Berghof
Berchtesgaden, Nazi Germany
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Built in 1916 as a Swiss chalet–style country house designed by architect Alois Degano, the Berghof stood in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden. It became Adolf Hitler's holiday residence after being rebuilt and renamed in 1935, and served as one of his most prominent headquarters throughout Nazi Germany—second only to the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia as a location where he spent significant time. The building was damaged by British bombing in late April 1945 and subsequently destroyed by retreating SS troops in early May, then looted by Allied forces. The Bavarian government demolished the burned structure in 1952.
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- country house
- Place
- Berchtesgaden, Nazi Germany
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