Have you visited Berchtesgaden or is on your wish list? I hope this video helps you find some of the remaining sites that can be found there!

What a lovely town, particularly interested in the photo of Goerings art collection.

Very interesting video. We visit Berchtesgaden annually & have done so for the past 10 years. Beautiful part of the world.

I've visited there 2 or 3 times and always take a walk in the graveyard because it is fascinating to see the sheer numbers of war dead and more importantly, many of the graves bear photographs of the deceased - lots of them mark soldiers who died in u-boats and also Russia

Your videos are under rated m8 Nice work thanks 👍

I served in the german mountain infantry battalion 232 in Berchtesgaden as a squad leader until 2017. I know all those places very well as Berchtesgaden became my second home. Very interesting to see those old photos. Thank you for this video!

We were stationed in Stuttgart for five years……. I worked for Morale Support and Recreation…….this South Carolina girl taught windsurfing to Allied family members (and also entire Boy/Girl Scout programs) in Berchtesgaden and also Lake Chiemsee always in complete wetsuits……that mountain water was cold as hell !!! Spent a lot of off-hours exploring in and around the tunnels connecting the various hotels and up top of Eagles Nest. When you showed the arches at the top, my heart stopped……. I was alone up there one bitter cold day and it started snowing…….the wind rattling the glass was too much like a death rattle and the feeling stayed with me for days…….love your channel. My grandfather had an amazing scrapbook of his years there……I need to find who has it.

Interesting video. Love the “then and now” comparisons.

Your videos are EXCELLENT!!!! Thank you for posting. Very interesting and informative. I wish I saw your videos before I made the trip in 2009 because I missed a few sites...I love all things WW2.

John, I've been enjoying your Then and Now videos, and thank you for your efforts! Want to share that an older friend of mine, now deceased, was an avid collector of German military items of the WW2 period. He was originally from Atlanta Ga in the US. About 24 years ago, he was contacted by an original Easy Co veteran who was at Berchdesgarten as was portrayed in Band of Brothers. That man had one of Herman Goering's baby blue hats that he took from his chalet there as a war trophy. He sold it to my friend for $1200 US, and the friend resold it 2 years later for $40,000 US. His collection was quite impressive, and was distributed among fellow collectors after he passed away.

I really enjoyed your video. It was especially fun for me because my wife and I visited the Obersalzburg and Berchtesgaden in 2012 as part of a Band of Brothers Tour. We both fell in love with Bavaria...such a beautiful area. For me, having studied WWII ever since I was in high school, it brought my studies of the area to life. There is no substitute for actually being there. There was one memorable moment for me when I turned a corner in the downtown area and saw the fountain (the one in the photo where the SA troops were gathered)...as soon as I saw it, it was instant recognition and I let out an audible "wow" which turned a few heads. I still have an actual edelweiss which I purchased in a shop there. Thanks for the tour...it was like I was right back there again.

Thanks for the two vids about Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg. I also like to find artefacts in this area and comes four times a year. I found f.e. the small Kanzlei in Stanggass, complete with eagles and bunker that mounthed to a small train station. Hitler vistited this Kanzlei more often than in Berlin. And explore also the Eckhart Hospital and Kaserne in Strub near Berchtesgaden. Unfortunually I cannot sent pics here. I can show you more ruins and intact buildings. So I sure know you will return and make some more vids here in Berchtesgaden. Thanks 👌

Thank you for a very interesting Tour. I am planning a trip there in 2023. Would you recommend any places to stay at for say a five day trip? Thank you and great work.

This is awesome, so interesting to follow your footsteps and hear the stories of what took place.

I enjoy your work buddy. there are a lot of channels doing the then & now thing, but you cut to the chase in a no nonsense way that I really appreciate. Noticed your morale patch - you didn't serve by any chance? No matter, just keep doing what you do and I'll keep enjoying it!

Been to the Eagle's Nest on. Trafalgar Tour! Absolutely amazing place! Need to go back & explore these areas! Currently working with a family friend who's father was in 101st 506PIR and "liberated" the Eagle's Nest. He took some pictures but the quality is mixed

Really enjoyed this, I subscribed!

Thank you. I’ve recently subscribed to your channel and enjoy your videos. We have previously visited many of the locations that you have covered in a number of your videos on our European motorcycle trips (Bastogne, Foy, Normandy,) We’re off again at the beginning of September 23, through Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland. We have been in Berchtesgaden before and visited the Eagles Nest, but this time we are staying in the town and will walk around the locations that you have covered in this video. Later on the trip we will visit La Gleize and the Crossroads neat Eindhoven. Keep up the great work 👍

We just arrived from Berchtesgaden. I planned the visit based on our videos ... many thanks. BTW same case with our KoenigsTiger visit in La Gleize.

You should go to Nuremberg and do the rally grounds been there it’s pretty amazing but eerie like the obersalzberg

I have pictures from there, my father was first into town he was 101st airborne, he told of good times until the officers showed up

Excellent video. I was stationed in Würzburg 84-87 and Stuttgart 88-91. I’ve been to Berchtesgaden a couple of times. I was also in the 101st twice. I’m planning another trip to Germany and it will be one of my stops.

this is a fantastic historical then and now piece

Great video! I was wondering where was the Führersonderzug, "Amerika" parked when Hitler visited Berchtesgaden and is this location still there today?

Great video. I’m heading there for 4 days in October with my daughter. Going to take a day trip to Mauthausen.

