Dr. Goebbels' Forgotten Villa - The Last Intact Nazi leaders' House
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- Just outside Berlin survives Dr. Josef Goebbels' lakeside villa, a huge house and barracks complex that is the best preserved of all Nazi leaders' home today.
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So far, I have visited all the sites presented by Dr. Felton, From the Eagle's Nest to Obersalzberg, to Nuremberg. I didn't know about this house, since I live in Germany, I will visit it at the first opportunity
You should post videos of these places as you visit them and your experiences with visiting them. I think it would be interesting to watch
@@randomname4522 thank you for idea, i will post it tomorrow on my channel. kind regards
@@randomname4522 CZcams channel "Klovekorn the Relic Hunter" has few of those.
Another little known site destroyed...czcams.com/video/GkTKscpMbaU/video.html
@@szakachdekapolna4372 could you remind me when you visit it so i can watch? just post another comment here thanks
You can still visit Admiral Donitz's house in Lorient, South Brittany. It has a fine view of the estuary, and they will serve you a cold beer. There's a big underground bunker in the garden, but they got very angry and defensive when I asked if I could have a look, who knows what secrets are hidden down there!
Lorient still has the U-boat pens, and now they are used for yacht maintenance..I tied up my yacht inside a pen for the night, a truly spooky experience!
Probably the wine cellar now with some REALLY good stuff in it!
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 An excellent guess!
Sleeping in a uboat pen, as Dr Marky Mark would say, livin the dream
@@y_ffordd Ha ha, there are quite a few still in use for practical purposes, as they are so hard to demolish!
Was there took train from Paris. ALOHA
The level of detail Mark Felton has brought to this portion of history is so much closer to being there than we have been able to feel. It’s almost like an intimacy.
If only we could have a time machine. There are MANY Americans and British who wish we could change sides. Back then, many ethnic German Americans opposed the war. And Anglo-Americans and the English used to know we are all Teutonic cousins. That’s been wiped from memory ever since the Good Men of Germany lost their righteous war.
A friend's aunt worked at the Berghof as a maiden. After the 1944 air raid she came out of the bunker and found a red dress belonging to Eva Braun (she had witnessed her wearing it one night). She took it home and preserved it for decades before it was thrown away after her death. Can you imagine how much a rich American collector might have paid?
Oh that's very sad. She should have donated to some museum so at least they would've preserved it.
Dr. Felton never fails to entertain and teach us.
making people dumber doesnt count
Dr. Felton fails to entertain and teach us.*
*fixed it.
So Dang Darn True Mayuyu.
@@Matt-xj2bx You are saying watching these videos is making people "dumber?"
When I was in high school, I thought history was boring. I have learned better over the years. Many years, I moight say.
Phenomenal research, beautiful, simple and to the point presentation, very interesting subject. Thank you Mark.
I understand the impulse of 20th century Germans to eradicate every trace of nazism, but the de-nazification period is as much a part of the historic past now as the nazis themselves. Seems to me we ought to preserve what few physical artifacts are left from the period as historically important. Of course, that's easy for a non-german like me to say.
Winners write history. now private banks create the economy wich run the globalist politicians. wake up world... watch the documentary Europa the last battle. please, for the love of humanity.
There's enough nazi sympathizers in this commentary section to show a place like that would become a place for nazi worship, which kind of proves the point it should be blown to smithereens....
It wouldn’t be hard to resell the villa.
DIe meisten Leute wollen einfach wirklich nichts mehr mit diesem Mist zutun haben. Ganz zu schweigen von den Neo Nazis, die von solchen Orten angezogen werden.
@@stunner9005 since they appearently cant find a buyer I would argue it is in fact hard to resell it
It needs to be kept, it's literal history. The last of it's kind, and a relic of one of humanity's darkest moments.
I agree!
All of us viewers of Mark Felton's videos should pool our money to buy it and have history presentation meetings there.
Yep - I don't agree with the 'destroy anything Nazi' ethos at all. What happened, happened: some pretty heinous things happened in medieval castles too. Treat it as a relic of a bygone age and contextualize it's history with lots and lots of information, so there's no suggestion of glorifying it. Put it this way: if it hadn't been Goebbels', everyone would be falling over themselves to preserve it as an example of 1930s architecture. Well, it's still the same building...
