Hitler's Berghof Bunker - Exploring An Off-Limits World

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28 күн бұрын

Special thanks to BEGAFILM for permission to use clips from their production 'Hitler's Bunker on the Obersalzberg - The Berghof Bunker', and for providing restored footage of the 101st Airborne Division at Obersalzberg. I urge all my fans to visit their channel for amazing historical footage of the Berchtesgaden Nazi buildings and bunkers, and much more... / @begafilmhistoryinmotion
The extensive bunkers beneath Hitler's house, the Berghof, are normally closed to visitors. But combining exploration footage and WW2 film of the bunker's capture, I will take you on a then-and-now tour of this most secret world - Hitler's personal bunkers and tunnels at Obersalzberg.
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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@MarkFeltonProductions 27 күн бұрын

@johnsmith-jq1uc 27 күн бұрын

mr felton, i am sure that you covered this in a past video, but I was wondering, why did hitler not flee to Obersalzberg?

@rogersheddy6414 27 күн бұрын

We know that hitler liked hennessy. What else did he like to drink? Imagine a bar laid out with everything that he liked...

@steveshoemaker6347 27 күн бұрын

This is an amazing tour and some from the past video......Thank you Sir..... Old Shoe🇺🇸

@agarm4175 27 күн бұрын

Mr. Felton, I recommend a visit to the largest surviving German military underground system, the Międzyrzecz Fortified Region (East Wall/ Ostwall) located in western Poland, which is 32 kilometers long and 30-50 meters deep, in the vicinity of which there are over 100 German bunkers.

@marioborkowski5894 27 күн бұрын

@johnsmith-jq1uc His ego didn't allow..What would you do if you were him.The mass murderer responsible for countless deaths. Imagine if Stalin got hold of him. Died as a coward.

@chullychullster3077 27 күн бұрын

9:31 As a former British Telecom engineer I can tell you the floor in the battery room is tiled for a specific reason; To protect the floor from the open cell batteries full of acid. Every telephone exchange in the UK, over a certain age, has one room with the same flooring for the same reason, though open cells are no longer in use and the rooms themselves are either vacant now or repurposed.

@Tomtomjameson 27 күн бұрын

You worked in exactly the same job as my grandfather did, for British Telecom too, sure he would of known this too. Very smart people. Appreciate your line of work. All the best

@chullychullster3077 27 күн бұрын

@@Tomtomjameson Thank you for the kind words mate, I'm sure he would know a lot more than me in other areas too.

@Kevin-mx1vi 27 күн бұрын

Exactly right. As a former electrician I've been in similar rooms, though they held open batteries that powered emergency lighting in large public buildings.

@tombrinkert3720 26 күн бұрын

@@Tomtomjameson interesting, Thanks

@jethroboorer2860 26 күн бұрын

Dang it I hope you guys get this question in a quiz atleast once in your lives

@ChairmanMeow1 27 күн бұрын

I appreciate that you reached out and got permission to use some of the footage in the video. A lot of people just take it and use it with no acknowledgement to the creator.

@Archive41024 27 күн бұрын

It's ironic for a "chairman meow" to believe in asking permission for anything 😂

@ChairmanMeow1 27 күн бұрын

@@Archive41024I know, fellow comrade. But Ive had this name for over a decade. :)

@aaronbaxter5541 27 күн бұрын

Because mark felton is a class act

@Danekim_ 27 күн бұрын

No they wouldn’t lol

@ChairmanMeow1 26 күн бұрын

@@hardcorehistory9165 Im just being sarcastic. It's hard to believe anything negative against Mr. Felton. I need proof!

@Trek001 27 күн бұрын

The sound effect of Hitler speaking to the operator was enough to make me snort into my meal on the flight I'm on

@mauryhan 27 күн бұрын

I've listened several times and I'm positive that's Mr. Bean we hear. Which is perfect.

@mcstabba 27 күн бұрын

I imagine Hitler prank called Himmler and Goebbels from there, pretending to be their wives and confronting them about their infidelities.

@allengrant 27 күн бұрын

Hal-ooooooo !! LOL

@meanstavrakas1044 27 күн бұрын

Poor little you.....

@damienwilloughby 27 күн бұрын

@@mcstabba 🤣

@chriswarburtonbrown1566 27 күн бұрын

I can't belive how clean and drry it is after 80 years. Shows the quality of the original build, and the effort invested in keeping the Fuhrer safe.

@fikonfraktare 27 күн бұрын

If I remember correctly they used some sort of plastic lining in the walls to prevent moisture coming through.

@user-sf7kl9uh7k 20 күн бұрын

The Monster

@bodycharlyteunissen9430 18 күн бұрын

Sad to see such a cool bunker go to waste. They could rebuild it to be houses or sum

@user-qt4qp6bj1q 18 күн бұрын

and the wealth stolen from scapegoats

@GRMNCVS 17 күн бұрын

@@bodycharlyteunissen9430lmfao hell naw

@leonmemes27 27 күн бұрын

Me and four friends went there about a month ago. Our guide told us about the tunnelsystem which cant be visited due to instability. If you ever go there, I recommend the Airbnb guide Claudio who does an incredible tour around the berghof and the bunker. Great video as usual!

