Hitler's 'Struggle House' - A Forgotten Nazi Ruin

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On the Obersalzberg, not far from the Documentation Centre, is a forgotten Nazi-era ruin. It was the building where Hitler wrote Part 2 of his book 'Mein Kampf' - today, few people visit this lonely and isolated site, the site of the Kampfhäusl, or 'Struggle House'.
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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@Joseph-z7s3b 9 месяцев назад

The struggle house was where Hitler went Kampfing. Appreciate the dry British wit Dr. Felton. Cheers from the States.

@Frank7748124 9 месяцев назад

Reminds me of Benny Hill dressed as a corporal with a funny mustache pointing at a tent with the caption "Mein Kampf"

@hinz1 8 месяцев назад

You know, he had a kampfy chair, there

@Joseph-z7s3b 8 месяцев назад

@@hinz1 No doubt it was that outdoor toilet.

@nicktatters7523 9 месяцев назад

Dr Mark Felton is, in my opinion, is the best historian going, interesting, well researched, informative, easy to understand quality YT videos. Absolutely amazing 👍

@robbiedolan340 9 месяцев назад

Definitely, he has a great dry sense of humour as well. His greatest strength is not just going over the beaten track and providing interesting stories that most of have never heard via other resources

@Johnstone565 9 месяцев назад

Felton is a legend 🙌🏽 ❤

@jamesdellaneve9005 9 месяцев назад

Thanks mom! Mark Felton

@connor1414 9 месяцев назад

Besides his extremely biased bro British/jewish pov hes ok 👍🏻

@jamesengland7461 9 месяцев назад

@connor1414 is it fair to deduce from your comment that you're anti Jew and pro Nazi?

@strictlyxjs8750 8 месяцев назад

Anyone else notice the slight bit of humor that Mark has been adding to his videos lately. I think it's absolutely brilliant

@machomanrandysavage107 8 месяцев назад

I truly enjoy it

@TD1021- 9 месяцев назад

We applaud your dedication and research to these nazi historical things and ww2 in general

@Occident. 9 месяцев назад

Yep the Austrian painter provides a good living for Mr Felton. Dozens of others too.

@Blox117 9 месяцев назад

still waiting for mustache man's toilet video

@rewschreijewschreier 9 месяцев назад

JA!

@TheBoomtown4 9 месяцев назад

@@Occident.Dr. Felton. His channel documents WW2 history so yeah, some of his content is going to be centred around the bisexual painter.

@Chris-jt4pl 9 месяцев назад

glazing

@peterostermiller3576 9 месяцев назад

I am 69 years old, and never knew there was a second volume. Another fascinating video providing little known information on important topics of world history.

@oberstleutnant1796 9 месяцев назад

He wrote another book ‘Mein Favorit Lederhosen’ not so common this book, its a rarity 😂

@inisipisTV 9 месяцев назад

There is actually another Sequel book after MK not published called "Zweites Buch."

@wayneantoniazzi2706 9 месяцев назад

I read "Mein Kampf" in high school as a book report project although admittedly I only got through Book 1. Take it from me "Mein Kampf" is so poorly written it was absolute torture reading it, one of the worst if not THE worst book I've ever read, irrespective of the political ideas. I admitted in the report I just couldn't deal with Book 2 and the teacher said "No problem!" I did get an A on the report. Trust me, it was Hitler's oratory that made him a success, NOT "Mein Kampf."

@heiner71 9 месяцев назад

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 , Mark stated in the video that the later published versions of "Mein Kampf" (like 1933 and on) contain both volumes.

@kina18 9 месяцев назад

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 It took me well over a year to read both. Indeed the most boring book I've ever read. Probably great for insomniacs as one will begin to doze off after a page or two.

@SmilingIbis 9 месяцев назад

"Häusl" would be a diminutive, so it would be better translated as "struggle hut" or "struggle cabin".

@T0mThompson 9 месяцев назад

Buildings are not evil. As a german i can not understand why we destroy everything. History has to be shown to be understandable.

@jamesengland7461 9 месяцев назад

Death camps...

@michaelmckeel3992 9 месяцев назад

@@jamesengland7461 Proof, please.