@@MrHws5mp exactly if your going to demolish the things the NAZIs built than you better go and demolish the Colosseum becuase the romans did much crueler things than the NAZIs
>humanity's darkest moments.
You must be describing life in 2022. The end result of international communism, what the Germans were attempting to stop.
Hard to beleive this house still exists when you consider the fate of other leaders houses.
Goebbels most likely didn't have his estate blown up like Goering did his because he just didn't care anymore. If he'd ordered it destroyed it would have been.
The Soviets used it as a communist college
@Real Aiglon Oh, my point was that with so many of the other houses having been bombed in Obersalzburg or blown up this one structure managed to avoid those fates.
They got mini nagasakied
The reason was explained in the documentary… The house was in eastern Germany… There was not enough money after the war to demolish it
In the early 1990’s, before the German government finished blowing up the Berghof for good, I was staying at the US Army Hotel General Walker (now torn down after being given back to the Germans). Just a short walk into the woods from there I was able find the Berghof, and at that time the remanent of the stone garage was still there. I have a photo standing along side it. I also took a brick from the ruins which I still have today. On another trip, I was able to scout out the foundations of the Goering and Bormann homes on the Obersalzburg. If I’m not mistaken, Speer’s
art studio is still intact and undamaged; I saw it just down the road from the Berghof.
Did you really take a brick from Europe to America?
I know that in the US people still build wooden houses, but... Moving a brick from a continent across an ocean to another continent?
Tell your brick that being a brick in one of the houses of one of so many European tyrants is not that important.
You know, bricks sometimes get too arrogant. 😉
@Skiller189X "Brickler"
Goebbels was basically a serial rapist. A sex offender.
Why go so far away to get a brick from a house representing the worst of authoritarianism, when you could have scraped off a bit of stucco off the walls of Mar-a-Lago right here in the US?
@@caniconcananas7687 They probably have cameras in the woods around it now.
Mark Felton presents a new TV series: "Homes of the Reich and the Infamous"
Nobody would ever consider demolishing the Roman Colosseum even though it was built to house spectators watching people being slaughtered, if there are people demanding demolishing of this historical artifact then destroy all military history, in the end there will simply be not many museums left to view and educate going forward.
So we should preserve every building in which every historically significant person has visited? They are not demolishing it because it was built by a famous nazi, they are trying to sell it. The collosseum, like many castles is preserved because its historically/culturally significant and makes a bit of cash. Which part of nazi leader Geobbals, who ordered the murder of his own six children in a bunker, do you identify with and would benefit from the most?
Every country worldwide does it. You point out the Taliban...you must he American...Taliban made your "finest" soldiers run like cowards, must hurt.
Your content always includes something entirely new to the audience, rather than retelling history that has been retold again and again.
You would have a good channel as a first rate raconteur, but the original research you bring makes this one of the best sources of history to be found.
But this is well known....
watch the documentary Europa the last battle if you want to know untold history. i warn you, it might change your view on things. its one of the best documentarys ive seen. especially part 3.
its scary how much information that has been supressed.... very sad.
@@pondusenglanq8563 you know the saying, winner writes history
@@koenvandam1281 so it is! People believe all the stuff thats been pushed down out throats since kindergarten...
@@pondusenglanq8563 thats also because people are to lazy to research and educatie themselves ;)
As disgusting the Nazis are, I also find it disgusting trying to erase history, it is just a form of book burning. I hope they restore it into a museum.
I think it wouldn't it be a *DELICIOUS* bit of revenge if they were to. Turn the place into a museum dedicated to the Holocaust.
Ignoring history doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Also those who don’t listen to history are doomed to repeat it.
Not really...
Here in Germany we get taught most of what Mark was talking about.
Thats the reason why nothing was new to me in this video.
@@anthonymorales8510
Ignoring history....?
Lol its clear that you know nothing about the German education system.
@@anthonymorales8510 well the idea behind making it illegal and destroying all the history is if they allow it to exist it will repeat because ultimately people will come to the conclusion that its all correct
There is a Goebels Villa still in existence in Berlin in the Zehlendorf area (originally a rich residential area). It is now a private clinic. When I was in West Berlin many years ago, I visited someone there having an operation. I took a walk around the grounds with them and told them that I saw a stone over a side entrance door with "1939" engraved in it; yes - was the answer, the villa was originally the property of Goebels. It had a rather large entry way with the original staircase winding up the walls still intact.