@joshuagibson2520 27 күн бұрын

Instability my ass. They can shore it up. It needs to be presevered for history either way. Not left to rot and cave in on itself.

@Fanakapan222 27 күн бұрын

@@joshuagibson2520 Mr H is probably the biggest draw when it comes to pulling in the punters to the Obersalzberg, but the Bavarian .gov would have you believe that the biggest pull factor is the outstanding natural beauty. They've done their best to remove all traces of the NS Zeit.

@Fanakapan222 26 күн бұрын

@@hardcorehistory9165 The zum Turken was a thorn in the ass of the local council, and touristic body for years. He was coining it with the limited bunker access, at a time when the local bodies would have dearly liked for all traces of the NS Zeit to be eradicated. Those that did'nt waste too much time demolishing the General Walker hotel when the Yanks gave it up.

@shoominati23 26 күн бұрын

That's what they say, but from some footage I have seen courtesy @ URBEX people, It would appear that much more is intact than those authorities are letting on!

@tomhenry897 26 күн бұрын

Lot of damage caused by many feet

@Swissswoosher 27 күн бұрын

Love this. Not only is it a tour to places you can no longer visit, but also a comparison between what was in there then and now. Fantastic video!

@iamgermane 25 күн бұрын

I can attest to the looting behavior of the local Germans as a former member of the US military in Germany. We used to have to escort them at construction sites so they would not steal. One got caught trying to steal a kerosene heater from a aircraft shelter once...

@tonymcdonnly6492 27 күн бұрын

Dr. Felton, I can not thank you enough for teaching us your in-depth wealth of knowledge.

@MausTheGerman 27 күн бұрын

I traveled lots of times along the bunker but never visited. I‘m excited to see it in a video from you. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

@Browne7100 27 күн бұрын

Why are you fascinated with this bunker ? Do you know that Hitler was responsible for the deaths of millions of French citizens, Russians, and people living in the United Kingdom ? Jews and people from other groups were sent to camps. Do you love Hitler ?

@Chris-us6pk 27 күн бұрын

Were you a member of the party?

@djzrobzombie2813 27 күн бұрын

Must be very devastating losing WAR against so called " stupid Americans"

@EmzkayFhWcaz 27 күн бұрын

Someone from your country told me cannabis has been legalised there recently just today. I sold them some of my medical

@letsplayfreakde1273 27 күн бұрын

@@EmzkayFhWcaz selling is actually still illegal but it's legal to carry/smoke weed now

@TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUSA 27 күн бұрын

I remember in the early 90s when my father was stationed in Germany, we stayed at the General Walker hotel and toured the tunnels beneath the complex. I remember going fairly deep into the mountain, that stood out at me. When we got further into the tunnel, there was this wreath of flowers on a stand in the middle of an empty room in the bunker. I don’t know or remember if this was Hitler’s room specifically, but the American tour guide told us that the wreath was placed there for Hitler’s birthday, just two days prior. They explained every year a wreath appears for his birthday but nobody knew how it got there or who placed it down in the bunkers. I remember also up in the hotel lobby, some of the lobby furniture was original and guests could sit in the same spacious chair that Hitler once sat in, as there was a photo in the lobby of Hitler sitting in that exact same chair. Anyone remember these things from the General Walker Hotel days?

@Lmshaw68 27 күн бұрын

I certainly do, and was about to post a comment very similar to yours 😄. Attended an American youth conference at the General Walker Hotel in October, 1985 and remember the tunnels you could access directly underneath. In one alcove there was even a small gift shop. Thanks for posting your comment!😄

@TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUSA 27 күн бұрын

@@Lmshaw68 What a great experience it was, wasn’t it, and with amazing views. Breathtaking really. The tour they gave us, was it the same tunnels as in this video by Mark?

@tj3688 27 күн бұрын

We stayed there in the winter of '78. I was 13 and I would go wandering around in the snow. The now Documentation Center was still just a bombed out ruin. The Berghof garage was still there and you could jump down inside of the Berghof basement.

@conditionallyunconditional5691 19 күн бұрын

I visited in '96. The garage was still visible through the tall growth. I dug around the area and found some interesting artifacts.

@vitamaltz 17 күн бұрын

Yes! I believe it was ‘94 when I visited the tunnels under the General Walker as a teenager. At the time the guide told us that the tunnels were soon to be closed forever. He took us into one large room where documents had been burned. There was heavy soot on the ceiling. He invited us to write our names in the soot with our fingers since we would be some of the last members of the public in that space. I didn’t do it; it felt wrong to alter something that historic, even with permission.

@VivoY-kg6ox 27 күн бұрын

5800 views in first 32minutes...dr felton class maintained his student attendances at 180-190 viewers per minutes in last 3 video...very high rated historian professor in my opinion🎉..ty again for sharing ur valuable knowledge,dr felton

@martinswiney2192 27 күн бұрын

12,365 at the one hour mark.

