the hotel turken back in 1995. we didnt get to go up to the eagles nest due to weather so im glad i found this video

[SixbulletRussianRoul]

Very nice video, feel sorry for you with that weather and all... I was there for 3 days at the year of 2008 and we had clear blue skies and 25 to 30 celsisus!

[MYSTAND111]

What a petty and cowardly act was the destruction of the Platterhof Hotel, (Gen G. Walker). It was a beautiful hotel and gaden and was a an important part of the history. It still had a room called: "The Hitler Study" which had become a Mecca to history fans.

[nylonTS]

great video thank you

[horneykiwi]

Been there mate, awesome vid, amazing place, how could the world have let him advance so far........................

Mankind paid the price for trying to keep the peace.

[charlieiscool1000]

LOLL "thats me" 7:58

[IceRich05]

Looks like u enjoyed urself

[seanbl1]

This is cool!!

[ccsitaround]

so, this eagle nest tea house is not the one that Hitler walked to for tea but the Mooslahnerkopf, correct?

[oktoberfest1810]

@ccsitaround:

Correct, H. walked daily over to the Mooslahnerkopf tea house.

[KendraHoder]

Fantastic video. Very informative.

[oktoberfest1810]

@KendraHoder

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[Misswesttx]

very nice, headed there next month. Thank you for your post!

[oktoberfest1810]

@Misswesttx

You're welcome! Have a nice trip.

[UniversalAdjCo]

@Misswesttx How'd it go...lol...must have been as expected...perfect, no?

[SimmeNylleh]

är du svensk? :)

[TheWhitehall]

Adolf and Eva still drawing the crowds.....anyone for tea?

[varus1985]

I want to go there now.

[BLOGTALK100]

They should of left everyhting like it is for tourists purposes

[and0243]

The germans must have felt it necessary to tear down the General Walker hotel; originally called the Platterhof. When I stayed there in the early nineties, it was truly like stepping back in time. It was one of the best of the Armed Forces Recreation Centers. I suppose the germans will eventually tear down the Eagle's nest, too. The spooky reminders of the Nazis must be too much for present day Germany. Thank you for the video "update."

[tedly1911]

Traderoutes: Yet another asshole blaming the Jews:

"America utilized Hitler to help defeat the jewish plan to bolshevize the world "

[TradeRoutes]

"We painted Hitler as a monster, a devil. And that's why we could not move away from that portrayal after the war. We had mobilized the masses against the devil incarnate. And so we were forced to continue in this satanic scenario after the war. We could not possibly have explained to our people that the war had actually been only a preventative economic measure." --

James Baker in 1992, USA Secretary of State

America utilized Hitler to help defeat the jewish plan to bolshevize the world

[ROUSEVIDEO]

Very well done and accurate video. I was there last year and found it a fascinating place. I did the tour with Christine Harper. I assume there are several companies, although I recall your book in the gift shop. Good job.

[deadlydan123]

Awesome, thanks for a great vid .

[BONSEY83]

Fantastic video

[n4120p]

Thank you for sharing, a good reference to those who wish to visit this historic place, is good to know that the eagle nest still stand original.

[Unterscharfuhrer]

I went there last weekend, my sixth visit to the area. Don't forget to visit the Hochlenzer teehaus, another of Hitler's favourite cafes, which is still a fully working cafe with photos of Hitler on the wall.

[adrian1122334455]

Very nice video.  I loved my visit to this area.

[PFCPEDERSON]

Thanks a lot for this upload. Once I graduate and before joining the army, I want to visit Germany and Austria.

[Wambo07]

:-)

how the english-speakin gpeople try to speak german is always funny but who ever made the video did it very good!

thanks!

and:

Vielen Dank, wir würden gerne mehr sehen, vielleicht folgen noch einige Videos?

