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Topic: Obersalzberg


In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  Obersalzberg Documentation
Obersalzberg was a "Taeterort" in two senses of the word: This is where a small number of people devised, discussed and planned crimes of the greatest magnitude, crimes that were to be committed elsewhere.
Accordingly, at the Dokumentation Obersalzberg attention was focused primarily on the perpetrators, but not just on their visible daily lives in Obersalzberg, but rather, and indeed primarily, also on their behind-the-scenes actions, their entire thinking and their actions that led to the genocide and the catastrophe of World War II.
Obersalzberg was not only a center from which power was exercised, it was also a political arena for the Cult of Hitler, through which the "Fuehrer" Myth – legitimizing Hitler's personal dictatorship - was continually nurtured.
www.obersalzberg.de /cms_e/content/de_ausstellung_exponatverzeichnis/konzept.html   (873 words)

  
 Obersalzberg/Berghof
The main area of Nazi occupation in Berchtesgaden was on the Obersalzberg, a quiet mountain retreat two miles east of Berchtesgaden and some 1200 feet higher in elevation.
This aerial reconnaissance photo was taken prior to the 25 April 1945 bombing of the Obersalzberg, for pilots and bombardiers to study.
To the left of the SS barracks buildings is the shattered greenhouse, and farther on, at the left edge of this view, are the ruins of Bormann's house.
www.thirdreichruins.com /obersalzberg.htm   (2219 words)

  
 Dokumentation Obersalzberg
on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the end of Word War II in the Bunker of the Obersalzberg Documentation.
The concluding section covers the judicial proceedings against the perpetrators and the local remembrance since 1945.
After being shown in a number of places throughout Germany, the exhibition will be shown to the public for the last time at the Obersalzberg Documentation.
www.obersalzberg.de /cms_e/content/de_besucher_sonder/archiv.html   (341 words)

  
 SIGHTINGS
He took over a Berchtesgaden suburb, the hilltop village of Obersalzberg, and exploited the area's simple way of life and picturesque beauty for Nazi propaganda.
Its photos, films, newspaper clippings and interactive computer databases aim to educate tourists and residents by showing the connection between propaganda from Obersalzberg and the Third Reich's crimes during World War II.
A visitor walks along a spooky tunnel in the almost 2 mile long bunker system in the Obersalzberg mountain in Berchtesgaden, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1999.
www.rense.com /politics5/hitlers.htm   (634 words)

  
 Obersalzberg wants to be known for more than its Hitler history | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Obersalzberg and the nearby larger town of Berchtesgaden wish for a day when visitors hear their names and think of something besides the Nazi dictator.
The story of Hitler, Obersalzberg and Berchtesgaden is told at the Dokumentation Obersalzberg, the taboo-breaking museum that was widely praised when it opened in 1999.
Obersalzberg is 98 miles southeast of Munich and 16 miles south of Salzburg, Austria.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20061029/news_1t29ober.html   (919 words)

  
 Eagle`s Nest: Berghof - Obersalzberg - Hitler's Third Reich and World War Two
One of the largest surviving bunkers is under Dokumentation Obersalzberg and is part of the exhibit.
Obersalzberg lives under the shadow of its most infamous former resident, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
As a very young child, Hunt was taken to see the summit, the Obersalzberg, where Hitler had reconstructed a modest summer cottage into a massive luxury residence named "The Berghof".
hitlernews.cloudworth.com /eagles-nest-berghof-obersalzberg-mountain.php   (2209 words)

  
 Levitt Letter Extra News » Archive » Favored Playground of Nazis Wants to be in Vogue Again
The story of Hitler, Obersalzberg and Berchtesgaden is told at the Dokumentation Obersalzberg, the taboo-breaking museum.
One of the oddities of Obersalzberg is that Kehlsteinhaus is a restaurant, a leftover from a 1952 agreement between Americans and Germans to depoliticize the site.
According to Dokumentation Obersalzberg, when the symbols are found, they are photographed, then dismantled.
www.levitt.com /news/2006/10/13/favored-playground-of-nazis-wants-to-be-in-vogue-again   (1434 words)

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