I'm sorry to say that I think demolishing this stunning piece of 1930's architecture is an act of criminality. Even if you were to knock down every building from that era , it wouldn't, and couldn't, remove the history of that period . Think of the revenue that would have been generated for the local economy, had someone renovated the hotel instead of destroying it .. Madness. (In my opinion).

I stayed in this Hotel in 1987. It was a Massive Barracks Complex that the US Army converted into a Resort, It was truly very Unique. All of Obersalzberg is absolutely Stunning

That's a great video. Thanks for sharing with us. I worked here as a Hausmeister in the mid to late 80's and can honestly say that I knew virtually every square foot of the hotel. My job was varied, I was a handyman that wasn't very handy, I carried laundry and mopped the front, I did some gardening and plumbing and I cleaned those awful carpets that you see in the video. I was also the movie theatre guy (projectionist) and was very adept at splicing broken film which happened pretty much every time I set it up. I was a very young guy, made many friends who were either waiters / desk clerks / chefs / chambermaids and dishwashers. We were all equal and came from various corners of Germany, the US, UK and Ireland mainly. We were all pretty young & reckless but we certainly had a blast! Nice trip down memory lane😁

thank you for doing this film! I stayed there for 2 weeks in 1972. I was an Army kid age 16 staying with friends and their parents. Amazing place!

My dad was stationed in Italy ( career military officer)... My parents n the 6 of us kids went on a holiday n stayed at the General Walker hotel.... sadly I was a bit too young to recall much....sorry to know it's gone....

In 1992, I PCS to Rose Barracks Vilseck. As soon as I reported to my unit, I got a four day pass to come here. I was so excited how beautiful the whole place was. I have so many wonderful memories. I left Germany in 1994. It is very sad to find out that this hotel was demolished.

I stayed there for a week in 1983. It was beautiful and grand and have such great memories. This makes me so sad!

To this day I still don't understand why it was torn down... It was an historical hotel that preceeded Hitler's time and the demolishing of this historical building was senseless.... All in favor to rebuild it raise your hand 🖐️

Stayed there a few days for free after the Gulf War . Amazing place and quite a history. Shame to see it all gone

I was in a three piece band entertaining American soldiers in the Ratskeller room back in 1974. I was there for 3 months. I remember the general manager was Herr Lau and the barman was Bert. We were from Wales and it was there I learned Americans liked loads of ice in their drinks.

My classmates and I stayed there during a field trip in 1968. It was beautiful. So so sad the German government destroyed it.

...and another historical building gone, I also recently found out they tore down the General Von Steuben hotel I stayed at in 1999 ( military TDY from America), which was built by the 3rd reich engineers in 1942, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The music for this documentary is amazing!

I stayed there several times in the 60s when my father was stationed in Germany. It was a crime to tear it down.

Als ich 1987 dort war, standen in der Lobby 50 Scheffel Körbe mit faulen Zwiebeln. Ich und ein paar Freunde beschlossen, eine Zwiebelschlacht zu veranstalten. Mein Gott, was war das für ein Durcheinander. Als es vorbei war, waren überall Zwiebeln klebrig und wir stanken alle nach faulen Zwiebeln. Gute Zeiten!

As a child I stayed there twice in the 70's. I learned to bowl there at the 2 lane bowling alley in the basement (as i remember). I learned shuffleboard there in the lobby. And I learned to ski near there at the place with the rope tow.

I watched this with a very sad & heavy heart. I went to the area in 2005 & ate & drank a few beers in the only part that remains.

I stayed at this place when I was in the military in the early 80s. It was a beautiful hotel and we had much fun there. I really hate to see that it was torn down.

I stayed there in the mid 1980s. Incredible place big rooms huge leather chairs and great food. Good place to explore from. Sad to see its gone.

Das ist so traurig. Ich habe dort von 1990 bis 1993 gearbeitet. Es war was besonderes und ich habe viele sehr schöne Erinnerungen. Man könnte weinen, wenn man das so sieht. Es hatte so viele Möglichkeiten gegeben was tolles daraus zu machen, aber nein es musste abgerissen werden, damit in der Nähe ein Luxushotel entstehen kann.😥

What a waste..... I stayed in this beautiful hotel once and it was a true treasure .