@gilbert8162 9 месяцев назад

@@michaelmckeel3992 Proof, please.

@JeffHenry-cq3is 9 месяцев назад

Become symbols

@archstanton6102 9 месяцев назад

@michaelmckeel3992 You are asking for proof of the death camps? Well you can visit them, documentaries were filmed at the camps in early 1945, the germans kept documents listing how they worked and germans have admitted working in them.

@ericscottstevens 9 месяцев назад

Our family friend in Germany named Leo Aumuller found an autographed Mein Kampf in the landfill in Upper Franconia in the 1970s. It was still in a presentation box. Leo knew how to find things.....he then lent it to a friend who promptly "lost it" or just flatly refused to give it back. Never saw the book again. How could he report it? it was illegal to own probably. Leo is also the one who found an 1870s Colt pistol Euro export in that same landfill. He hung the 6 shooter in his work area in the garage on a nail and thought nothing of it. A gun enthusiast friend of his spotted it while on a visit and bought it for an extreme amount of money. That gun probably ended up in Switzerland for double that.

@wiseguy8828 8 месяцев назад

Love the humor in the beginning, especially the subtitles for Adolph and Eva. Please more of this!

@daveo2992 9 месяцев назад

you can destroy the building but you can't destroy the longitude and latitude coordinates

@stevensteelforce2701 8 месяцев назад

Мы не разрушали здание. Мы владеем зданием и всей недвижимостью, когда-то называвшейся Отечеством. координаты долготы и широты

@evelynzlon9492 8 месяцев назад

You are SO cute.

@felixs3477 9 месяцев назад

What shocks me is the condition it is in compared to my visit in 2009! The foundation wall has many stones missing, souvenir hunters of whatever persuasion are carrying them away. What helped me to find the Kampfhaeusl and other sites were maps of the Obersalzberg, from my, now late, Professor Hoffmann (while studying history at McGill University). His work entitled ‘Hitler’s Personal Security’ De Capo Press, 2000, pages 182-185, have all the key buildings and the extensive tunnel systems mapped out.

@williestyle35 9 месяцев назад

That is awesome! Professors like Hoffmann, Christopher R Browning, and Gerhard L Weinberg really can bring history to life for those willing to study it.

@africanlipplateandbonenose3223 9 месяцев назад

I took a rock too btw

@browngreen933 9 месяцев назад

These traces have as much historical and archeological value as anything on planet Earth. 😮

@felixs3477 9 месяцев назад

@@africanlipplateandbonenose3223 😂

@marqsee7948 9 месяцев назад

angry people who object to the removal of historical remains are erasing their preferred history? Not surprising, they show no respect.

@edterryberry255 9 месяцев назад

I love your dry humor, struggles making me laugh. I guess this just cracks me up since I enjoy your humor and understand it.Thank you my friend 🇨🇦

@EATBreal 9 месяцев назад

I misread the title as "Hitler's 'Snuggle House'" and now I am disappointed

@timheersma4708 9 месяцев назад

Hitler snuggled up with a book...better ? 😁😆

@lablackzed 9 месяцев назад

🚾Adolfs can.😆😆😆😆😆😆

@bluewave9156 9 месяцев назад

😂

@benmanning4340 9 месяцев назад

😂😂

@RealTroyE23 9 месяцев назад

"Mein Snuggle" does have a ring to it!

@williamharris9525 9 месяцев назад

You are one amazing researcher, Dr. Felton! It’s amazing how you find such seemingly obscure sites and information! It’s amazing to know that Hitler’s Mein Kampf was worked on at this location as history seems to have neglected that this location even even existed A happy new year to you and your family and thank you so much!

@ColinFreeman-kh9us 9 месяцев назад

I predict struggle rubble to be empty rubble after Mark’s magnificent Mein Kempf awakening to the masses. One of your best Mr. Felton

@JAFFAWIRE 9 месяцев назад

Im always floored by how much knowledge you put into videos that are only minutes long.

@Krezo200 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Dr Felton, that you still bring us ww2 stories, even after all these years and so mich coverage already done!

@hippiechick2112 4 месяца назад

I do not know if I have ever commented. I love your channel and the war stories. Your voice is not dry and makes each episode fascinating. I especially love videos like this, when there are obscure corners of WW2. Thank you!

