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In 1925; Adolf Hitler chose a remote mountain area in the southeast corner of Germany as his home. Hitler settled in a small house on the Obersalzberg; a district overlooking the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933; the Obersalzberg area was transformed into the southern seat of power for the Nazi Party. Eventually; the locale became a complex of houses; barracks and command posts for the Nazi hierarchy; including the famous Eagle's Nest; and the mountain was honeycombed with tunnels and air raid shelters. A bombing attack at the end of the Second World War damaged many of the buildings and some were later torn down; but several of the ruins remain today; hidden in woods and overgrown. Hitler's Berchtesgaden: A Guide to Third Reich Sites in the Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg Area will help history-minded explorers find these largely forgotten sites; both on the Obersalzberg and in Berchtesgaden and the surrounding area; with detailed directions for driving and walking tours.