I’ve never understood either it’s like the authorities want to erase “certain aspects” of Nazi Germany but keep other aspects !! Like the Autobahns are they going to dig all that up? I suspect not, banning VW Beetles? List can be endless this building should’ve been saved in my opinion

Having been stationed here in the early 70s, I attended many late-night AFRC Ski Patroller's parties here. The hotel was also a great place to meet officers' wives who were on a week of skiing while their husbands were off doing what their wives wished they were doing at home. I have a rug donated to me by the hotel from the lobby that I still have today

Who has some of the pieces from this beautiful place? A piece of carpet, a door handle, or even a chandelier? Would love to own a piece of this beautiful architecture.

Stayed there for about a week while in the Army. It was in 1982 or 3. Awesome place! Torn down to make a parking lot what a shame!

Sad, this is something I will never understand with Germany. The destruction and removal of everything connected to WWII. History is history and should be preserved regardless. Removing it will not make it go away, the opposite could happen and that is we could end up in this situation again because people forgot what WWII was and how it came about. Sadly it seem history could repeat is self in a not to distant future :-(

This was a magnificent hotel as was the Berchtesgadener Hof. We have good memories of stays in both hotels as well as in those in Garmisch that are no more. One evening at the Hof, we asked the maitre de if they had Strudel. He said no, but said he wanted some too, so asked his wife to make some for us the next day. Off the subject perhaps, but one more memory of the wonderful German people who worked there in the 70s and 80s. These magnificent, solidly built hotels, with the old-fashioned heavy metal door keys (to be turned in at the desk when you ventured out), broad stairwells, inlaid floors, and rich, wooden paneling spoke of history, and a history not to be sterilized and relegated to Dokumention Centres. I know and respect that this is a matter for Germany to determine, but I'd like to think that lessons from history transcend the physical environment that bore witness.

Why have we destroyed the famous landmarks? The were beautiful and full of historic details. What a pity the next generation will only see pictures. How sad.

Why is it necessary to demolish these beautiful, grand buildings? They look to be VERY well built and still in fairly good condition. A quality refurbishment would be a more prudent expenditure of funds as well as preserving the architectural heritage herein. I didn't notice any elevators, but a few could be installed for modern-day accessibility requirements and this hotel could likely be in use for many years to come.

I spent two nights there in 1977 with three friends while skiing on Rosfelt. We were stationed in Neu Ulm at Wiley Barracks. I have just a couple pics of the hotel.

I stayed here in 1979, it was beautiful. I’m soooo sad it was destroyed....

Stunning place when I stayed there in the 1970s and 1980s. Sad to see it in that condition and sad to see it go.

Your video reminds me of Nosferatu. Thanks for filming before the short sighted demolition.

Had Lunch there with visiting family in the 80s, sad that all had to be destroyed for a new Parking Lot...

I have so many fond memories of vacations spent there when I was in High School. This just about broke my heart.

An amazing historic building of it's time and in such grandeur to only be demolished, such a pity. A sad event for all to lose such a building.. The past will always be history which you cannot erase, we learn from the past like everything but such buildings should not be destroyed but praised for their architecture, detail and built to last. May people think twice before destroying historic properties.

Nice video. I remember visiting Obersalzberg in 1955 when I was in High School and entering an underground bunker there. I don't know which bunker it was but I do remember that the entrance was in a large concrete pad where a building had once stood. There were concrete steps leading down to a landing where, on the concrete wall facing the steps, were gun ports. Off the landing at a 90 degree angle were more steps leading to a concrete corridor with rooms leading off the corridor. The walls of each room were pock-marked by bullet marks where a soldier had fired a submachine gun into the open door before entering the room. I don't remember how far the corridor ran or if it was blocked. I wish I had taken pictures! Do you know which bunker this might have been? I did take pictures of Adlerhorst, though.

A beautiful building and a shame to destroy it.