@Limescale12 9 месяцев назад

There's something very approachable and digestible about learning history through short, complete tellings like this. ...why I've been subscribed for years, learning new, salient things from history every day

@alekhidell7068 9 месяцев назад

It turns out that if you suppress or destroy evidence of the controversial, this will only encourage those who have become suspicious of the conventional narrative - those wondering, “What is there to be found in these ruins of monuments so dangerous to the establishment that they had to be destroyed?”

@TerryKnight-hw3pg 9 месяцев назад

Sunlight is always the best disinfectant.

@TheGreatest1974 9 месяцев назад

Exactly.

@jameswaltersdorf2783 8 месяцев назад

We're experiencing the same phenomenon here in America where the Democrats have decided that every Confederate statue or monument remaining in this country must be destroyed, as though blotting out the evidence is gonna prevent future generations from finding out what the men in gray were all about and not instead add to their mystique.

@DanielJamesEgan 3 месяца назад

Tell that to the unlucky future people who stumble upon a 20,000 year old spent uranium dump.

@davemarine01 9 месяцев назад

i sat on those stones couple years back, smoking a cigarette in the gloom of twilight while buses full of tourists came past from the eagles nest completely oblivious to the fact Nazism started here 30m above there heads. Its a pretty trippy place to sit and ponder history.

@kevinmckenzie8789 8 месяцев назад

Yet another splendid Dr. Felton production. Your work is consistently excellent Dr. Felton and very much enjoyed and greatly appreciated by your many followers.

@garypiont6114 9 месяцев назад

I love the extreme overhang of the roofs. Looks frank Lloyd wright style. Thanks for your effort in putting these vids on RU-vid.

@-DC- 9 месяцев назад

Moustache Man certainly deserves an award for keeping Documentary Makers Film Makers and Historians in good employment these last 80 years, Incredible the far reach he had to still be relevant today when so many of his peers have slipped into history.

@faithlesshound5621 9 месяцев назад

We see the same thing with Napoleon, who keeps writers and film-makers gainfully employed 200 (+) years later. We don't remember his mustache so much as his hat, which went THIS way whereas Nelson's went THAT way.

@Occident. 9 месяцев назад

Yeah he is a constant fascination for hundreds of millions around the world. His image on a magazine or book, or just his swastika symbol on the cover, and it's a best Seller.

@williestyle35 9 месяцев назад

Stephen Kotkin would say the same for Stalin, lol. But your point is well taken, AH has certainly made this channel the "hit" that it is now. So many wehraboos end up on Mark Felton's videos. smh

@Freyia935 9 месяцев назад

@@williestyle35 Lol same thing for Stalin, people on average know more about Hitler than Stalin, even if it is just the basics.

@browngreen933 9 месяцев назад

H's fame only keeps growing. Stalin and Napoleon are nothing in comparison.

@dryciderz 9 месяцев назад

That's where they used to send him for struggle sessions to increase their DEI score

@jimwalton2014 8 месяцев назад

Spent a week exploring the mountain in 2009. It is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever visited. I understand why AH loved it there.

@LookBackHistory 9 месяцев назад

Sad, but not unsurprising, that'd you'd find a swastika there Dr. Felton. Excellent video as always!

@deancameronkaiser 9 месяцев назад

So sad that everything was destroyed.

@Occident. 9 месяцев назад

His name will live for ever though!

@snowflakemelter1172 9 месяцев назад

@@Occident.In infamy.

@JPoulAndersson 9 месяцев назад

When my father and I visited the Obersalzberg in 1999 on our way home from Trentino province in Northern Italy an alter of sorts had been made at the ruins of the Berghof with candles and all. A strange sight.

@rickdeckard7161 9 месяцев назад

I love the dialogue between Eva and Addie, I didn't know you wrote for Mel Brooks 😂 absolutely phenomenally hilarious

@valerietaylor9615 9 месяцев назад

What dialogue between Eva and Adi? Did I miss something?

@QuantumPyrite_88.9 9 месяцев назад

One of your best and most interesting history lessons Dr. Felton . 2024 will be your best year ever. Thank you once again.

