This is like watching the History Channel 25 years ago. Before aliens and pawn shops.

I visited the Eagle’s Nest in 1947. Most of the buildings were still standing. The view from the Eagle’s Nest, the mountains and the clouds was unbelievable but sad looking at the war damage in France and Germany.

This gives you the most peculiar feeling that WWII was both very long, and not so long ago.

Imagine to be considered so dangerous that they even blow up your tea house.

The siren is for the local fire brigade volunteers to go to the fire station. They are in other parts of rural Germany. Great video.

This channel is soo much better than the discovery channel episodes where they just fill hours and hours not saying anything really. Thank you Mark and keep up the good work!

I’ve been there several times while stationed in Germany. On one visit, a Robert Mitchum WW II TV series, “Winds of War” was being filmed. The Eagles Nest was closed to visitors for a couple of days because of the filming. What was remarkable was seeing extras walking about in spot on WW II Germany Military uniforms. It made for a rather eerie visit.

My grandfather was stationed on the Obersalzberg in 1942-44 with the Waffen SS and FLAK division, he was in the smoke unit. But then was send to the Netherlands when Market Garden happened, from that moment until the end of the war a year later was almost in non stop combat. He is still alive, but wont talk much about that period.

Fascinating. I just learned more about that area in 21 minutes than all other TV specials, books, movies and other videos combined. Thank you!

love to have a metal detector and an about a year of free time

In the 80's I climbed the mountain up to the elevator that takes you up to the Eagle's Nest. It was more of a hike. The view from the top is spectacular! The cost to build, unfathomable.

I am very impressed with how well done this video is.

This has to be the most comprehensive presentation on this subject I have ever seen. Excellent work, Mr. Felton.

Just about anything about Hitler is for some reason very interesting.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat 9th grade.

Shame they demolished the Berghof and Tea Room, architecturally they were quite nice.

Yeah a solid wooden gate should do it.

These sirens are common in Germany, mostly for alerting civil volunteer fire brigade - but quite a coincidence - I must say

Another interesting fact: Near to the Berghof, there is a mountain wich is included in several bavarian and austrian myths and legends - the so called Untersberg. One of them says that Friedrich Barbarossa is sleeping under that mountain and one day he will rise and fight the last battle between good and evil. Hitler also was obsessed by that mountain. He even had a telescope directed to It. Thats why its called "Unternehmen Barbarossa". The SS even used caves in that mountain to bury black stones in there, the so called Osiris stones.

I had no idea Eagle's Nest was such a vast complex. Thanks for taking the time to document this and share it with us!

Without a doubt this is the best "then and now" summary of the Obersalzberg among the countless videos that are available on the Internet. It is especially impressive because it matches historical film with accurate information delivered in a smooth narration. Kudos to Mark Felton for this and all of his outstanding videos pertaining to the Nazi era.

Mr. Felton the accuracy and authenticity of your videos are unrivaled. The care with which you have mated archival footage with your own on-site camera work is remarkable. Especially haunting, as you noted, was the air raid siren, heard as you visited one of the best preserved Mole Bunkers at around 20:15 to 20:35. Thank you for your exceptional work.

What a real presentation. Simply brilliant.

What a shame this was destroyed, iit's was part of history. It would have been so very interesting to be able to go through it today.

I'm in Munich at the moment and am contemplating making the trip to Berchtesgaden tomorrow.

The ingenuity and building abilities of the Germans is absolutely fascinating....

Man.....I can only imagine how eerie that was standing next to that bunker in that quiet forest and that air raid siren going off......almost like time warping back in time

20:23 not an air alarm, but test alarm for volunteer firefighters, i believe that happen every saturday at 12:00

The air raid siren you heard is likely a firefighters siren. Many of the small towns and villages in Bavaria and Austria don't have fire stations and are usually only in the larger towns and since they tend to be quite far from the villages they have their own small team of volunteers who are alerted by the air raid siren whenever there is a fire.

Wow, how erie that must've been hearing that siren at that moment.

This is currently one of the very best history channels on KZfaq. Congratulations Mark. Pretty much every feature you do is absolutely riveting.

Was only there last week. Was absolutely beautiful. The town is class aswell. Lovely beer

5:14 that is normally called a coffered ceiling. It's most notable appearance is in the Roman Pantheon, which is not surprising given Hitlers affection for Roman era emblems and architecture. Great video btw

Im german and i lived there one year. You can feel that he was there.

I served in Germany, in the 70s. I so wanted to go visit this place. I was very fascinated with all things related to the war. Even under the base I served at. They discovered a tunnel with an old Nazi staff car stashed. Pretty cool. "I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, I believe you just gained another subscriber"

This was one of our vacation spots and sites when my dad was stationed in Germany. Being an Air Force brat was quite the adventure for my family.

