Contents

Foreword

Author’s Comment

Introduction

Propaganda Postcards

SECTION ONE

Humble Beginnings

Creating the Führer

Munich: City of Struggle and Triumph

Berchtesgaden: Fount of Inspiration

Obersalzberg: Spiritual Retreat

Haus Wachenfeld: A Country Home

SECTION TWO

Berghof: Secondary Seat of Government

Visitors to the Berghof

The Führer and the Surrounding Area

The Munich Agreement

SECTION THREE

Hotel Platterhof

Göring’s Obersalzberg Home

Other Buildings on the Obersalzberg

Tunnel and Bunker System

The Destruction of the Obersalzberg

The Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle’s Nest)

Hotel Berchtesgadener Hof

Nazi Buildings around Berchtesgaden

SECTION FOUR

Associates of the Obersalzberg

Martin Bormann

Eva Braun

Joseph Goebbels

Magda Goebbels

Hermann Göring

Rudolf Hess

Heinrich Himmler

Adolf Hitler

Leni Riefenstahl

Baldur von Schirach

Albert Speer

The Obersalzberg: Tangible Remains Today

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Appendix