@VivoY-kg6ox 27 күн бұрын

@@martinswiney2192 interesting ! That 206 per minute...happy to know alot of people in todays era still love history n knowledge😊..i feel they all my classmates..hope all parts of our world regain peace n harmony so history lovers over there can enjoy dr felton vids with us together in peace❤

@loismiller2830 27 күн бұрын

Really good. Putting all those old movies together and explaining what we are seeing is the next best thing to being there.

@Mediaevalist 27 күн бұрын

I have been to the bunkers opposite the "Dokumentation Obersalzberg" in January of 2017, when it was still more open than today. It was really eerie and at the same time fascinating. It certainly conveyed the atmosphere of the infamous "Alpenfestung" myth.

@SwedishEmpire1700 27 күн бұрын

Why eerie? its just a bunker.

@marqsee7948 27 күн бұрын

the weight of history, ghosts of the past, remembering who was there, and what they did. The group responsible for such a stain on humanity. It's how people remember to not repeat those mistakes again, the collective memory of horror impressed into individuals who were not even there. That makes for eerie.@@SwedishEmpire1700

@richdetlaff-5983 27 күн бұрын

Cause of the ebil nazzzxiiis

@johnschofield9496 27 күн бұрын

@@SwedishEmpire1700 history

@therideneverends1697 26 күн бұрын

@@SwedishEmpire1700 Why would it not be? Considering the people it was built for seems rather natural that within context it would be unnerving

@cliffgray9822 27 күн бұрын

My hope is that the new owner of the Turken will once again open the system for all to visit. After all, History belongs to all of us. Thankx Mark for the awesome share. ❤💯

@darkoflight4938 27 күн бұрын

Oh yeah! BEGAFILM are truly awesome with their material! I really recommend everybody to watch their videos about the subject and all the other videos they have. Just fascinating stuff!! As is this! Thank you again Dr Felton!

@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION 27 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@mmotorhead 25 күн бұрын

Have been following them for years... despite be in the German language, you can use the translator . Very cool channel.

@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION 23 күн бұрын

@@mmotorhead You know we have an english channel too? Its called "BEGAFILM - History in Motion"

@robynotway9430 27 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed being able to see glimpses of the bunker fitted out - the panelling and art etc. Always see them as the bare brick/concrete states they are in today. Thank you for sharing

@TheWeatherbuff 27 күн бұрын

Thank you, Mark! As I grow old(er), there aren't many things in life that creep me out anymore. But... walking around in the same footsteps of Hitler would give me the chills.

@robert-trading-as-Bob69 27 күн бұрын

I got that feeling as well.

@saltzkruber732 27 күн бұрын

Feels like the closest we can get to hitler

@marqsee7948 27 күн бұрын

too close.@@saltzkruber732

@jeremyd1869 27 күн бұрын

@@saltzkruber732Altogether too close, if you ask me. But I would go there if I ever had the chance.

@TerryKnight-hw3pg 26 күн бұрын

Hitler never stayed overnight in that bunker. Hitler took a look around after it's construction and never went back.

@TheMercianMetalDetecting 26 күн бұрын

Fantastic footage of the Berghof bunkers Mark. I was lucky enough to explore the Zum Turken bunkers back in 2010. Although the hotel was closed I happened across a little kiosk that charged only a couple of Euro each to access that part of the underground system. Looking back 15 years now I see how privileged I was to make that visit.

@markkeyser 26 күн бұрын

A number of years ago my wife and I stayed at the Hotel zum Turken. The tunnels under the hotel led, if I remember correctly, to a sauna, swimming pool, and a number of other places. We suspected that they were a part of the bunker system but Dr. Felton has cleared that up for us. Thanks! Another fine bit of history being explained!

@Dubsteppah 21 күн бұрын

Something happened to me after I turned 40, I all of a sudden got interested in WW2, Hitler, and historic events of the past. I never gave one crap about it before, when I was young I couldn't be bothered with this stuff. Now it's super interesting to me and these videos feed my ww2 addiction. Thanks Mark

@brix7816 20 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure the interest it Hitler happens to everyone. Some later than others. My parents are concerned.

@DeanJace0227 19 күн бұрын

Mine too I turned 32 and for the last 2 years I've studied it non stop. Well the Nazi and Hitler. I wanna know what they were really like.

@rowdyyates4273 18 күн бұрын

@@brix7816there was tunnels in the bunker where Hitler and Eva escaped long before the Russians came! The Russians never dangled his corps like Mussolini because they never had it --it was still alive !!

@zolfodor4835 17 күн бұрын

Me too,addicted to this,& anything to do with WW2,will visit here one day.

@seanstipsky9473 16 күн бұрын

Same here!!

@mrtrx 12 күн бұрын

Why don’t they allow people to visit the tunnels? It’s part of History, nothing wrong with that.

@over-educated-sp 10 күн бұрын

Seriously! Could you imagine the evil that lies beneath there?! What an evil man! I’m sure with a strong enough personal blessed with a Godly amount of mental strength could provide people with a deeper understanding about how evil this world is.

