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It’s like going back in time and seeing everyday life at the Berghof. Top class narration, as always JD

I’ve seen this footage countless times in documentaries, it’s interesting to finally give context to it.

The many hours you put into this are very appreciated. This has been such an enjoyable video to watch. I’m amazed at the details and context you put to these old home movies of hitlers inner circle.

I never thought I would enjoy old home movies so much. Thank you for adding context to all the videos. Makes it very easy to understand what you seen and also makes it easy to understand history. You also have a good narrative voice. Thank you for all the hardwork you done..🌻🌼🌻

I've seen these videos several times and wondered who some of those people were. This was a great presentation. Thanks!!

Thank you for sharing this with all of us, JD! So much effort you put into all of these. It just shows us how much you care about history and the people like us whom you are bringing it to.

Man-o-Man!! Drives me BONKERS!!! watching these clips and not having any audio …. Y’all by far are (MY) favorite / best historic history channel!! It’s an amazing blessing to do what you and your team do! Can’t deny I envy your trips over there and just the knowledge and FACTS you put out for a lot of people who maybe don’t have the experience with our country’s history. I tip my cap to u guys!

Incredibly interesting! It gives so much more context to clips I’ve seen dozens of times. Without romanticizing anything it is easy to see how one could become intoxicated with places like that.

Thank you for bringing history and its lessons into the modern day spotlight of KZfaq. You possess both the knowledge and the humility to appropriately take us on this journey of the past, highlighting the nuances of its glory as well as its many downfalls.

I know I'm repeating others, but this was an outstanding presentation. I really enjoyed it; in fact, I enjoy all of your presentations. A big thank you for helping to keep history alive.

Though I have already seen these footages several times on internet, but with a difference, you filled up with the exact names of the persons which we see in these footages. Thanks for this.

Extremely well done presentation. The narration and explanation of locations on the grounds was excellent. Thank you

This was such an interesting wee programme about the Eva Braun film reels - it was so interesting to watch these people in normal situations, chatting with friends, family, staff or animals (Blondie) - thanks for sharing this with us. I just love this channel and all that you bring to it. x

I've seen these movies many times but never had the more obscure individual characters pointed out. Thank you for this, very interesting.

Man o man, I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting for these videos, they are the best, so much information on them. Thank you for all your hard work and information about such a fascinating subject matter!!

I realize I'm rehashing others, however this was an extraordinary show. I truly delighted in it; as a matter of fact, I partake in your introductions in general. A major thank you for assisting with keeping history alive.

For some reason, I am obsessed and absolutely fascinated by The Berghoff! Your videos have helped scratch that itch! Fantastic job as always!

This is fantastic. Thank you for breaking down this footage. It’s interesting how so many people think the terrace shots are from the Eagle’s Nest.

Excellent, educational video, as usual! Can't wait to see your insightful commentary about the other reels. One of the best channels on KZfaq.

I recently came across your channel and I love it. It's so educational and you have a gift for storytelling. Amazing job as usual!

I'm sure this was a lot of work. Very awesome commentary. Would love to see you do more like this. I love learning this stuff.

I love your channel so much. You do a great job tying it all together with cinematic b-roll. Enthralling stuff

Thank you ! Not only identifying the individuals but those camera angles and locations that were also part of the story. Really interesting.

I've seen some of these clips before, but your commentary was incredibly interesting and really added a new dimension to these movies. Really interesting subject!

My ex wife's step father (Gerhard) was a teenager in Germany at the start of WWII. His father was a gardener and knew the gardener at Hitler's complex. The boy was sent there for a couple of years before he was old enough for military service. He used to tell me all kinds of stories about his time there before he passed away. He used to deliver milk to the house every morning and meet Hitler numerous times and I would guess many of the others mentioned here. Hitler used to walk his dogs alone or with others through the forest and he would bump into him there as well. Gerhard said Borman's house was at the top of the hill as the only road went directly by and then he could see everyone going to Hitler's house. He told a story where Hilter had a birthday party there and a local farmer accidentally gave a larger flower arrangement to Hitler than Borman did and that the farmer disappeared later. He said everyone was afraid of Borman and was not well liked (although I am sure they never said that directly to him). Gerhard talked about the entire complex and security and what you had to do to enter the area. He had lots of pictures and maps to go with his tales and had wanted to write a book about his time there and later military service but his two grown daughters would not help as they wanted nothing to do with this era or people. When Gerhard got older he went into the army and was sent to North Africa where he later became the personal adjutant to Irwin Rommel. He had all kinds of stories and pictures about his time there as well about Rommel and serving in the desert (talked about how horrendous the flies were and how they would drag things behind vehicles to send up dust clouds to make it look like tanks were there to fool the Americans). Later when they were retreating and overrun they wanted to be captured by the Americans as the French hated them. They heard Americans voices and tried to surrender but it turned out they were attached to a French unit and the French put him in a prison camp in Algeria and did not release him until 1948. He mentioned the terrible conditions and food they had to endure there. He then emigrated to Minnesota and went to work for a growing company Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (now known as 3M) and started using his gardening background to spruce up the area and later became the head grounds keeper for the entire 3M complex and Country Club. I was amazed about how many famous historical figures he knew from that time period and how many things he had experienced. His life would have made a great movie or documentary.