@guyfawkesuThe1 9 месяцев назад

Notice the local German government got permission from the US Army. I found video of US Army dependents (families) looking over the remains of the Berghof's very still remaining garage. That second building in the back of the Platterhoff was still there and left alone to decay. Most G.I's and their families would not known about any of this. I was told in the US Military that all of the furniture of the General Walker Hotel was obtained from the local NAZI buildings, to which the locals looted when the US Army left.

@valleyforge65 9 месяцев назад

I have heard other historians say that Hitler did NOT dictate Mein Kampf to Hess, that Hess had terrible typing skills. I would love to have historians get together and clear this up .

@greliusz 9 месяцев назад

this is a high probability, we have files and official letters written by Hess, in which he wrote on a typewriter or by hand, the words and expressions are similar to Mein Kampf. A man who graduated from high school and has an education. Hitler had a fiery talk, but he couldn't write. He's lazy and messy, the whole psychological thing is clear. Officially, according to Nazi-era, Hitler wrote it. He took royalties for the publication, but Hitler himself didn't know how to handle the matter either - Hess was the secretary and he provided him with money and privileges. He dealt with what he needed until 1940. He wrote, presented the document and Hitler simply signed. Same thing with Martin Borman from 1940-45. Therefore, there are suspicions that mein kampf was not Hitler's author. He only suggested ideas, but he couldn't write. If you know German, read Hitler letters to his sisters and mother, you will understand.

@morningstar9233 9 месяцев назад

Hitler's toilet was "Mein Krappa" the Allies being the last to drop a bomb on that in 1945.

@aminzqrti7672 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for providing us with these amazing documentaries Dr. Felton🙏🙏🙏

@jackbagley640 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating story, Dr. Felton! Excellent work! I do so much enjoy your videos!

@guyfawkesuThe1 9 месяцев назад

Notice the local German government got permission from the US Army to dismantle it. I found video of US Army dependents (families) looking over the remains of the Berghof's very still remaining garage. That second building in the back of the Platterhoff was still there and left alone to decay. Most G.I's and their families would not known about any of this. I was told in the US Military that all of the furniture of the General Walker Hotel was obtained from the local NAZI buildings, to which the locals looted when the US Army left.

@GeistView 9 месяцев назад

@7:46 is the Platterhoff before it's renovation to become the larger facility it would eventually become. The Guest house did not have the space to the left to have such a wing. The hill drops off steeply to the left (west) and to the right was a hill (now a new museum). Visited the site as a US Army Private in 95 as part of a USO single soldier retreat. We were lodged at the General Walker (platerhoff). The guest house in 95 was basically just a shell from the 2 floor down. the 2nd floor was mostly intact. There was a half ass chain link fence around the building but it was mostly full of holes and pushed over. The Ground floor bathroom had green tiles and the 2nd floor bathroom had light blue tiles. I still have blue and green tiles in storage. The "struggle house" was across the road from the hotel and up a small dirt parth in 95. You still could make out where Hitler was sitting by lining up the rocks. They seem to have been moved/ removed since 95. Not far aways from the "struggle house" is/ was part of the foundation to the large meeting hall. The roof collapsed not long after its completion due to snow. The General Walker gift shop sold a really nice book on the history of the Obersalzberg. Lots of pictures and maps.

@joshrabatin 9 месяцев назад

Thank You for another fine production down history lane Dr. Felton! 🫡

@djquinn11 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting story and video once again Dr. Felton. This is one of my 😅favorite RU-vid channels, I learn something new in BBC every video.

@SlurpeeBoy9999 9 месяцев назад

This brings up a question: is a "struggle bus" in German a "kampfwagen"?

@therealuncleowen2588 9 месяцев назад

My late father's long career in the US Army included two periods when he was stationed in West Germany. He must have had a chance to see Obersalzberg at least once, because I recall him speaking about what a beautiful place it was in the winter.

@HistoryAlldayeveryday 9 месяцев назад

Back with another unique mustache man classic. 💯

@MattLesak 9 месяцев назад

The more they suppress, the more people seek what’s being suppressed. Any parent will understand this concept. Embrace your past, speak truth, learn from it, and move on. They should restore everything and show the results of this ideology. Otherwise, you leave it to others to twist and glorify it.