@mikeh2006 4 сағат бұрын

@@over-educated-spit was a fair question. You have many places that you can visit from the war, with perhaps auswitz being the most well known.

@mikeh2006 4 сағат бұрын

I'm guessing they're unsafe and at possible risk of collapse.

@user-em2pe3rf4h 27 күн бұрын

I like that Dr. Felton covers the locations that I've always been curious about. Beings that I live in the States, I've the same chance of going to the moon as being able to see them 1st hand. Thanks for the countless hours you have to have spent on research alone. Well done. Cheers from the States.

@flyingsword135 27 күн бұрын

Daily flights to Europe...none to the moon.

@user-em2pe3rf4h 27 күн бұрын

@@flyingsword135 Ha! Your wit is sharp as your handle flyingsword135. Fact is, I am,let me use the politically correct words here, dollars challenged. Ergo, just as much of a chance of going to the moon. Pay the bills or go Europe? Tough choice.

@platinumguitar 19 күн бұрын

@@user-em2pe3rf4h I hope that there will come a day where you become monetarily unchallenged and get to see Europe! You're very welcome here when you do.

@user-em2pe3rf4h 19 күн бұрын

@@platinumguitar I really appreciate that. I've wanted to go for my entire adult life. Not as a nauseating tourist, who's only there for a brief time and only stays on the tourist circuit. Of course those places are going to like tourists, it's an industry. I'd like to be there,off the beaten path for a minimum of a year. How much can a tourist learn about anything when they aren't amongst people who don't make a living from entertaining foreign folks? I would like to find out if my manners and genuine curiosity would hold up,or if I was just another Ugly American. It is a dream that I have that will never come true. Thank you for your words.

@platinumguitar 18 күн бұрын

@@user-em2pe3rf4h I hope you prove yourself wrong in those beliefs, and get to stay a prolonged period! And don't ever worry about the tourist dilemma, do those things too if you can. I for one appreciate tourists, American and not, alike. They always unite in the common interest of experiencing the world, which is one of the most pure experiences we have in life.

@gomezokpala7956 27 күн бұрын

Thank you Mark for always bringing history to life for a modern audience. One can only imagine how life was for Hitler's household in the days preceding the end of the war. Thank you once again.

@ewittkofs 27 күн бұрын

Thanks for the memories. In 1982, while stationed in Germany, I had the privilege to tour the bunker complex under the General Walker Hotel/ Platterhof on the Obersalzberg. It was well maintained, well lit , but less complete. I do remember the machine gun port at the entrance and the power room which supplied electricity to the complex using a U-Boat engine. They told us that these were constructed by tunnel experts and crews from Italy.

@markcollins2666 26 күн бұрын

Been there! A group of us found the hotel kitchen entrance unlocked, and helped ourselves to a complete, unguided tour. As an Infantryman, I don't see how the machine gun port could have been defeated, the crew was behind 8 feet of granite, and if they retracted the MG, you could only hope to get lucky with satchel charges.

@jefesalsero 25 күн бұрын

@@markcollins2666 I'm sure the "Corkscrew and Blow Torch" technique would work.

@eastbaystreet1242 24 күн бұрын

@@markcollins2666 and it was a long hallway, which would seem to make it tough to toss a satchel/explosive. question: did it look to you from the video like there were bullet holes in the walls of most of the rooms? Maybe these were all actually attachment points for light fixtures, etc. Because I didn't think there was fighting in these areas.

@markcollins2666 23 күн бұрын

@@eastbaystreet1242 No. Rounds would have just chipped at the granite, not made holes. And no, no fighting. After the RAF bombed it, the Nazis just bugged out. No reason for them to stick around. The 101'st Airborne found it deserted. I was at the Gangster Hotel, Merrell Barracks, in Nurnberg, and that was riddled with bullet holes Half my window ledge was shot away by .50 CAL, which severely cut down on the space we could use, for a winter beer cooler. Big difference between finished stone, and raw granite.

@davidgaul6743 27 күн бұрын

what did the Americans do with all that archive material ? has any of it been published in the Public domain ?? i bet there is some very interesting documents and info amongst it....

@ahall1459 27 күн бұрын

Yes, thinking the same...see why the guards were there though... I suppose bombing the building was better than finding out it was booby trapped once it was under allied control...packing the tunnels with HE certainly would have made the occupation irrelevant.

@missedmebich2963 27 күн бұрын

60 Minutes did a report on how the archives are being made public. The video might be online at CBS.

@DaibhidhBhoAlba 27 күн бұрын

Stole it, like they did with literally millions of items, records and art from across Europe.

@jamesengland7461 27 күн бұрын

@DaibhidhBhoAlba the Nazis tried to steal ALL of Europe...

@maximusextreme3725 14 күн бұрын

@@DaibhidhBhoAlba Like the Nazis did initially in WW2, but at least the Americans attempted to return stolen art by having the "Monuments Men" recover it.

