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

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.

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Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; BEGAFILM

[ChullsterOG]

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.

[ChairmanMeow]

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.

[loismiller]

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

[Swissswoosher]

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!

[robynotway]

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

[leonmemes]

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!

[chriswarburtonbrown]

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.

[tonymcdonnly]

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

[darkoflight]

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!

[Trek]

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

[kustom]

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.

[TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUSA]

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?

[toecutter]

It's amazing that this guy gave us a better tour and insight of Hitler's bunker then National Geographic did!

[Mediaevalist]

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.

[markkeyser]

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!

[TheMercianMetalDetecting]

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.

[Vongreimbf]

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

[MausTheGerman]

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 🇩🇪

[FrankSessano]

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. ❤️

[Joseph-zsb]

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.