I stayed at the general walker hotel back in 1967 while stationed in Germany

I stayed in that Hotel in 87 as a young soldier stationed in Germany, lots of good memories there.

I was stationed in Berchtesgaden in 1984, we would have lunch here sometimes, was a beautiful place

Thankyou for posting this ...such a shame to destroy all these well built historic buildings....Dont know what the Germans are thinking ....

Just another act of cultural vandalism being carried out in that vicinity.

It's as if the stones themselves were guilty.

The scorched Earth policy still exists I see

If I was at the Platterhof in person, @ 6:30, I could easily imagine being at the Berghof with those vaulted ceilings and post. The dimensions look identical.

Would be interesting to see pictures from the past of the platerhof alongside this film. A then and now kind of comparison. Still an interesting video.

It would be worth finding out who ordered the complete distruction of this beautiful Hotel???

Nice video thanks

It's amazing how thick those exterior walls were. I guess they were built that way because of the winter cold in the high alpine region.

I stayed here in 1989. It was such a beautiful hotel. I also took a tour of the bunker under the hotel but it was starting to get dangerous to take tours down there. It was one of my favorite trips while in Germany.

Stayed at the Hotel General Walker, (Platterhof), It had alot of History, If only those Walls could of talked? One Beautiful Place,One Great week of Exploration on the Obersalzberg! Sept.1982- Berghof's Garage Ruins, still standing! Ruins were huge! But the Kehlsteinhaus(Road,Tunnel, and the Elevator), Beautiful Scenery, and the (German Engineering Marvel)!

Spent many a days there while on leave. Best I remember it was like $25.00 per night. Great area to go on vacation, etc.

Possession of this hotel and the surrounding area was assumed by the US Military after the war. Managed as a retreat for occupying forces under the Moral, Welfare, and Recreation programs, I assume the property was turned back over to the German government as US forces drew down in the '90s. Under US Army management is was a world-class resort. Guess we should have kept it.

You can tell it was well built. If they would have done the maintenence. Even poor maintenance it would last a 100 years are more

Looking forward to your videos, always had an interest in this period and managed to visit this area in October 2018.The area is stunning, i have been to some beautiful places around the world and this is up there with the best.

The marble alone is worth a lot.

Sehr cool. Hab noch alles gesehen als ich als Kind dort war. Echt schade um das schöne Anwesen. Danke für eure tollen Filme.

Stayed there as a young private on 2 separate USO single soldier retreats in 95 over 4 day weekends.

I was lucky to Stay at the Walker 3 Times. It was so beautiful there. These videos bring me to tears.

Amazing footage thanks for sharing. They wrecked the whole area unfortunately, pulled everything down.

I will never forgive Germany for the destruction of this beautiful place. So many wonderful childhood ski vacations and Xmases were spent there. Disgustingly shameful.

Thanks for the look see. Sad to see it in such a state, but you video gave me a look at least. Did they keep the conference centre portion? Thought I read they might.

Demolishing this is SO short-sighted and just plain hateful.

FFS why demolish a superb piece of architecture? This hotel should have remained for many decades to come.

Absolute vandalism.

I would've left that building for future generations to visit and learn about the dark side of history than rather destroy it.what the NSDAP did is already in the history books(oral history), destroying there buildings and proprganda can't destroy what's already been made.Im looking at it from a history, architecture and art lovers point of view.

so sad

Are they going to tear down the Autobahn too?

Evocative. Why the 'music' ? Some context (if possible) would have been nice. Observation,: A lot of U-Tube video walk throughs do a grand corridor tour but often fail to give us a glimpse through open doorways. Still it was very interesting and as many here have already said the Demolition was Cultural Vandalism.

I'm glad a film like this remains. I got to stay at the Walker several times when I was stationed in Stuttgart 89-93 and it was a Rec Area. Magnificent structures an a criminal act tearing them down. It was in US hands far longer than Nazi hands so don't really buy the "Keep it from being a Nazi shrine" line of bull. That was proud GERMAN history they destroyed. Absolute shame!