Do you remember in what street that was ?
@@Retroscoop That was 'way back when' in West Berlin; middle of the 1980's. Sorry, I remember neither the street name nor the name of the private clinic for vascular operations, but it was not far away from the US Berlin Brigade Headquarters. I do remember that it was off Clay Allee somewhere.
You sir are the master of research and education to the students of history around the world. Thank you so much for taking us on your travels.
watch the documentary Europa the last battle if you like history. Especially untold/censored history.
Another perfectly timed video with my morning coffee here in New Zealand 🇳🇿. It amazes me how you continue to find fascinating topics to cover with regular uploads. Thank you Mark🙂
New Zealand= commie country, with femo leader in heat. No triggering plz 😤😤😤
Don’t forget your Perun every Sunday
Ah, you're 1 day ahead of Europe here. Btw, will you do us a favor and alert us day before Putin launches his Sarmatas? We would be very thankful.
Nobody:
People from New Zealand: 'im from New Zealand'
@@lueyR if we weren’t routinely left off world maps we would have such a complex😂
Tearing any of these structure's down is plain dumb. Rebuilding and restoring them would be costly at the same time. Just remember one thing. The same man that sleeps in the house is usually not the man who built it. Germans were and still are master craftsmen.
Whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean…
Nazi Germany. The most evil regime in history without a doubt. Demolish the place. That's one museum we can do without.
Sadly its gonna be over soom for germany.
@@dawood121derful It means you'll never own a pair of Cazal sunglasses.
@E Van : No, not if you discount the fact that they tortured and murdered millions of people. Apart from that they were a right laugh.
My only problem with these videos is they are too short .They are so damn good and I want more! I'm really not sure how you pack so much information into such a short amount of time. Clearly a gift. I think most structures from an important part of history should be kept. The house doesn't serve as a glorification of the era it serves as a symbol of their incredible greed. A museum would be perfect.
If each of Mark's subscribers were to donate $12, Mr. Felton could purchase the villa.
Mr. Felton could then turn it into the best museum in the World on the ugliness, craziness, and evil of the Third Reich, which managed to appear wonderful, sensible, and justified to many people in Germany in its early stages.
I hope that restore the building I think we all know what it stands for but I also think it should be preserved for historical reasons . And if you distory it then I feel we tend to forget about the history of the Nazi's ..this way we never forget what happened in those dark days
There is alot of stuff in germany to remind you of the horrors of the past. These buildings usually attract some neonazis which makes destruction more disirable.
@@bliblablubdiedadup742 If the buildings weren't there the silly neo-nazis would just go somewhere else. Or meet at the ruins. Or something. You can't destroy everywhere the Nazis hung out, it's an impossibility.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 No clue why you try to turn this into some kind of cancel culture whatever. A peronal home of a top nazi in the middle of nowhere provides no historic value - why bother spending millions of tax money on it?
@@bliblablubdiedadup742 Well, let's look at it this way. If you think the place should be destroyed (And frankly I don't care one way or another, I'll never go to see it) do a study of how much it will cost to demolish the building (which will take money as well) and remove all traces of the same, plus landscaping the property so it'll look nice, then raise the money yourself and contact the German government. I'm sure they'll be happy to talk to you. Or raise the 20 million asking price and buy it yourself, then you can do what you want with it.
You're right, why spend millions of tax money on it one way or another?
watch the documentary Europa the last battle. winners write history... globalist won, cultural marxism is destoeying the west, look at europe haha... watch the documentary for the love of humanity
I went looking for it on Google Satellite, just out of curiosity. There's actually two Bogensees in the general area; the one in question is actually in Wandlitz outside of Berlin. The other is technically within the city limits, from the looks of it, and it's about a 30 min drive from there to get to the correct one.
The house is a little north of west from the lake and seems to be on or near the grounds of a school now. If you want to see it, just go to a satellite view and it's about maybe 200 or 300 meters from the lake shore with the wings of the house pointing towards the northwest.