@marc1829 26 күн бұрын

They say that "The past is another country, that you can never visit". Unless of course, your guide is Dr Felton! Love your work, Doc! ❤

@iamgermane 25 күн бұрын

The local Germans started looting the Berghof area as soon as the SS left. The only ones who stopped them were probably the French and later US Army personnel. Notice the guards to the entrances to the area. The local Germans must have gotten in there at some time.

@kustom4935 17 күн бұрын

Fascinating. As a 44 yr/old American trying to gain a better understanding of history, particularly the events leading up to and including WWII, your material is phenomenal. Thank you for all your efforts.

@rickhobson3211 27 күн бұрын

Another amazing episode! Thank you Dr. Felton and to those who contributed the film footage!

@alexdaher2921 27 күн бұрын

I was at the Obersalzburg (Berchtesgaden) a few weeks ago and took a tour with the hotel concierge. I told her how I found the place due to your videos and showed her you then she said if she remembered correctly you stayed at the same hotel, the one built on the ruins of Goerring's old place ;) It was so nice to see all the spots in the tour but we could not enter the Zum Turken due to new ownership (supposedly the Berchtesgaden municipality with an under the table deal)

@wendymcdintohistory 27 күн бұрын

There is a hotel on Goerings old spot where Carin Hall (sp?) was? So awesome. Someday I hope to visit this part of the world history and pay my respects to the victims of WWII. Thanks for sharing!

@bmcshane80 27 күн бұрын

@@wendymcdintohistory Carin Hall wasnt on the Obersalzburg, it was in Brandeburg. They're reffering to Goerings House to the Left of the Berghof, you can see it on the Map at the start of the video where it once stood

@MrMfaust5 26 күн бұрын

It's curious that the "locals" looted, but the American G.I. "took souvenirs"!

@gatewaysolo104 22 күн бұрын

To the victors go the spoils

@ThomasSmithThomas 21 күн бұрын

Tuen of phrase.

@randallromero625 16 күн бұрын

Well there was nothing left to steal. What they took was flooring and walls.

@davetims5519 16 күн бұрын

It's sad how you look to be offended over something so insignificant

@randallromero625 15 күн бұрын

@@davetims5519 I truly believe that in this day and age there isn’t a single thing that at least one person doesn’t find offensive somehow. It could be a video of a puppy playing with a baby and someone will comment outraged “what bad parenting! That puppy could give your baby an infection!! This in neglectful”. It’s so maddening.

@FrankSessano 26 күн бұрын

Yet again I say, had Dr. Felton been my history teacher during middle/high school, I’d have recognized and owned my love for the subject earlier enough in life and probably would have seriously considered, if not jumped in head first, things I’d never want to even give any thought at all… Ones journey is one’s own responsibility to find the motivation to take of course, but anyone my age (28) that went through public school knows what I mean when I say there are teachers that recognized and did their duty of instilling in the minds of the kids they taught that the world is still worth being passionate about, and then there were teachers that probably wouldn’t be able to recognize a kid they had in their class from just the year prior. Anyway, my point is Dr. Felton has very obviously woken up a passion for things that many of us probably didn’t know we possessed by making the content he does, and for that I am very thankful. ❤️

@youngjefe6958 26 күн бұрын

I agree! I look back and remember how incredibly bored I was in my history classes. I had teachers who just simply taught us the dates and names we needed to know but none who truly loved the subject and taught it in a way that peaked my interest. I certainly had teachers in other subjects who instilled a love of learning but never history! As an adult of the same age I am now a huge history buff and I wish I would’ve had a teacher like Mark Felton so that I could’ve recognized my love of history a little earlier and maybe studied it further in my younger days. I think history in general is fascinating but this part of history specifically always intrigued me and I swear you never run out of things to learn about the Nazis or the war in general. Passionate teachers truly make all the difference!

@hankwest5662 26 күн бұрын

I dont understand why they are trying to hide this history from the world. Seeing that record room and the collections that must have been in thrre now dissolving as detritious on the floor is criminal.

@user-er4fe9cq8p 26 күн бұрын

I love how at one point the very faint ominous music drifts in...well done as usual.

@SafetyThirdRC 27 күн бұрын

I have to thank you as well. That's a bucket list destination but I don't know if I will ever make it across the pond. Best to you and yours. Cheers

@terrymalanchuk4320 26 күн бұрын

If I may be so bold as to state: 'I find this to be, perhaps, your best work yet', and that says a lot. Thanks to your sources for sharing their material.

@askme5111 27 күн бұрын

I've been following Mark for a long time now. This is among one of the very best videos marks produced simply outstanding. Quite exceptional highly polished product 👏

@MattSmith-wv7uw 23 күн бұрын

As always, Mark, brilliant work that does not go unappreciated by those of us who enjoy studying this era of history. To be sure, a pursuit made easier and much more enriching through your endeavors. Thank you!

@allegrajane7205 27 күн бұрын

This was truly stunning! Thank you, Dr. Felton! 🙏 The restoration done by BEGAFILM is so lifelike. And what is the eerie sound in the background? So appropriate. 😮

@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@neilfoster814 26 күн бұрын

@@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION Excellent footage, thanks for sharing it with us all via Dr Felton.