@benmanning4340 9 месяцев назад

Or just forget about it... This is what most youngsters are like today... No respect for the past and their freedom today....only abuse it😢

@marktaniguchi7901 9 месяцев назад

Wish I knew about this while I was stationed in West Germany. Would have been a sight to see and take pictures to show my Dad who fought in Europe 1943 to 1946.

@tedteddington6223 9 месяцев назад

Always a delight Dr Felton.

@andrejcafuta3092 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for restraining against using the alarm audio at the little bunker, I was waiting... good choice, a hard one though :)

@kwd3109 9 месяцев назад

From Struggle House to Rubble House

@bruce3579 9 месяцев назад

I always look forward to your videos, we could avoid many of our problems today if we just read and understand history

@paulkoza8652 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Mark. I did not know that half of Mein Kampf was written by Hitler outside of prison.

@joshi1891 9 месяцев назад

Looks like you gotta catch up on your Nazi history creaming.

@lukabrdar6732 9 месяцев назад

Try and find OG version of translation to english

@larrylongprong5219 9 месяцев назад

In 1938 the old 5th Battalion DLI changed its role to Searchlights and then in 1940 to Anti-Aircraft. This 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment went to Normandy in June 1944 and joined the advance into Germany in early 1945. In April the Regiment took part in the relief of Belsen concentration camp and remained there until the last hut was burnt in late May 1945. - Doing some research on my grandfather and found this.

@Hoth1907 9 месяцев назад

Been there many times, and met the strangest visitors there. Excellent video - again! Well done Mark 👍

@stevecambers3190 9 месяцев назад

These productions are amongst the very best on RU-vid. Thank you & a Happy New Year...

@georgeharsin6292 9 месяцев назад

I visited the Mooslahnerkopf tea house this past September and the place was deserted except for a man and a woman sitting on the bench at the famous overlook. I walked up to the rail to take a few photos and said hello to the pair, they just looked at me and without any reply got up and headed back in the direction of the Berghof. I went to sit down on the bench and spotted two lit enclosed candles burning which I assumed they had left. I'm 68 years old and don't scare easily, but this sent a shiver up my spine.

@davidsquall351 9 месяцев назад

Sounds more cool than scary tbh

@gokissasickmonkeyswetass 9 месяцев назад

Candles are scary.

@zephyrna6249 9 месяцев назад

couple goals

@Charles_Anthony 9 месяцев назад

They're simply paying their respects.

@user-zz9xg2ps4t 9 месяцев назад

@@zephyrna6249ghouls?

@bigbelly5098 9 месяцев назад

The Austrian painter was right.

@frontenac5083 9 месяцев назад

*FI_ICKT4RD*

@bigbelly5098 9 месяцев назад

@@frontenac5083 is that the best you can do? Are you twelve?

@Richardincancale 9 месяцев назад

Interesting article in the Guardian newspaper yesterday (3/1/2024) about how the villagers are completely fed up with neo-nazis visiting their village, committing acts of violence etc.

@ukrainiipyat 9 месяцев назад

But that they travel there make them easy to identify and keep the watch of.

@luca1847 9 месяцев назад

@@ukrainiipyat those bald heads are aching to be slapped

@johnsmith-ug5tp 9 месяцев назад

Dirty, stinking, socialist/demoncrat neo nazis!

@-DC- 9 месяцев назад

If it's in the Guardian it must be true 🤣

@StoptheHateJustDebate 9 месяцев назад

@@-DC-I grew up in Berchtesgaden and we deal with these fools constantly.

@Chris.in.taiwan 9 месяцев назад

This looks similar to whats left pf the japanese police stations in Taiwan. For those who dont know, japan had colonized Taiwan until 1946. The police stations served to fight the local aboriginals. I have visited a couole and found over 100 year old japanese bottles. But since they were all made of wood only the stone foundations remain.

@Hairnicks 8 месяцев назад

Another excellent bit of education with your unique sense of humour Mark. Love kearning from you, many thanks

@Go4Corvette 9 месяцев назад

Excellent video, Mark. Thanks for keeping history alive.