Yes! I was one a fortunate few to see his collection. Among the many items, he had a type written letter signed in ink from Heydrich Reinhardt. It was written to a local police official in Prague from his HQ there. Also there was a personally autographed black and white photo of Hitler. The ink was smeared so it was definitely not a print. His helmet collection was amazing. Included Wehrmacht, SS, Kreigsmarine, Luftwaffe, Afrika Corp full and pith style helmets, a medic helmet, several from the Eastern front with white paint camo intact. Several had chicken wire, identical to the modern material, used to hold branches and foliage on top . Several had hand painted camo patterns, most had the soldier’s names painted inside. He had a few inert stick grenades with the screw cap and porcelain ball on the cord still intact. I wish he would have allowed me to take pictures. Was not permitted. Please keep up the good work! Amazing to see how much remains. Perhaps I may be able to come see myself in time. I have an uncle buried at the National Cemetery in Normandy. He served with the US 4th Infantry, and was mortally wounded at Utah Beach. Again, thank you for your efforts!

I have visited there three times and look forward to going back some day. A beautiful town, very quaint, slow paced and the people are very, very friendly. Our hotels were first class as well. And the food is awesome. Watching this video, makes me yearn to go back now.

Excellent work!

Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this fantastic video. I'm reading a book, "On Hitler's Mountain", which is the memoir of a woman who grew up in Berchtesgaden during WW2. In your video I could actually see her father's name, Max Paul, who was killed during the war, on that wall you were at that had a list of the fallen German soldiers. She also mentions the new train station built by the Nazi's and also walking over that bridge and having to go past that guard station. You have really brought the book to life for me and for that I thank you very much. Have you made any videos concerning the 82nd Airborne? My father rode several glider missions during the war as a member of the 82nd Airborne. Thanks again.

New subscriber. Excellent piece here. Can't wait to check out some other content!

Looks like a nice place to visit

I love your videos and would really like to talk history with you my wife and I have been there and loved it

Great job...my father was in Patton's 3rd Army, 89th Division.. he took us To Germany in 1970 and 1972...we went here and where your other video was fimed..saw the tunnels and walked through some....went to Eagles Nest....I agree, should be there for reflection of history....thank you!

George stevens took magnificent color film of almost every major event of the war using his personal 16mm camera that was used to film the movie Gunga Din. A very fascinating one is the meeting at torgau of US and Russian troops. In that film theres a guy dressed in a tuxedo and a big top hat who is apparently drunk and staggering around and has a look of pure bliss on his face. I think he must have gotten into a medical kit and found some morphine. The camera man took special interest in him and he interacts with US GIs. Strange he would be in that condition at that time and not in uniform. Looks around 30 years old. Oh and he is carrying a huge dead rabbit. Its easy to find on KZfaq at george Stevens color film Germany.

Thank you!

I'm on the train to Berchtesgaden now watching your video 😊

I come here evry year to Vacation its very nice nature

I love these now and then photos

thank you sir........new subscriber

Just viewed your beautiful video. After the war Berchtesgaden the surrounding area of the Obetsalzburg became a US Army run recreation area. It remained as such until the end of the cold war. There was a nine hole golf course, which became a learn to ski hill during winter. Looks like there's no trace of that time period remaining.

Beautiful place, buildings are awesome! And it’s not their fault who live there! Or what happened.

i have been to berchtesgaden 3 times. the postamt murial is not painted. its a mosaik.

If I find any war-time pictures in my mother's albums, would you be interested? Lovely place isn't it? My late mother visited there often during the war and was presumably very familiar with the station and probably the post office too. She was also there in 1945. I wonder if she actually saw "Goering's Art Collection"? When we went back in 1971 she renewed acquaintance with a fish restaurant, ordering her fresh swimming trout out of a similar fish tank for lunch just as she had done all those years before..

Sorry, what is the TV Series that you mentioned at the start of your video?

Are there guides available to search out these spots when visiting?

This video and part one are very interesting. Thanks for making it so interesting. I would like to visit. I would also love to have a meal in the Eagle's Nest just to put a finger up to Hitler.

I wonder what Hitler would think of a Burger King in Berchtesgarden lol

enjoyed that

Interesting video

Very pretty scenery in which to place a nice little town. I guess the population was lucky to have escaped much of the devastation that was visited upon other German localities.

You need to get a hat and t-shirt that has your logo on it. Merchandising!

Hi sir, im a big fan of ANYTHING to do with WW2, And also a big fan of 101st, now my question is this, Was A.H actually afraid of heights or no? Cuz i have looked up some of the research on that, but its 50/50 (ie some say he was and some say he wasn't)

Thank You! That's a great informative video. However, I will only subscribe when you will pronounce the "Berchtesgaden" correctly 😊.

I was born in Berchtesgaden in 47. My biological mother, Anna Marie T. Kuftner, was an interpreter for the American forces, WW 2, and she resided at 4 Markplatz. Never knew my biological father, an American Army officer. I was adopted in 53 and came to America.

Really enjoyed your video. It left me feeling a bit uneasy to see it looking like a really lovely old German town but the history is still horrible and that Hitler masterminded so much of his evil plans just along the road at his Eagle's Nest retreat.

When I was a kid we stayed at the Berchtesgaden Hof when it was an A Erica Forces rec centre. I was too young at the time to know it was the big hotel for Nazi Party members to stay when in town.

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RIP heiliges Deutschland 🥲

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