@MrRobburdette 27 күн бұрын

Thank for this Dr. Felton. I have to say the ambient music on this video was absolutely amazing. Of all your videos this one was so creepy, I love it.

@TBagr 27 күн бұрын

Dr. Felton shows us and teaches us what others can’t. Thank you!

@donl1846 27 күн бұрын

Wow this was amazing. To build this must have been really labor intensive and I was surprised how much looting went on right after !! Thank you Professor Felton.

@toastedjeeper2489 27 күн бұрын

Begafilms is a great channel with some amazing videos. I always enjoy your videos about the Obersalzberg perhaps most of all. Such a fascinating area and one side of the era we don't see as much about.

@deanenwright6142 27 күн бұрын

Amazing too see this footage. I’ve toured the accessible portions of the bunkers years ago and remember a flooded elevator shaft you could walk up to. There were 2-3 levels below the water and one can only imagine what treasures (be them heavily damaged by water) are still down there today!

@deanedge5988 27 күн бұрын

Truly remarkable Dr Felton. As well all know one of the most fascinating counter-historical narratives is how the Untergang might have played out here rather than in Berlin and this painstaking visual essay is haunting.

@gvii 26 күн бұрын

That was a brilliant video. Unsurprisingly, I had never seen any of that before now. But the intertwining of the more recent video with the Army footage was excellent and really brings it all together. That was fantastic.

@revolver64 27 күн бұрын

Another fascinating video, Dr. Felton. Combining four of my primary interests: history, urban exploration, WWII and record collecting.

@antitunnelvizie5877 27 күн бұрын

Dr. Felton as a student of all history and the information that is lost and changed over time i must say that i learn thing or two almost every video you share with us and that is something I really am thankful for so i have a more complete puzzle Thank you sir for your iron curiosity and confection keep it up my friend ;)

@NH-ti5rf 27 күн бұрын

Begafilm has exellent videos and interviews! Thanks for another gem, Dr. Felton!

@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION 27 күн бұрын

Tbhank you !

@user-fy2kx3mi2c 27 күн бұрын

Fascinating. It's quite eerie looking at before and after footage, enough to make you shiver. Great work, Mark!

@tonnywildweasel8138 27 күн бұрын

Amazing video again! Thank you for sharing, I appreciate it a LOT👍 Greetings from the Netherlands, TW.

@shannonsullivan1968 22 күн бұрын

Boy, this is a place to visit worthy of a bucket list. I understand why no visitors are allowed but what an experience it would be if it were still possible. Thank you so much for the video Dr. Felton.

@johnpomeroy8601 26 күн бұрын

I absolutely love the footage!!! You are definitely an excellent historian and are always doing a great job of explaining it all in great detail. Nice work! Indeed, one of the best WW2 historians on KZfaq!

@mocmonster 27 күн бұрын

Great, interesting video (as always!) Love the before and after comparison videos, amazing to see how it actually looked back then

@TheDemonicPenguin 27 күн бұрын

I've been in the Zum Turken bunker and the bricked up wall you showed. It was very evocative. I hope the new owners of the building above open it again at some point.

@marqsee7948 27 күн бұрын

that would depend on what it evokes. Pilgrimage to such is a problem for the world too many are trying to revive.

@parrot849 26 күн бұрын

A fascinating look into one of the last hide outs of that awful Nazi nightmare. Thank you for presenting this video to us. I’m afraid the world is beginning to forget just how evil and brutal the Nazi regime was in the middle of the twentieth century. It’s humanity’s curse that it tends to repeat its mistakes and not learn from its hard fought lessons like World War Two. This is why your videos are so important and need to be shown.

@williampeterson6425 26 күн бұрын

As a physician with the United State Army Medical Corps stationed in Frankfurt 1987-94, I attended medical conferences and took my young family for an Alpine vacation at what was formerly the Platterhof, then the General Walker Hotel of Armed Forces Recreation Center Berchtesgaden. I eagerly took the guided tour of the bunker system offered by AFRC. The guides claimed that, after hours when supervisors were absent, they had unlocked some of the doors to explore forbidden areas beyond. Possibly a misleading rumor to thrill the guests, but I believe that young people might not resist such a temptation if they had the means and could avoid detection.

@vitamaltz 17 күн бұрын

I’ll bet they did!

@davidgaul6743 27 күн бұрын

WOW !!!! amazing film... such a great pity that soldiers and looters stole so much , including one of their top Hierarchy....

@I_am_a_cat_ 3 күн бұрын

The soldiers didn't "steal." They were spoils of war. Something that happens in every war. Put yourself into the mind of soldiers back then. This dictator and his military caused you untold amounts of pain. Of course you would take his stuff, as a final middle finger to him. The looters took stuff because they JUST SURVIVED THEIR COUNTRY BEING AT WAR. You're going to take whatever you can to try and survive. To try and get back on your feet again. Life was not as easy back then as it is now. And wtf do you mean "one of their top hierarchy?" Are you talking about Hitler? He killed millions of people.

