Visiting both Eagle's Nest and the Obersalzberg tunnels gave a chilling insight into the thinking of the Nazi Party and an appreciation of the engineering skills involved. The drive up from Obersalzberg to Eagle's Nest was within a bus. Interestingly, the bus driver described Hitler as a dictator, conveniently omitting he was was democratically elected.
The lodge was a gift from the Nazi Party to Hitler for his 50th birthday.
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| View looking towards Lake Konigssee. |
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| Gretel (camera shy) sitting on the same window sill as Gretl Braun might have sat when she was married at Eagle's Nest |
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| The brass elevator that ascends the final 124 metres. |
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| Inside Eagle's Nest |
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| The Obersalzberg tunnels where Hitler, Bormann and Goebbels had rooms. |
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| On capture of Obersalzberg the Americans turned it into a golf course for their use until 1960. |
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