Which one did you visit?
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Berghof - Hitler's house on the Obersalzberg]
To this day, many Americans are confused by the names Berghof and Eagle's Nest, which are two separate places. The Berghof was located on a plateau called the Obersalzberg which is on the route to the top of the Kehlstein, the mountain where Hitler's tea house, called the Eagle's Nest, was built in 1938. To add to the confusion, Hitler had another tea house, called Mooslahnerkopf, which was a short walk from the Berghof. The German name for the Eagle's Nest is Kehlsteinhaus, which means house on Kehlstein mountain.
There are many photographs of Hitler, Eva Braun and various Nazi officials that were taken on the terrace at Berghof, but have been mistakenly identified as photos taken at the Eagles's Nest.
Das Kehlsteinhaus - "The Eagle's Nest"
Das Kehlsteinhaus is the famous Teehaus (Teahouse in English) which was built on the Kehlstein mountain in the Bavarian Alps by the Nazis as a gift to Adolph Hitler for his 50ieth birthday. Construction was completed by September 1938, seven months before the building was officially presented to Hitler as a birthday gift on April 20, 1939 by the Nazi party. Widely known to Americans as The Eagle's Nest, the house is one of Germany's top tourist attractions and can be reached by a Tour bus from Munich.
Many Americans mistakenly believe that the term "Eagle's Nest" refers to Hitler's former private residence on the Obersalzberg, which was located just below the Kehlsteinhaus. The movie "War and Remembrance" showed scenes of events which actually happened at Hitler's residence, the Berghof, but were filmed at the Kehlsteinhaus. The term "Eagle's Nest" was allegedly coined by a group of World War I veterans who visited it at Hitler's invitation, and the name has always referred only to Hitler's Teehaus.
Hitler made 14 official visits to the Kehlsteinhaus including his first visit on September 16, 1938, the day after he had met with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at his Berghof house on the Obersalzberg in the famous "appeasement" conference which many historians consider to be the beginning of World War II. His last official visit was on October 17, 1940. Hitler also made at least 3 unofficial visits. His fear of heights caused him to avoid visiting this fabulous mountain retreat more frequently, but it was a favorite hangout for his mistress, Eva Braun, who often went there with her friends.
LIFE AT THE BERGHOF
Map shows relationship of the two sites.
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