@pauld6967 26 күн бұрын

Decades ago when I was stationed in West Germany, members of my unit and I went to the town. I fondly remember the town, its nice people and touring a nearby salt mine. We saw very little of the tunnels, so thank you to yourself and the other, very generous, channel for this presentation.

@BenRush 27 күн бұрын

I was just thinking to myself the other day I hope you do another video on this topic. Fascinating stuff! Thanks!

@stevenallen551 27 күн бұрын

Damn, so interesting - I really enjoyed the archive footage and the footage from the other channel. Brilliant video.

@stevem3605 26 күн бұрын

Bega films has a multitude of great videos on the whole area. Good watch!

@labby2 27 күн бұрын

Absolutely fascinating, Dr. Felton. Thank you for your amazing work!

@dinorossi6611 14 күн бұрын

Incredible sophistication. It looks like something built in the 1990s and not 1930s. Incredible. I would love to demount that Siemens sacred piece of ventilation engineering.

@user-lh4sl5vx5e 25 күн бұрын

I'd love to get my hands on just one of those archives from the archive room. Imagine what they would have in them. Wow.

@mitchmatthews6713 27 күн бұрын

A truly appreciated history lesson to end my week. Cheers, Mark!

@fredyellowsnow7492 27 күн бұрын

Fascinating stuff. I recall hiking around that area in the early 1980s. There were still a few old Nazis around, and it didn't take much prodding.

@scottallpress3818 27 күн бұрын

I bet there is still plenty of indoctrinated youth up there

@terryknipe5497 26 күн бұрын

i don't want to make light of the immense sacrifices they made but... you have to wonder how much of an impact the shear scale of post-war looting by soldiers had on the US economy of the time. I remember growing up in the 80s and we still ironically used the term "liberate" to mean a kind of socially sanctioned theft.

@ShamileII 26 күн бұрын

Amazing video! Mark, you've really outdone yourself on this historical journey. The use of the US footage and the documentary footage give great perspective on where things are and what they looked like back then. Thanks!

@brianna3340 27 күн бұрын

marks vids are so good and straight to the point and the research he does is *chefs kiss* 💯💯

@evelynzlon9492 19 күн бұрын

Speaking of, I think Constanze Morliarly may technically be a German name. But it sounds really Italian and she LOOKED Italian. Hitler obviously hired her in hopes of Italian cooking. Can't say I blame him for that. Unfortunately Germany isn't famous for its fine cuisine.

@adamzieba8364 27 күн бұрын

It is amazing that after all the destruction to Berghof in 1945 electric power was still supplied to the bunker system and lights were still working as can be seen in the scenes filmed back then. I wonder whether power came from an emergency generator or the grid.

@user-vw9mb4tv9k 26 күн бұрын

This is so cool, and yet really creepy at the same time. I love how you spliced in the different videos to make it like going back in a time machine!!!😊

@JayWall 26 күн бұрын

If this was a bunker way back then, I can't imagine what they are building today. As always, thanks for the video!

@elflakeador09 27 күн бұрын

Best channel on KZfaq hands down 👌

@adventures8977 27 күн бұрын

I'd like to see Erich Honnecker's bunker featured in an episode.

@SDD3204 26 күн бұрын

I visited the short length of bunker from the hotel myself, with my mother, in 1971. I too peered curiously through the bricked up wall. My mother spent quite some time in this area, before and during the war including in 1945.

@13612 26 күн бұрын

How amazing this is kept so quiet and never exploited for history. How did they ever build such expansive underground in those days....all that labor to build must have been tremendous...truly amazing the efforts put forth to make all that was done happen.

@paulhorton1975 20 күн бұрын

We have a whole room full of Hitlers items! From my grandpa when he was there!

@tomaskolibar3098 8 күн бұрын

Showroom us

@TheDutchWanderer 27 күн бұрын

Very intresting, and very kind of Bega films to give you permission to use this material. One slight remark tho: at 4:47 you explain where the entrance to the bunkersystem would have been, namely in the upper retaining wall...thats wrong, it was situated in the lower retaining wall as you can clearly see at 4:58

@GymChess 27 күн бұрын

That’s absolutely correct. The door is under the ground now. When the building(s) were bombed and demolished earth and rubble were bulldozed all over place. That means that the original ground level is 1-2 meters below.

@johnavery3941 27 күн бұрын

Another classic Dr Felton, you the Boss. I know you had a Jersey, Channel Islands video but as someone who lived there`you did not get to the bottom off it. There are hundreds of German Tunnels all over the Island but the Jersey Government cover them up.... there are tunnels between all the German Pillars, The Jersey Government deny they exist but they are there, see if can find them, I got into a few, blocked off. Keep up the good work mate.

@videoluvver1 26 күн бұрын

Super video! Amazing how well planned in and out and well constructed this bunker under the Berghof was. Thank you. Dr. Felton! Magnificent job!

@123e4546778898799069 27 күн бұрын

Thanks Dr Felton for another great video.