The school and most of the surrounding complex was built in the 50's by the DDR Communist regime. The idea was to show that the Communist regime could build much more grandiose than the Nazis.
The school is no longer used and the entire complex is abandoned - shame as it is in a fantastic natural area and the entire thing can be turned into a nice hotel or recreational center.
Yes, I went to Google Earth to have a look. Thanks.
Thanks! I was looking in the wrong place!
@@todortodorov940The main school building looks more like a gargantuan nazi villa than the actual villa itself.
The design of the school buildings is of an elegance rarely found in 50's communist territory. Although this is highly subjective. The soft white walls and yellow window frames turn warm and friendly at dusk. Almost like some villas in Tuscany.
Marvellous. Never cease to be amazed at the content of your next production. All these stories. Tops mate.
We toured the underground tunnels near Hitler's house a few years ago. Open to the public for a few euros - very interesting too.
Thank you for another great video! Given the provenance of this home, its location on 42 acres and perhaps extensive underground bunkers, I think this place is well worth what they were asking. As you said, it is a historic building and I feel as should be preserved. Perhaps turn it into a lodge or a museum? I just hate to see it fall to the wrecking ball because of who it belonged to. He’s long dead and gone and it would be nice to preserve the alpine architecture. It would be nice to see it kept up have the wiring and plumbing updated. Make sure the roof is sound, freshen up the exterior, check the windows & HVAC brought up-to-date. Of course it’s understood the grounds surrounding the Home would be kept up as well.
Great video. Interesting that a photo of Lida Baarova , a Czechoslovakian actress, was shown, and with whom his affair in 1938 completely backfired on him when Hitler put him in the cold for having that affair. This lead to Goebbels being the main agitator for the Reichskristalnacht in November of that year, so he could sit at his master's feet again.
Hitler also had to play marriage counselor over Goebbel's affair, basically telling him to cool it because a divorce involving a high-profile government minister would raise a hell of a stink.
In the end he was the most loyal of Hitler's inner circle.
She was a beautiful woman, by the looks of the photograph. I can't imagine what she thought being his mistress. Not exactly a handsome man but I suppose his control of the film industry must, in her mind, have compensated for that.
Perhaps there is hope for me yet. Lol
@@StevenKeery Goebbels clearly was something of a German Harvey Weinstein. 😊
That story might get explored in a future video, I admit.
"Not open to the public" yet Mr. Felton has footage. Excellent work.
Dr. Felton has access to _Die Glocke_ and can go anywhere at any time ...
I love the intro music on your videos and truly enjoy you historic knowledge. I find the WW2 era one of my favorite topics of history.
It can be used for other purposes why destroy a good house, the house did not commit any war crimes.
@Hold Fast we all have nazi tendencies in our subconscious regardless of ethnicity
This is interesting. Would be worth a vacation over to Germany just for this alone. Been planning a holiday to tour various European historical locations for some years. I grew up in a party town on a large beach. So would never in my life waste the thousands upon thousands just to lay on a beach within the property of some hotel resort. Would love to visit Europe to see the plethora of historical sites that we just simply do not have in North America. Same with Japan and Korea, but to a lesser extent. I do have a few sites there pinned down though. Would be well worth it. if I were to win that $70,000,000 jackpot I would buy up this villa in a snap just to preserve it and maybe make the entire thing a museum.
If you do ever win the big one then you might consider making it into a Holocaust museum. I think it would be a *DELICIOUS* bit of revenge if someone were to. Turn the place into a museum dedicated to the Holocaust.
Buy it before any greedy property developers get it or some rich boomers make it into an airbnb. A lot of historic and sometimes amazing properties have in some way or another been lost only to turn into condos and strip malls.
The more popular these kinds of sites become, the more likely the German government will level it for a parking lot.
I've always longed to travel around Europe and visit historic monuments as well...
Sadly I can't afford it :/
@@mastermindd My job paid me to live in the UK for a few years. Got to tour lots of historic monuments in what small amount of time I had to myself.