Another awesome job JD! When I was stationed in Germany a friend of mine (huge WWII buff) and I would visit all the sites of interest we could. One trip when his folks were visiting we stayed in Obersalzberg and visited Berghof. My friends dad was there at one point and pointed out what was what. I wish I would have recorded him telling the stories of his experiences. Thanks for sharing, can't wait to see what's next.

Really good stuff. I’ve seen most of this many, many times but you are the first I can recall that identified those involved beyond the more infamous. It adds great context and an understanding what a day in the life of Hitler looked like. Thanks for the great work.

As a WW2 Buff myself, absoulty incredible how these vids of Hitler and his inner circle are polished up to hd for the first time, I've seen the same vids over and over again in a grainy low texture, Great upload!

well done JD! your always one step ahead of my WWII trip planning which helps a lot! I was in Normandy when your fantastic series was airing and I'm currently planning a return trip to this area! Thx

This is by far the best ww2 history channel on KZfaq. Always look forward to watching. Your presentation of history is always done with an unbiased care and respect. Thought provoking stuff. Well done sir and keep up the excellent work 👏🏻 cheers

I've only seen a few of these clips and it was wonderful to see more of what it was like at the Berghof. Love the narration JD and finding out who all those people were visiting and will be looking forward to seeing the remaining Eva Braun films.

These views of the films of Eva Braun are wonderful to watch with your comments. Thank you for posting it. Looking forward to the rest... and, your channel is most wonderful !!

Well done! It was interesting to see the people and what is going on in these movies. Great presentation and detail.

This was a fantastic watch, much like the rest of your content, thank you for the great commentary!

Top-notch content, dude! I explored the Berghof in the fall of 2014 after visiting the tea house high above -- further explored the subterranean tunnels accessible from the little museum next to what used to be the Platterhof Hotel. After reaching the end of the tunnel system, I saw the word "Idaho" scratched into either concrete or metal above a door (I live in Boise)...it was a strange sight, definitely something I didn't expect. I plan to return for another visit in the near future. This helped me enjoy those experiences once again (with added context). Thanks!

Very well done JD. You did a great job explaining who everyone was in those videos. I was always curious who those people were. Thanks for sharing!

The film becomes so different with your Commentary. Thank you for the narrative.

Wow! This is worthy of a few replays…. great work, never seen commentary with any of these clips before 👍

Another absolutely stunning video mate,never seen some of this footage,but was totally enthralled by every second of it,your narrating was spot on,totally understandable why the allies flattened it,but what a building,so much history,albeit horrific,thank you for the time & effort you put into your videos.

Excellent job JD. I know a great number of people have always wondered who all these people were, including myself. Thanks for all y'all do to educate us. 👍👍👍👍👍

This episode is instantly one of my favorites. The narration aligned with the old footage is very informative. First visited this location around June of 91 and there were many remnants of the garage and the houses of senior leaders. I might or might not have a piece of the Berghof on my desk placed next to a tree cone from the Bois Jacques. Love this history.

Excellent work from you, I know my history and think this content will be a valuable resource in the future. Very well done. I was standing outside the remains of the Berghof last week and this gives it great context. Fascinating to follow in these footsteps in such a beautiful place.

Whatever it was brought me to this channel, I am indebted. I am of course grateful to the channel owner for all the intriguing stuff presented.

Excellent work. I’ve seen those films before but no one explains who they are or what their doing. Y’all are doing a great work. Many thanks.

Very cool video, your past videos regarding the Berghof along with this one almost give it life again, it's really neat!

I’m really glad I found your channel, and am happy to be a new subscriber. I lived in Germany for 8yrs, and these videos bring back so many memories. My Father was an Army Colonel, and an avid Historian, so we visited many of these places throughout Europe. The Burghof was one of those, and Obersalzburg is absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you muchly for all of the research & camera work you put into your videos. They appear so "common" & "normal" friends & folk & yet so very wicked. Your added insights & story telling make my ears perk up. 🤗

Love your videos and how you present them. Especially your true excitement when seeing something that's absolutely fantastic.