@karamuenster 27 күн бұрын

Oh wow this video content is very exclusive. Kudos! Dr.Felton🎉👍🏻👍🏻

@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION 27 күн бұрын

Mr. Felton is the only person I ever gave or will give permission to use it. I hope it pays off for both of us and I can gain some new subscribers & viewers from this cooperation.

@karamuenster 27 күн бұрын

@@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION Well done!! I'm pretty sure you will increase those numbers ⬆️ 🔝🎥 ✨ Congrats!! 💯

@MikeSiemens88 27 күн бұрын

Visited with my parents as a young lad during the 1960's. Have a collection of photos made by Dad as well as purchased photo slides. Several photos show me in the tunnel system, one at a wall partially broken open to reveal a further tunnel.

@meanstavrakas1044 27 күн бұрын

My Grandfather was among the first of the 101st Airborne Division's Soldiers to reach the Berghof. He slept there for weeks. The men of the 101 were taking what ever they thought belonged to the German leadership. WW2 ended for my Grandfather on August 12, 1945 when his transport ship made it back to Seattle, Washington because someone dropped a Bomb!

@talkingdonkey1817 27 күн бұрын

Another most interesting and entertaining video. Cheers from New England, doc!

@CodexArgenteus 27 күн бұрын

Really surprised at the quality of the furnishings for the bunker. I always assumed they would be uncomfortable - like temporary accommodation/camping equipment - but you could tell her bed looked quite comfortable from the video & the paneling, etc. Also, how valuable would those records & books in the archives room be today?! Did the Americans take them, or what happened to them?

@RememberNineEleven 25 күн бұрын

A lot finally ended up as confiscated items in the US Library of Congress after being used as reference and evidence in the Nuremberg Trials. The rest 'souvenired' by the Allies and perhaps others remaining forgotten in attics and basements of deceased veterans or turning up on the internet for sale.

@dannydanko4627 25 күн бұрын

Really eerie, surprised nobody has broken into those bunkers after all this time.

@arthurparris3306 24 күн бұрын

I have very much enjoyed all of your excellent and fascinating historical productions. It was great to see the comparison of the bunker(s) just at the end of the war with the looted remains now. I have always wondered at how much longer the Nazi government could have held out if Hitler had moved back to the Berghof. I think many thousands of lives were saved by his decision to make his last stand in Berlin rather than Bavaria.

@donkeysausages 27 күн бұрын

Spooky face on the floor at 11:25...

@karamuenster 27 күн бұрын

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@kennethzullick6897 27 күн бұрын

You might want to increase your lithium.

@Dellboy56 27 күн бұрын

Not a moment's hesitation. Selected play immediately.

@dorkubinski1232 27 күн бұрын

Another great video by Doctor Felton, which gives us a unique experience and a glimpse of the place closed to the public, without a doubt a fascinating video.

@jtg1961 26 күн бұрын

I was fortunate to tour these underground bunkers in 1990 as a US service member staying at the General Walker hotel in Berchtesgaden. I used a Sony 8mm camcorder and still have my own personal video of my tour from 1990. Sorry to hear that it is now closed off to the public, it was fascinating.

@SteveHarvey272 27 күн бұрын

you would love the WW2HistoryHunter youtube channel Mark

@karamuenster 27 күн бұрын

I am a subscriber too 👍🏻

@Teetop-cx3oe 27 күн бұрын

great vid mate!

@smgri 26 күн бұрын

Wow…that’s amazing footage ! I learn so much from your channel mark…we all do . Thanks so much for sharing this video with us!❤

@Celtic-Texan 17 күн бұрын

It seems the Nazi's had a particular mold they used for all their bunkers. When I was a teen I lived in Berlin in the early 80's, my dad was stationed there. Next to our neighborhood a construction project unearthed some bunkers, me and some nosey buddies decided to crack into them and explore. It was damp and musky, mostly flooded about a foot of water throughout 8 or so separate rooms, and we had no idea what lie under the water because it was so dirty. Each room was designed exactly like what's shown in the video. We didn't have very awesome flashlights like nowadays, but bright enough to be able to see various writing on the walls, but the most fascinating thing was the very heavy doors that had the Nazi eagle with swastika, and the year 1938 on every door. I'm sure if we could have hooked up a sump pump we could have found some really interesting stuff. About a month after we went in, we returned to check it out again, but the entire complex had been removed, and an apartment complex was being built there.

@stevenhershman2660 27 күн бұрын

Excellent !

@edjopago1 27 күн бұрын

Dr. Felton......I have viewed the BEGAFILM footage before and the complexity of the bunker system is still staggering!!!

@joske2838 26 күн бұрын

I treasure these videos / your channel Mark, thank you so much for all the hard work that must go into making them & always presenting history in an unbiased way. You are a TRUE historian 🙌

@timothykelly5588 26 күн бұрын

I lived in Nurnberg 80-83 where my dad was stationed, and I have the same map shown in the begining and am looking at it now. I worked as a "summer hire" program for dependent kids mowing/weeding at Zeppelin field or as I call it-mowing Hitler's lawn