[gilleslat]

ridicule ce commentaire a la roosbeef

aller voir sur place et vous verrez qu il ya la un endroit magique

[slothmag]

Very nice, I saw all those sites this month while travelling in Germany, really beautiful and historically significant area. You should include the "Teehaus", with Hitler's "Aussicht" or mountain view, which was Hitler's favorite place to enjoy a cup of morning tea. It's located across the golf course from the Berghof site, about 15 minutes on foot from the Hotel Turken parking lot. It has a fantastic view of the mountains and is depicted on a few of the old silent films shot by Eva Braun.

[jimj122680]

Thanks for this politically neutral film. I'm so tired of all these jew boot lickers who have to talk about the so-called "jewish suffering".

[LennonHat]

There was nothing "so-called" about the suffering of the Jews or many other groups not approved of.

[Treblinka2012]

@jimj122680 OMG i am with you on this one ..

[MarcoBocoure]

@jimj122680 so-called jewish suffering?

million of people have sufferednot only Jews....even some German so show some respect!

[deborahw0]

@jimj122680 Seriously, you are antisemitic after all these years, after all which has been revealed to humanity? Shame on you and a plaque upon your every worthless house.

[kashgar22]

very nice, very professional, thanks.

[oktoberfest1810]

Thank you!

[nognilk]

oh my god the road is wet...4:17 - 6:05... heart attack city.

[lonewolf202]

already been there once, and I'm so going there again

[trickyrichard1]

Hi I worked for the AFRC during the 80s and lived in the barracks , dinned , drank and partied at the Gen Walker hotel and the Hoff, what a shame it is all gone. do you know Ted Hassenger? Richard Trayer 81-86 B garden

[oktoberfest1810]

Hi! We have something in common: We both worked for AFRC. Great days indeed. I worked 1998-2002 at Chiemsee and unfortunately can't say that I know Ted. I've heard so many great stories about the Walker from people like yourself that I also feel an affinity with it. I took those pictures of its demolition around 2000; it was sad to see her go. Today, as you know, it is a parking lot. Urgh! And the B-Hof has also been razed.

[thehomefront]

anyone have any german daggers for sale

[Sebastian1982Trier]

"Austrian Government"? It is in GERMANY!!!

[graceland6]

Sophomoric dialogue who would ever want to go on a journey up that wonderful mountain w/ you spitting out lie after lie, distorting history w/ your smarmy tongue impeached w/ an agenda to further push hatred of Germany and the Third Reich. You really need a Euro Bus were the truth of the past is told w/out the wanting vulgarity of baseless lies. Your rhetoric, wrapped in distortion plagued by alliteration and an overbearing need to set the scene. How droll how boring how jew, oops I mean you lol

[armandotoyota]

are you on Prozac? or high?

you have heavy emotional issues.....

[graceland6]

Ridiculous narrative w/ the inference of such pedantic viewpoints shows the limited perspective of ones who's only wish is to further bludgeon the memory Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. It results in a comic dialogue of usurped rhetoric borrowed from fiction not the true pages of history. These films add insult to injury and forget to mention the historical lie, the truth will be told one day w/ out the hindrance and crutch of persecution. Heroic Voices always champions truth vs historic lies!

[DaRiceking]

I'm going to visit this place one day when my pocket is filled with cash. I'm young and poor right now. xD

[hadnils]

Nice video! I have allways found WWII-history facinating!

Hope to go there sometime.

[oktoberfest1810]

Thank you! WWII history is a fascinating topic. We're lucky there are still a number of vets alive for us to personally honor, to hear their stories, shake their hand.

[vampiroangelico]

ABSOLUTELY!!

Can you believe some of us are still fighting to try to get Major Dick Winters (101st, 506th PIR) a congressional medal of honor, for his actions in the morning of D-Day? He and his squad took a German position entrenched, destroyed 4 cannons that were constantly pounding the beaches during what became the biggest invasion known to mankind. There is no doubt Maj. Winters actions greatly helped the allies.

[believer1965]

dam austia goverment should have not tore down those buildings it was glorious history

[MayanEndTimeDec2012]

"believer1965" Agree, the amazing architectual achievements should have been entirely preserved.

[zillsbury]

fascinating! is there a bus ride video going up to the berghof? i have always wondered how easily that road was to get to.