This was so interesting , I wouldn’t have had a clue who most of them were. Thank you for all the great effort in your videos

Excellent video. Factual, not dramatized, just enough explanation to let the movies speak for themselves.

WOW! Fantastic information on this video. I have seen all this footage and nobody has ever taken the time to explain what we are seeing. This is great and I cant wait to see more.

Your research, effort and Work are unparalleled. Thank you!

Fantastic episode! Informative and takes a different spin on the footage that has now become infamous. This more personal approach gives us a more clear glimpse of the people involved.

Thank You JD for another great video. I learn so much from your videos. Keep up the great work.

Amazing job on putting these videos together. I am new to your channel and am thrilled with the history you are providing. Keep up the outstanding work and I look forward to watching more.

Fantastic episode! I saw some years ago an History Channel program where they showed this computer wiz that had invented a computer program that could lip sync the silent Eva braun films and add voice to many of the characters shown here, Hitler's included. It offered a glimpse of what the conversations were at the Berghof.

Very nicely done. Best I've seen to date!

Wow! I have seen many of these clips many times over the years but this is the first time anyone has ever explained them. Great idea for your channel.

Excellent video! Someone else brought up how they've seen these clips before but didn't know who was who....Another check in the box why History Underground is the place to be for historical videos.

Above and beyond with this one JD! Very interesting, I've seen most of these but mostly used as B roll. Well done.

At 13'26 the remark about "who should be coming up the steps none other than hitler's pet monkey" killed me.

Such an amazing video!! Love your channel I don’t know what it is about these stories but they are utterly fascinating.

Well Done indeed! I have oft wondered who were 'some' of the gentlemen in the movie video shot at the Berghof. Thanks for the commentary. Excellent historical documentary. Keep them coming. I am a lover of 'all history' good & bad. It is but what it is. Just history.

I can't stop commenting because this is fascinating to me. This is one of the best videos I've seen about world war II and Hitler. So much detail and so informative

So enjoy your presentations. You've confirmed much of the history my parents told me and answered questions I've had most of my life. Of the two photographs of Hitler I inherited from my parents, I've oft times wondered where one in particular was taken. Thanks to your video(s) I finally know. One was Hitler standing by the railing of the tea house. The other of him on the patio of the Berghof. Thank you for your work.

Your videos are amazing, discovered this channel a few weeks ago and I am hooked!

What an amazing video. Well done. It was extremely informative and without doubt the best I’ve ever seen.

Loved your closing lines, too funny. Thanks JD, great video.

This is really great. Don't be afraid to upload more like this!

Outstanding commentary and breakdown of these reels. Learned a lot.

Superb commentary! Been looking for discussions on those home movies and this hits the spot. Hope you can also make commentaries for war and concentration camp footages. Thank you and keep it up! 😃👍

Perfect voice for this commentary. Thank you for the video

The cheek scar "The bragging scar"-"dueling scar" were popular amongst the upper-class Austrians, and German's involved in academic fencing at the start of the 20th century. Being a practice amongst University students. It was seen as a mark of class, and honour, due to the status of dueling societies at German, and Austrian universities at the time.

Oh my goodness I just found your channel and it was the first video I watched the eagle's nest and I really enjoyed your storytelling and what you guys do. I can't wait for the rest of the reals to be put out with the commentary as I find it so fascinating keep up the great work.

Great video JD it’s pretty wild to see these home movies thanks for showing them

This is fantastic! Well done JD! I am watching this several times! Interesting point ~Albert Spear was a good writer. While I detest the man on so many levels his diary/memoir is an interesting read.

Thanks for posting yet another excellent video, JD. It's something to see these movies taken by Eva Braun and others of the Berghof and to see people who were there not having a care in the world while millions of innocent people were being persecuted and extermated by the Nazis.

Really great to see the reels broken down & detailed. Insightful. Thank you. One pointer the great room window, patio vistas & main facade of Berghof faced in a northwesterly direction to Germany not Austria.

I’ve stayed in the Zum Turken Hotel which is right next door to the Berghof. An amazing historical hotel. U can even roam through the underground bunker system. The U.S. military returned the operational buildings to Bavaria in 1996. The berghof is gone but the panoramic mountain view from there is breathtaking. The beautiful aerial shot in the Sound of Music was also filmed a few miles away.