The way you explained in detail the whole complex and the relationship between its parts is awesome. And on top of this your on-site footage. With this one you outclassed yourself! BTW, I had a few years ago an eerie experience when getting off a train arriving at Munich HBf: A small band (at first, out of sight) was playing some sort of military music all the while I walked down the platform. Knowing the place of that city in WWII history, it suddenly felt like being inside a period film. These strange things do indeed happen.

This was one of best , most comprehensive videos I've ever seen relating to the Eagle's Nest and surrounding area, well done!!

This was so well done and put together. Fantastic job! Very informative, no opinion, no filler, just fantastic.

Top production. TV should be more like this.👍

I was stationed in West Germany with the U.S. Air Force in 1988-1991. My wife and I stayed at the General Walker Hotel several times. Love the area and the Hotel. So sad to see the Hotel gone now. Great video, thank you.

I visited the Eagle's Nest when I was stationed in Germany. Had a brat and looked out at the mountains, unbelievable vista...just... breath taking.

Must've been an incredible vacation. Thanks a million Mark for taking this amazing opportunity to document and teach. Absolutely breathtaking

I stayed at the General Walker Hotel with my family during Easter break in 1976. I can remember walking around the ruins that were still standing and touring the bunkers that were open to the public. It was a serene yet eerie place.

Very underrated channel.deserves 1.000.000 subs and more.keep up the good work.

I honestly never knew it had been demolished, I have only ever seen it in the pictures and footage of its former shape. This blew my mind. Great video.

This was so informative and joy to listen. Only a fracture of information was known to me. Had no idea that complex was so extensive. I understand why all those buildings were destroyed, but it's a shame some other compromise was not achieved. They were part of "evil" history, but history never the less.

I appreciate the impartial/unopinionated presentation style

Every time I am notified of a new video of yours I stop what I am doing and watch. Your presentations are second to none. I have learned so much. Thank you So very much.

Absolutely brilliant, comprehensive and well researched documentary. You put many so-called professional historians to shame. Extremely well done. Kevin.

Just discovered this channel by "accident". And I am very glad I did. Extremely interesting watching these pictures, clips and facts. History presented in the best possible way. Keep up the great work. This channel deserves several million subscribers.

This is the first video I've seen from you. The quality is phenomenal!!! Narration style, research accuracy, photo bank, film bank, general editing...everything is impressive. This video offers a more comprehensive look at the area and its former activities than the combination of ALL other sources I've ever seen. Excellent work, Mark Felton, excellent work.

Was stationed in Germany 94-96 and MWR would have "retreats" for single soldiers down to the General Walker hotel. Went there 6 times over my tour. At the General Walker is where you could get the bunker tour (the one the documentation does now). The Documentation center was still there but was mostly a shell of a building and parts of the floor were collapsed (I still have 2 blue bath tile I took from the building. Hitler garage was still there and you could go inside thru a little notch in the dirt they used to cover the front up with. The SS barracks vehicle garage was still there but the rest was gone. There was a spot just off the field where you could wiggle down thru to get to the old SS underground shooting range. HG house was of course was gone but part of his swimming pool still existed (I still have a white tile that I dug up from the swimming pool hole). Between the Platerhoff and the SS barracks are spots of concrete that were mounts for communication ant that connected to the bunkers. That safe in the bunker with the hole (made by a bazooka) was not behind a gate when the General Walker operated the bunker tour. You could walk right up too it. There was no door to Hitlers bunker complex from the General Walker bunker complex. They had a fence where you could see all the way in. It was mostly filled with burnt wood and stalagmites and stalactites from the water seep.

I wish the house was restored and turned into a museum.

I climbed up kerlstein, and I must say it is indeed a beautiful view.

There is something I just love in these videos and that is the way you manipulate pictures, zooming in and out as appropriate. This is extremely dynamic almost like films maybe even more to the point as you don't get overloaded with 24 images/sec. It can be slow panning and it is really a good way to edit your video.

The siren, even though its sounds basically the same, is not an for air raids. Its just the alarm signal for the (volunteer) fire departement.

Great video! In Italy we still have Mussolini's residence in Villa Torlonia... Thankfully it didn't end like this one.

Really really cool. I’ve always been fascinated by WW2 and the machinations behind it. That air raid in the distance by the ss shelter was a very haunting and eerie ending. I actually experienced something similar in Gettysburg years ago. Heard numerous cannon fire echoing from the top of big round top. No re-enactments on that cold winters day according to the park ranger we asked. Spooky. Great video!

I’m so glad I subscribed to this channel and just found it. This means I have a plethora of new (to me) content to view. Absolutely wonderful content and absolutely interesting. You sir deserve an actual show on television. This is my new home for history I can enjoy.

I spent five years in Germany. This is fascinating for me. Thank you for this video.

The destruction of history is just sad. Another incredible video mark, thank you

While I completely understand the desire to remove such a stain from your nation's memory I can't help but feel some level of disappointment at the loss of such historically significant places. Still, Mark, your channel is top-notch and is easily one of my favorites on KZfaq. Great work, sir.