[Wohlauf]

That bus ride did scare me to death. I rode this bus twice in different years and I had an uncontrollable urge to scream a lot. Anyone whom is scared of heights should certainly keep their eyes closed.

[Caylus1578]

Apparently Hitler didn't like heights too much which is sometimes given as the reason that he did not visit the Kehlsteinhaus very often!

[XB70Playboy]

That bus ride scared me to death. I'm a pilot and THIS felt like you were flying.

[zzsql]

Ich reise nach Berchtesgaden einmal pro Jahr, ist so schön da.

[mitro72]

Nice video!

BTW photo on 0:40 is not from Germany,

it´s taken 6th of june 1942 in Finland, guy in a center is Marshal of Finland,Mannerheim, and guy on right is President Ryti.

[oktoberfest1810]

Thanks for watching and your comment. Very observant of you to notice the Finnish insert. I was short on Hitler pictures, thus I included it.

[1955porsche]

that would be kool to ride your mountain bike from the tea house all the way down hill. can that be done?

[oktoberfest1810]

That would be a lot of fun! But not really possible. The condensed reasoning is this: The road to the Nest is open exclusively to one-way bus traffic May thru October. And the road is being prepared in April. So that leaves Nov thru March, when the road is either full of snow or slick with ice! Viel glueck, und viel spass...

[Dancing88Mike]

Is the Eagles nest where all those colored films of him were taken?

[oktoberfest1810]

No. Those were taken at Obersalzberg, where Hitler resided. To give you an idea of its location, Obersalzberg sits at 3,000 feet on the pastoral slope of Mount Kehlstein in southern Bavaria, roughly a 2.5-hour drive from Munich and 30 minutes from Salzburg. Or, about 1,500 feet above the Alpine village of Berchtesgaden and 3,000 feet beneath the Nest. Because Hitler rarely visited the Nest (only 14 official times, from Sept 1938 to Oct 1940), very little footage of him at the Nest exists.

[lvrofwolves]

WHOA! the trip on the bus down the mountain...looked SCARY!!!!!!

[qved]

wow!very nice!I've been there!sieg heil!

[Jaapdeaap1]

Nicely done.

[oktoberfest1810]

Cheers mate. Dank u.

[ostapslobodian]

how much will it cost for 1 or 2 weeks and do i have to learn german?

[oktoberfest1810]

Do you mean does one need to learn German to visit Germany? No. Many people understand and speak English. That said, it's always worthwhile to learn another language in life. Cost: Depending on how you want to travel; economy $65/day to no worries $250/day, plus airfare. Note that I offer personalized tours to Germany & Austria that visit many WWII sites, including Obersalzberg and the Eagle's Nest. Itineraries and prices are listed on my Web site, which is posted on my YouTube channel.

[Mampfdrossel]

"Note that I offer personalized tours to Germany & Austria that visit many WWII sites..."

I highly appreciate it that you visit Germany for its _true_ culture. I mean, honestly, there's nothing else than the World War II that makes us interesting or even worth talking about.

[celticman333]

exactly where and what sites do you visit, the reason I ask is Im very interested in this, I just got back from obersalzberg,Im not into the negative stuff, bored of that same old story,

[veniceadriana]

If you want to visit Berchtesgaden, check out the Vier Jahreszeiten Hotel (the food/views are amazing!)

[0xMaster]

Excellent! Definitely 5 stars.

(Can only come up with one very minor snag: Hitler never used it as a tea house.)

[oktoberfest1810]

Thanks for the high praise! True, Hitler never used the Eagle's Nest as a tea house; his favorite tea house as you likely know was on the Mooslahnerkopf. But since Hitler only visited the Nest 14 official times--its primary users were Eva Braun and Bormann's family--and the biggest event held on the property being the marriage of Gretl Braun to Hermann Fegelein in 1944, it's fair to refer to the Nest as a tea house. Plus, I have a copy of a Nazi document calling the property "Teehaus Kehlstein."

[0xMaster]

Ooo..!