When you mentioned for sale, I was instantly "Hmm I really wonder how much" and tbh it would be nice to see it purchased and minor restoration ( re-paint / new plumbing / electrical ) but to keep it the majority as currently is. As you mentioned, an intact non destroyed building is very rare. Sadly, its fate will likely be that of most others and completely demolished. Until the 20 million was mentioned, I was slightly interested. 🤣
Same
well, i think the simple reason is, that its a veeery big property near berlin. So just the Plot ist very expensive
Some Nazi memorabilia collectors are rich af..
Why do you think its a good idea to represent nazi wealth and opulence? A basic restoration would have cost €200-400k, hopefully the combined cost is beyond the scope of your average nazi biker gang.
You'd have to be happy with turning away various neo-nazi types who'd come visiting, too.
I was there yesterday with a group from the UK!! Utterly amazing place and unchanged since this video was made last year. The rumour was that has now been sold and will be developed… Another excellent Video Dr Felton!
I remember reading somewhere that Albert Speer drew up blueprints for a modest home at the request of a friendly guard during the Spandau years. Always wondered if it was ever built.
Martin Kemp?
I didn't know much about Nazi history and WWII in general outside of textbook lessons, now I'm obsessed with learning more about the topic. So excited to see what the next video will be about!
I really hope that this place is neither demolished, or allowed to decay beyond repair. Given it's huge historic (although dark) value, it must be preserved at all costs. If places were demolished just because of their distasteful past, we would have no history left. Great video Mark.
Mark Felton is awesome, such detail and passion, love the content
The whole place should be maintained due to its historical significance. I was thinking a museum would best serve the site and the profits should go into maintaining site and possibly even donating a portion to worthy charity, to help off set some of the terrible deeds and tyranny of the Nazi regime!
There's probably a thousand such museums like that in Germany already and at much more important places. It would just be another museum that requires public funding as the probably 3 tourists it would attract per week would be able to pay for the upkeep. What should be in the building? It's 70 empty rooms.
@@tobiwan001 then it could be a hotel or something
A very unusual and historical building. It could have many useful purposes, as from the pictures, it appears to have been well built. It needs Historical Preservation Certification and hopefully it will be saved, restored and maintained.
Another excellent video Mark, keep em' coming!!!
Fantastic video as always Mark.
Looking at that house gave me the creeps!
BUT, it should be fully restored and kept as a museum so other can see and feel what it is like to inside a house of evil, so if it helps give tourists the willies, it should help them not only to understand, but also to never forget history (and to tell others about it too, i.e. word of mouth).
It bothers me to see that people want to destroy historical sites because to destroy them means to destroy history. How can anyone remember history if no one is there to see it and hear about it?
I'm a biggie about preserving history when it comes to both good and evil and the lessons that comes with it.
I hope the house will be preserved so that future generations can not only learn but also benefit from it.
Just my two cents (abet today's inflation lol).
Edit: I question the motives of those that wants to destroy history because, as I see it, is someone that wants to repeat the same history but must first destroy it so people will forget and not be able to prevent it from happening again.
I think it wouldn't it be a *DELICIOUS* bit of revenge if they were to. Turn the place into a museum dedicated to the Holocaust.
“House of evil”? It is just a building and has no persona, although it certainly housed an evil man. And for others saying it should be demolished…. Should the Roman Coliseum be demolished too as it was used for some pretty evil things? I don’t think it is the type of structure that will be an inspiration to other Nazis so no need to destroy it.
it's not so much about destroying history as avoiding anyone using them as shrines to worship the nazis. It's the same reason Hitler's bunker in Berlin became a parking lot when they could have easily made it a museum. Yes, it's not the building's fault their constructors were terrible people, but they don't have any significant history connected to them either. There isn't a whole lot to learn from Goebell's house or any of the others that were torn down beyond "built by a mad man". There's still plenty left all over the place to remind us of the things they did and crimes they committed.
I feel the same i feel it should be restored and all traces of nazis removed and put to use for the greater good like perhaps an orphanage and school or a home for women caught up in domestic violence good must always expunge evil.
Nah, demolish it
When you hear that intro music you know your in for a historical treat. Another great historical gem full of information that is new to me. I'd tell anyone to subscribe to this channel before you leave the video.
What a story you have pulled out of the bag. Great nugget.
Your narration is perfect. The credence of your voice is that of Sir Laurence Olivier when he narrated the series "The World At War". Thank you for such interesting documentaries.