I stayed there when I was a young kid.

I was really sad to see this was torn down. It was well built and a historic landmark. I stayed there in the 1980’s. I went down into the tunnels. What memories. I think the reason to tear it down was due to economics. It was a huge complex and sue to its age became cost prohibitive and it needed a lot of renovation. But still think they could have kept a smaller section and made it into a hotel. It was located in a great area.

SAD! I stayed many times in the Walker Hotel while stationed in Germany in the 80’s. I loved skiing and hiking that area. Would have been nice to restore it to its 1930s glory from a historical perspective.

I remember the restrooms/ showers were in the hallway for everyone to use

The Platterhof was the hotel Hitler used for his quests that came to visit him at his home which was in the same area. At the end of the war Hitlers home was totally destroyed. The Platterhof was taken over by the US military and was used as a R&R site for soldiers. I was stationed in Germany as an Air Force Officer in the mid 1970’s and my wife and I stayed in what then was called the General Walker twice. One of the most interesting things was when we checked in we were given a map of the underground bunkers/ tunnels which were extensive. The bunker/tunnels were entered from in the hotel down a very steep set of stairs. The tunnels were still in good shape thanks to German construction. The hotel may have destroyed for the same reason they destroyed Hitlers house “no shrine left”!

If walls could these would have a lot to say.

How dare they demolish that

This should have never been destroyed. It’s history began long before WWII and it would have lasted forever. I remember entering the remnants of the bunker system from the basement of the hotel. While the US agreed to destroy that system, it should have remained as a reminder of what evil can arise. Erasing history will do nothing to stop it from repeating himself.

If walls could talk these would have a lot to say.

I wish that I could have bought this place and restored it, before they tore it down, such a shame and waste

Absolute waste of a structure that had plenty left to offer. Beautiful design and layout of the property. Such a shame to demolish it and not repurpose it...

Memories 85-90, 95-98

Was Hitler ever in these rooms?

My wife and I met here in April 1990 Sad to see it destroyed

Americans, as you can tell by the comments below, loved the General Walker, Germans try, without success to erase their history. I stayed there a couple of times in the late 80's and did the standard tourist things. My father went thru the area in 1945-48. He didn't care much for it. Niemal vergessen.

1) the cost of maintaining? 2)needed space for Parking lot! 3)New Klempinski Intercontinental, Out with the Old, In with the New! (Pension Moritz,Platterhof, Hotel General Walker, Gone Forever!) But, Could We have a Historical Plaque at the edge of the Parking Lot?

If only walls could talk.

What a waste. Destroying that

I spent 2 week vacations in the mid seventies- such a amazing place. Sad

lovely place ,didn't need much to spruce it up. Disgraceful if its been destroyed

Very, Very Sad.

Germany wants to destroy this so they can do all of this again, and not remind the future generations what happened here, keep moving on, keep your business to yourself vibes...

They say when you're in something ..........some times......you really don't know what your into.....I spent several days at the Platterhof ..it was a very beautiful hotel....did the German government really think by destroying this magnificent building, it would mean that there never was a Nazi........how stupid.......history is history...... and by trying to hide it......doesn't mean it never happened.....this grand hotel should never have been demolished...it was in fact, an Historical building .

It was a such a beautiful hotel and such a piece of history. I stayed there a couple times - as well as the Berchtesgadener Hof, another hotel with historical significance that had to go. I am not buying the cost/benefit analysis grounds for taking down the Platterhof. More modern German self-immolation of its history.

Thats a lot of static shots. Why not just take pictures instead then? Nonetheless; thank you for recording this and uploading.

Hitler saw Paris,mabey that should be cleansed too.

What will come to the U.S. if not stopped now. What madness. Perhaps it will be built again on the same spot in the distant future.

whats WRONG with the bavarian goverment!! That building was so beutatyfull , and well made. It could have been restored for not that much money... its HISTORY. now there is afucking carpark!!

Too bad that you don't do a voice version of your videos. I think that it would be more enjoyable to watch. Especially since you have the chance to visit such a place. While others like myself are unable to do the same