If it is in any way possible, I would be delighted beyond words to get hold of a copy of that documentation. Send me a message for details, please.

The Mooslahnerkopf was the principal FTH (Fuehrer Tea House) of Obersalzberg, yes. I've seen the number 14 visits before, nice to get it confirmed from you. BTW, is it common knowledge that there was indeed a FHQ officially called Adlerhorst in Hessen?

Also, love the bus trip! Enough to make even an übermensch feel uneasy. :)

[oktoberfest1810]

Sure, I'll email it to ya. My address is on my YouTube page; email me so I can email you. As for FHQs, I have 13: Hitler's "special" train, Obersalzberg, Felsennest, Wolfsschlucht I & II, Tannenberg, Adlerhorst, Calais, Frühlingssturm, Wolf's Lair, Vinnystya, Riese, chancellery + bunker Berlin. Note that Calais and Reise were never finished or used. (Continued in next message ...)

[oktoberfest1810]

(Message 2 of 2) ... Set up by Speer as early as 1939 in the idyllic countryside outside the village of Ziegenberg, 10km west of Bad Nauheim, Adlerhorst is where Hitler directed the Ardennes offensive, Wacht am Rhein, a.k.a. Battle of the Bulge.

Oh, and yes, just the bus ride alone up to the Eagle's Nest is worth the price of admission.

[bobbymanzu]

Very interesting video, nice and informative. The last of the ruins of the Mooslahnerkopf teahouse were taken down in 2006. There is now absolutely no physical artifact of Hitlers favorite and most often visited teahouse left.

[nighttrain1067]

Its a surreal part of the world in Berchtesgaden.I have spent alot of time exploring the area and love the natural beauty, not to mention the historical sites. I'm sad to hear that The General Walker hotel was razed, as I stayed there on occasion while working for the U.S. Government.I preferred staying in town whenever possible though, such a gorgeous place...Great memories!Thanks for the post!

[oktoberfest1810]

Surreal is a good adjective here; the region is so stunning that locals say everything beautiful on Earth God put in Berchtesgadener Land. I just returned from a 60-day European research trip and as an update the former US military resort hotels Berchtesgadener Hof (BH) and the neighboring General McNair have now also been razed. Viewers of the tv miniseries Band of Brothers, episode 10, will remember the BH when the boys of Easy Company entered the hotel and began lifting Hitler souvenirs.

[veniceadriana]

The Berchtesgadener Hof you see in BAND OF BROTHERS wasn't the real hotel, just some random building w/ a hoarding added. By then the real Hof had been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent that it could never have been used for filming.

Used to stay at the Hof, such a shame it could never have been refurbished and used as a Youth Hostel or sthg. (The playwright Ibsen stayed there before Hitler was even thought of.) I understand why it had to go, I just feel sad at its loss.

[edup12]

Wonderful Video!!!

[oktoberfest1810]

I appreciate the compliment, and your gracious use of punctuation.

[rwzal]

thank you for your info

nice montage!

[oktoberfest1810]

THANK YOU for watching, commenting! Within the next five months I hope to have many more, equally informative, travelogues. Stay tuned!

[burgundywater]

los lideres de baviera quisieran borrar toda huella del pasado como si no hubiera existido. La Alemania de hoy ,ya no hunde sus raices en aquellos biochornosos años, cuando su pueblo es totalmente democratico, culto y tolerante.

[oktoberfest1810]

Well said Burgundywater. (Spanish to English translation) The leaders of Bavaria would like to erase all signs of the past, as if it had never existed. Today's Germany does not dig its roots in those embarrassing years, as its population is totally democratic, educated and tolerant.

Those places must be preserved so that the world may remember the criminals, the environment... the hotel and its bunker so that the indignation never goes away; to forget is forbidden.

[burgundywater]

todos esos lugares deben ser conservados para que el mundo recuerde a los criminales, el entorno... el hotel y su bunker para que nunca se apague la indignacion, prohibido olvidar.

[thesid25]

Very informative! 5-stars

[oktoberfest1810]

Thanks! I'm glad ya liked it.