Wow!It's 2025 hrs where I live and my notification came in just as I picked up my device to check for Doc Felton's presentation for today.Rather uncanny, but you seem to know exactly when your vast audience all around the world expect these fine well researched videos.Well done.
Dr Felton - quick suggestion. You should leave the longitude/latitude coordinates for locations you cite in your videos in the description. Especially since you're searching many of these up for photos on maps - the data would be easy to get and it'd make it super easy for folks visiting the area to check out these places. For example, I located the villa on Google Maps but am unable to pinpoint the bunker entrance location!
Especially if you have a few cocktails eh?
Liked & enjoyed !! Thx Dr MarK!! Cheers JJ
Love your videos. Very educational.
Amazing history. I want to visit this property. It should be converted into part museum/hotel.
If i had been filthy rich i would have bought it and made it into a museum, but sadly I'm not ... Great video as always :)
Great video Dr Felton!!
I was in Berchtedgsden in 2019, the Berghof of Hitler is there on top of the mountain Kalkstein.... Now a tourist attraction can go inside see the rooms and view of the mountains and return to Berchtesgaden by bus.
04:51_I recall some of the large glass panel walls
like you see, actually retract below floor level,
via an automated chain system..where by the top
of the frame ends up flush with the floor..no doubt
an expensive state of the art feature of the 1930s.
Yippee, a lovely Sunday afternoon, just put the kettle on and this video popped up. Just in time to sit and watch while I have my tea. Thanks Mark, perfect timing.
Got to say, Mark, that's a great "Son of Dracula" photo at the beginning of your videos. Always liked it!
Honestly felt like I went on some weird but very interesting and informative tour. Thanks Mark.
This house is an important historic monument and should be preserved!!!
I'm not convinced it is. It should be preserved only for practical use otherwise build something new on the property.
what is it you think happened here that is so historically important?
An important historic monument? Behave yourself its a building that was occupied by a man the world knows the name of, that's all.
I love how Bormann is always called sinister surely all the Nazis can be called the same, great video as always.
He was considered sinister by the other Nazis as well.
@@disgustedvet9528 You *KNOW* your Evil when you can make even other Nazi's skin crawl.
Roosevelt, Churchill, De Gaule, and especially Stalin were Saints. Truman and Johnson were people sent by God. Clinton, Obama, Bush, Blair, Biden are also Saints. It's only the Nazis always. As if Britain didn't conquer the whole world and started slave trading and exploiting people all around the Globe. Or creating the first ever concentration camps. As if the US is not destabilizing third world countries, bombing them, killing civilians for Oil and drug trafficking. Those nazis man...really bad people.
Interesting as usual. Thank you for posting. If the property does not need too many expensive repairs or updates it could be used as a museum, library, art gallery or school. Something that would belie its former owner and use.
Fascinating to watch this video. Good clear narrative. I have serious mixed feelings about the whole topic yet weirdly I was intrigued.
Been there already a few times, it's very interesting with all the nature and really a nice ride through the forest from Berlin
I remember Heinz Linge had talked in his Book "With Hitler to the End" about Hitler's suburban villages. There he mentions the beauty of Obersalzberg and the suburban villages nearby his villa. Many villagers were still living close to Hitler's house even after his rising to power. There is one case in which Hitler mentions a specific house that ruins the calmness and the flawless sight from his balcony. The very next day after his return from Münich, Bormann buys the property of the villager (without Hitler's knowledge) and makes it a green meadow. Hitler reproaches Bormann's actions, that he had abused his power to buy that property.
There was another instance when in Hitler's absence Bormann had the treeline around the Berghof cut back several hundred yards as a security measure. Hitler was furious about that too but still kept Bormann in his post.
Bormann persuaded the owner to sell..... At gun point! Informing them of dire consequences if they didn't!
@@StalinTheMan0fSteel He did the same to the owners of the Hotel zum Turken, which was close by the Berghof. Bormann had the hotel turned into a barracks for the SS garrison. What Hitler had to say about that strong-arm purchase I have no idea.
Post-war, the family that owned the hotel got it back. It's still there today if I remember right and still a functioning hotel.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Don't think he really cared considering the forced repatriations of Germans from non-German nations ordered by Hitler.