I’ve been a student of German history most of my adult life, particularly Nazi Germany, although I’m not an academically trained historian. When I was stationed in Germany with the Army in the mid-1980’s I had the opportunity on several occasions to meet Max Wunsche (17:20), who was Hitler’s SS Adjutant from 1938-40, the victory years of that era. Prior to that he commanded the ceremonial guard at the Berghof, and he can be seen as the white jacketed SS officer as his guard greeted the arrival of Italian Foreign Minister Ciano and others earlier in the video. (Many of Hitler’s personal staff like Wunsche were much younger than Hitler himself and survived the war well into old age.) As one who actually lived and worked at Hitler’s side during those glory years, he offered fascinating insights into what I would call the “normalization” of the dictator and his dictatorship, and how it came to be enthusiastically embraced by the German people. And at no time in our conversations did he come across as a fanatic, although by that time 40 years had elapsed since the end of the war, which I think allowed him to mellow and perhaps come to terms with his service to Hitler, at least on some level. My own personal take aways from those conversations can be summed up as follows: 1. The Nazis were indeed a warning from history. 2. Believe the dictator...it was all laid out in “Mein Kampf.” 3. The line between the humanity that gave us Bach and the inhumanity that gave us Bergen-Belsen is not as fine as one might think...or hope. 4. But the one take away that resonates with me the most, given Putin’s absurd reasons and unhinged rhetoric for invading Ukraine and the subsequent atrocities unfolding there, is from Voltaire, who once said, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

Another great video, JD! Great job with the narration.

Great job. This is one of my favorite channels. We're heading to Germany in 2024 and plan to tour Obersalzberg. Your documentaries will be a great help to us

These videos are a historical national treasure, thank you for narrating !

This is incredible. Thank you for keeping this stuff so factual

Great analysis and commentary! I believe the man speaking to the boss at 8.16 is actually Albert Bormann. He's often in NSKK uniform, but just a suit here. My wife and I love your work, and we especially enjoyed your tours around Normandy!👍

Fascinating footage and amazing commentary, truly historic. Such a beautiful area, scenery and villa occupied by the biggest villain in human history. The epitome of beauty and the beast.

Very informative video JD... thanks!!

This was interesting to have people identified and background for them. Looking forward to more PLEASE!

Great video and it’s interesting to see these people in their everyday lives knowing how evil they were. Thanks again for all you do to make history come alive again.👍😁

Very fascinating. In the film “They shall not grow old” the makers used lip readers to give a example of what the WW1 soldiers were saying. It would be nice this was done on these films. They shall not grow old is a great film of WW1. Thanks for the giving the names. Also it is really obvious that the dog Blonde is scared of Hitler, wonder why.

My father in law, now passed, had a photo of him in the eagles nest with his feet propped up on a desk. He was in the 101st airborne, and was trapped in fog for weeks in Bastogne. I have a stamped artillery shell base made by a local machinist depicting a scene during the liberation of the city.

Great video your explanations were on point and there was a ton of footage I had never seen!

Thank you for sharing these home movies. In great condition still. After all these years. A great presentation! Than you JD for Sharing!!💯

Such a beautiful place to live with lots of fresh, mountain air, beautiful scenery and a comfortable estate with all the amenities. Everyone looked so sharp and well-dressed. You don't see this kind of class today. The food there must've been delicious! Really nice this was preserved for posterity so these images can be viewed and enjoyed for generations to come. The color photography was also impressive! Brought these people to life!

Thank You For Another Great Series

Just found your channel and as an historian myself, I think it's immensely well done. Your research is very thorough. Looking at the evil-est, vile humans doing human things. Kinda hard to reconcile. Pity that terrace didn't fall and dump them all into oblivion.

Wow what a great series. I am really enjoying these, and plan to do my own tour of European battle sites and historic locations in the future. Your work is helping organize my trip, so thank you sir. Now, you keep mentioning the facial scars on some of the high-ranking Nazi leaders. These are almost exclusively self-inflicted (sort of). These are from sword duels, and they apparently thought "the more horrific the scar, the more awesome the man". They basically got them on purpose, and packed the wounds with horse hair so the scar would be even more grotesque.

Thanks for narrating details in the films. I've seen them before, but your information greatly increases the experience. I noticed how Hitler's dog cowered & folds his ears down while being in Hitler's presence. The dog also appeared anxious to get away from him as soon as possible. This behavior leads me to believe that there may have been abuse by the hands of his "loving owner." I think the dog was more for Ava's benefit than Hitler. Thanks again for your fantastic presentations.

Nicely done. The narration is quite good and 95% accurate. The [10:57] mention of "Hitler's dog Blondi" is impossible. This film is from 1938 or 1939. Blondi was purchased by Hitler in September of 1941. Although they do look somewhat similar, I believe the man standing to the right of Hitler (seated) at 8:20 is Albert Bormann, not Julius Schaub. Julius Schaub does appear later at 13:33 greeting Goebbels. Keep up the great work!