Extremely fine documentary: thorough, comprehensive, informative, and without any unnecessary and annoying music at all. You wouldn't see this much if you personally went there. And the narrator's voice is perfect.

Another great video. Impressive research, an overall interesting and informative video. Thanks Mark :)

A 21 minute Felton video? Oh hell yeah.

A hallmark documentary in all of its most thorough aspects, most illuminating, and enjoyable. Bravo! Good work.

I was fortunate to have visited many of these sites when I lived in Germany. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing.

The Bavarian alps is beautiful. I love yodelers

Another interesting topic. Thanks Mark

Excellent video, learned loads, such a shame many of the buildings did not survive, they would be such a tourist venue today. well done Mark keep up the amazing work on your channel.

Fantastic video, thanks!

The whole area looks absolutely stunning! I definitely have to go visit if I ever go to Germany!

Wow thank you for this detailed work! The content, to the point, supported by pictures and video, really makes this a very captivating experience. I thank you for going out of your way and exploring the forest as well. Adding to your experience on the ground, the air raid siren and the mole bunker must have been quite the moment indeed.

My boy Felton tramping through the Bavarian undergrowth getting dim shots of walled off bunkers... doesn't get much better

This was absolutely fascinating. You have to learn about the past to understand the past. Thank you for your hard work on this. I got goose bumps from the siren.

I have been there a few times while I was in the Army. U.S. Military had a resort nearby. Would love to go back.

I have watched many Obersalzberg and related video's on you tube, none was as good and as detailed as this. I echo what many other comments below have stated accurate, informed and also interesting to watch. I look forward to all of your efforts thank you.

I’ve viewed this video more than once : it has been particularly well researched and edited with the use of old photos . Had the Nazi era buildings not been destroyed one can only speculate upon the massive tourist appeal that an undamaged fully maintained Berghof and Berchtesgaden would retain.

It's amazing how fast they built things. Tunnels etc.

Nicely and detailydescribed :-) once again .. good job Mark :-) Greetings from Czech Republic

Excellent ! I have been to this location 2 times in the past, I enjoy traveling to Germany and Austria in December for the excellent Christmas markets. GO ARMY

Wow the best video I have seen on the subject! I skipped a tour of the Eagles Nest to climb the mountains in St. Johann with my family, so this video gave me some of what I had missed. Thank you!

I was lucky enough to get up there in 2009, highlight of that week ; An erie sensation walking down the same tunnel that Adolph did and then ascending in the large lift up to the Eagles Nest ! We then had a freak midsummer snowstorm completely covering the mountain and had to wait for a couple more hours while they fired up a snowplough to clear the road ; an unexpected end to a fascinating experience, thoroughly recommend.

Makes you wonder what else is buried or has been destroyed by the writers of history

Absolutely incredible and fascinating video, Mark! Thank you so much for sharing this powerful glimpse into history with us. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

Nice document, thank you. The Kehlsteinhaus is probably the most memorable place I've ever visited. I could spend hours, just admiring the scenery below.

Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.

Thanks for this very informative and up to date account of the Obersalzberg. I stayed at the General Walker Hotel in 1971. There were still remains of camouflage netting nearby.

I understand why the RAF bombed this whole area but it would have been interesting to have seen the buildings as they were before demolition. Buildings were not guilty of war crimes.

I have been here back in the 80’s we stayed at the General Walker. Crazy to see it gone now. It is absolutely beautiful there.

Hello Mark, This was great! Thank you for taking us along!

Mark Felton Sir , you are the 007 James Bond of Historic WW2 content on KZfaq! Excellent channel - --~ø

Your research and access to footage and detail is incredible Mark!

Best history channel by far and long. Will be supporting on patreon!

Thank you so much mr. Felton. This was such an in-depth video with such detail, it brings you into a state in which you were almost there yourself. I very much enjoy your videos and have nothing but praise for them. Hats off to you sir for such a great job. Thankyou so much and looking forward to seeing what you might else have to offer us.

Love this channel! Giving just the facts in an objective manner! Thank you so much for this!

That was fantastic Mark! I have huge interest in German war history and I’m almost a walking encyclopaedia of Nazi Germany. I’m very interested in establishments like this and being a rail enthusiast, I absolutely love the story behind the infamous armoured train, codenamed America or the Fuhrer Sonderzug or the Fuhrer’s Special Train. Would love to see a story about that for your next video. Would you be able to do that? Your commentary is supreme by far! Absolutely love it! It’s thorough and the depth of knowledge and study of the area before and today aspects is very good too! I’m your 248,801st subscriber now, you deserve plenty more. So glad that I found this channel. It’s nice to see someone else that has an immense passion for history as I do. Kudos to you for a great video. All the best for your future productions. Cheers Caleb from South Australia 🇦🇺

This was an extremely interesting video. I'm glad that I discovered your channel.

Very fluid delivery and well written documentary. Photography (before and after) scenes splendid, too.