Basically he did the same thing, my great-grandfather was also affected by this all property he had was taken away and he was later sent to the Eastern-front with the Hungarian 2nd army after an agreement with Horthy. (Hungary had claims on land stripped away by the Trianon-Treaty, these lands still to this day have a large Hungarian population despite the replacement efforts)
It's a less-known part of history, but you can occasionally hear about it even in more mainstream history sources (compared to Mark-s videos)in relation to Polish Germans who were resettled in greater numbers.
I'm still not sure if all it was for was a quick cashgrab to fuel the War-economy or if he really wanted to bolster Germany's population with this with a 'end justifies the means' approach but Hitler was well known for his hatred for Austria-Hungary because of things that happened in his early-life. (Oversimplified has a video on this with the famous 'This enraged his father who punished him severely' meme)
It came as somewhat of a shock to realize that the Berghof patio “balcony” featured so prominently in the Ava Braun footage is not what I have been picturing in my head all this time; a ledge overlooking a precipice, but only a mere retaining wall. 🧐
$20 million dollars? They will hold firm on the price until the building decays from non use. Then demolish the decayed building and sell the land for 1 million or a $19 million dollar loss. The same fate as the General Walker Hotel (Platterhof).
I’d love to be able to visit here and all the other nazi leaders homes or where they were. I absolutely think they should keep this whole building.
It should be made into a historic home to save our history. They saved the eagle's nest and made it a historic site to save history.
@@debrabensinger1331 I agree 100%
Wait...he spent that much money on the building and it has that many rooms and it still looks like just a school from the outside?
I know Goering was weird with his attitudes towards things like architecture, but this is just bizarre for someone like goebbels to have commissioned and signed off on!
He never lived there. It was his cabin on the lake he would visit from time to time.
Why, did you expect him to have had taste? That person??!
@@udirt He had a taste for cyanide.
Your information is amazing. I visited this area several times in the early 60’s. My father was military and was born in Germany during the occupation. My father enjoyed taking me to historical places. I did not begin living in the US until I was 12.
I live close by the Bogensee and i think it would be interesting to hear about the rest of the area due to its huge history.
In the class room to hear the lecture from Dr Mark Felton !
3.01 Hermann Fegelein of the SS Cavalry division....slightly right of centre...
Regardless of how evil/good a person or country might be. Preserving history must come first.
And its not like it's the house's fault.
@@Jess-nc4oy I know, I always hate when buildings are demolished just because they happened to host some evil person or murderer. Buildings don't choose who lives in them and decide what happens within its walls. Waste of a structure to demolish them.
Big thanks for your good work Mark. And greeting from Sweden. You should do a video on the German Heinkels that landed I Sweden during the war.
amazing! had fun watching your video thanks for sharing
Mark, can the estate be accessed, or did you need special permission to visit? We'd like to check it out when we visit Berlin. As always, thanks for sharing; your videos have provided a professional guide for quite a few sites while we've toured Europe the past three years. 👍
I went there 6 or 7 years ago, it was z easy to find the access but we managed to find and access it. It’s quite interesting there :)
They have security now. Due to people taking parts and breaking into the buildings and stealing stuff
@@thomaswright7562 maybe i looked it up on Google maps, shows up that there even is a bus stop at the villa
Is there a way in? Looks really interesting
I’ve been waiting for this one, it’s strange that the Allies didn’t bomb this one into rubble. It’s strange to see it completely intact, but also unchanged. I wonder if it will ever be restored into some kind of museum? That would be interesting. I hope you do the Nazi era church in southern Germany soon.
The surrounding DDR youth buildings are also very interesting. Thanx for your great channel Mark 🙏💪
That house is dope ngl. Also the stonework columns have timeless style.
Dr. Felton is not only a great historian but also does quite a good job as a real estate agent I must say
Well, I'm not buying it at that price!
Haha
Great jest actually 😄
Politicians the world over have always ended up quite wealthy. We need a Mark Felton to show us the homes of today's leaders.
Who would live in a house like this? If its UK presidents then the houses would no doubt better the best nazi palaces.
Gréât documentaire &
Nice relax voice 🙏
What I do like about Dr. Mark Felton is that he can make a historical video in about 6 minutes with facts and pictures, where other 'history' type channels would take some 30minutes fluffed out with adverts!!
It’s like a purpose built location for a museum of inappropriate workplace behavior.
It should not be demolished. You do not learn from history if you destroy every reminder of it. All history should be preserved, positive or not.
I love the intro music. It’s becoming my personal theme song
Impecable siempre. Gracias
Restore the building..would like to visit Germany before I am no longer living..great video Mark Felton
Lmao then visit Germany 😆
Germany isn't just a bunch of houses that belonged to a bunch of nazis.
Make it a museum.
Just when I think i‘m well-versed in WW2 Dr. Felton uploads yet another treasure trove of knowledge.
Hi Mark, thx for this video. Did you already make a video about the remaining bunkers of Obersalzberg? I was there some 15y ago and shot some pics... despite the fact it was not allowed. The Entrance is on the side of the Hotel "Zum Türken", which is now for sale...
Very interesting documentary but to say that “Hitler never married” would be confusing to some people because of course he did marry Eva Braun on April 29th 1945.
It’s a tragedy that the Berghof got blown up. That would have been an amazing place to visit with that great glass window that overlooked the Alps. Fortunately, when I traveled to Obersalzberg, I had the chance to go up to the Eagles Nest (which the RAF failed to strike). It possessed easily one of the most majestic views I’ve seen in all of Europe.
If I remember correctly the Eagle's Nest is about four miles away and not part of the Berghof complex, so it's not too surprising the RAF missed it, it was probably not on the target list.
Although I'm sure those RAF boys got a thrill from plastering the Berghof simple pay-back wasn't the reason for the raid. Nazi propaganda was making a big deal about the "National Redoubt," supposedly where Hitler would make his last stand. So the Berghof complex was bombed to eliminate it as a command post.
By the way, neither Montgomery or Patton believed in the "National Redoubt" but Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces wasn't taking any chances.
@@davidb2206 A dumb idea because the National Redoubt was bogus to begin with. However, SHAEF was still spooked by the Battle Of The Bulge and wasn't taking chances.
To elaborate both Patton and Montgomery thought the whole idea of the Germans keeping an army of 500,000+ men in a secure location for a last stand was ridiculous, considering how the Germans were fighting furiously on two fronts trying to stave off disaster as it was.
In the end it doesn't matter, the Berghof was doomed anyway. If it wasn't bombed the post-war Bavarian government would have demolished it as they demolished what was left.
The Ribbentrop villa in Berlin-Dahlem is also absolutely preserved and was used by the AFN as broadcast studios.
Good video, always knowledgefull
I hope they don't demolish it!
Hyper-appreciate your content as always Dr. Felton!
Glad you included the asking price… it was the first thing that came to mind!
Fascinating simple and straight to the point as usual with Mark Felton videos and even though this house held evil people i think it must stand for the very reminder of the evil we fought against because if not it will happen again
This might sound like a bit of odd angle; but I think that places like this should be maintained as close to their original state as possible because architecture and how we furnish it is a close reflection of the people involved. I think it's important to meditate on who these figures were, and places like this can act as a catalyst for that reflection. Perhaps places like homes are particularly important because of how personal they are
I seem to remember a documentary filmed in the 90's where the interior of the Goebbel's house was shown and it was still furnished at the time. Assuming they were the original furnishings there was nothing about the decor and furniture that shouted "Goebbels!" Just another country house.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 And that's most of the value imo. People have this habit of turning figures like this into parodies of human beings, monsters, or decide they're mentally ill. I think we do that because it makes us more comfortable. It'd almost be reassuring to the average person if they walked into a completely abnormal house, because it distances that bad person from us.
@@tommeakin1732 I agree. That's the insidious thing about the top Nazis, most were ordinary, well-educated, intelligent people who for reasons only known to themselves turned into monsters. An object lesson for all of us, lest we let ourselves be turned into monsters as well, for whatever cause or reason.
The Bogensee should , without a doubt , be restored to its former glories.This is a rare and important part of history not to be ignored .Brilliant work as ever Mark.
At 20 million dollars they don’t want it restored and preserved
@@pattayperformance I agree,it will be pulled down because of the cash and it will be sad to lose tactile history.
Thanks Dr. Felton .
Another generous contribution by Dr. Felton