@tube.brasil 9 месяцев назад

Destroying historical landmarks is ignorance, no matter how evil they might be.

@jasonmason8413 9 месяцев назад

Well landmarks aren't evil

@tomlineberger 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, Dr. Mark Felton! I never knew about the two volumes of Mein Kampf and thought that Hitler had written the entire book while he was in prison. As always, your videos are always interesting and very informative!

@lloydknighten5071 9 месяцев назад

Dr. Felton, Happy New Year to you and your family. I look forward to seeing this year's crop of videos.

@ajpyyz 9 месяцев назад

Wonderful video once again, Mark. By the way, does anybody know why houses in the Alpine have rocks on their roofs? I’ve seen this many times

@paulmaxwell8851 9 месяцев назад

Large stones were used in windy, mountainous areas to hold down shingles or tiles. You can also see this on old, historical Japanese buildings.

@ajpyyz 9 месяцев назад

Ok. Wasn’t sure if it was wind or related to dense snowfall somehow

@optimusprinceps3526 9 месяцев назад

Another fascinating video by Dr Felton 👍

@Greg-xi8yx 9 месяцев назад

“Oh, Adolph! You are naughty!” You never fail to deliver, doc. Happy 2024! Let’s get it!

@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b 9 месяцев назад

Hitler never suffered from writer's block. Now we know why. Thanks for the history, Mark!

@marqsee7948 9 месяцев назад

yeah, he didn't write, he dictated. He seemed to be more effective at that, but he got blocked in the end.

@roberthevern6169 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Dr Felton! Always informative, and surrounded with context. The straight info that is not always pleasant, but is always factual!!

@orbitboi63 9 месяцев назад

Always learning new things. Thanks Mark.

@goombah7861 9 месяцев назад

I absolutely love this channel! ❤️👍 I actually stopped watching it for a while, shortly after i binge watched every video (twice) about 2 years ago. 😆 I haven't watched for a while, and even just now, the opening music is almost nostalgic to me. Best channel on RU-vid (by far, imo) of the ENTIRE WII 'genre'. (including most school systems). 'Excellent' is the only word i can think of... Thank you, Mark (and yours) for all the hard work you put into this channel for us.

@Charlysfarm420 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, Mark, for posting these. It gives me chills to think what the human race can do to each other. And the horrors this one person's mind orchestrated, and that ppl want to emulate him! And sadly, history does repeat itself! ✌️💚

@gwc656g 9 месяцев назад

I visited this spot in 1989. Actually read a few pages of MK while there. Historic, yes. Uplifting, no. Evil can sprout anywhere.

@Occident. 9 месяцев назад

Yeah some pretty Evil Genocide going on in Gaza now.

@rdhunkins 9 месяцев назад

I tried to read it once, having an interest in WWII history. I couldn't get very far. it was tedious, and poorly written, although I did read an English translation.

@gwc656g 9 месяцев назад

I read the whole thing but cannot agree more, it was tedious and a chore to get through. I think it took me a year to get it done.@@rdhunkins

@birdtrappedinacage2991 9 месяцев назад

@@gwc656g @rdhunkins Yes, exactly! Tedious is the perfect word to describe it; I've heard from so many others too, so I'm glad it's not only me that struggled. I attempted to read it years ago and it's on my bucket list as something I should eventually pick up again just to say I've read it. It's definitely a inner monologue disguised as a book, probably better suited to being a verbal ramble or a speech. Hitler was, after all, known to be far better at articulating his thoughts than he was committing them through writing.

@kasimirdenhertog3516 9 месяцев назад

Imagine being Amann, sitting in that tiny cabin for hours on end with Hitler, writing down his words. And then suggesting that 'Mein Kampf' would be a more catchy title than Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit, (Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice).

@model101t800 9 месяцев назад

Great stuff, again something I had never read about, but wasn't it Hess who corrected mein Kampf ? and does that make him the first grammar Nazi?

@ThyCorylus 9 месяцев назад

Cherrs Mark, need to improve the filming on location. Shaky cam undersells your efforts

@Jayjay-qe6um 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for another great history lesson.

@christiangoulden4399 9 месяцев назад

Häusel in Austrian dialect can also mean outhouse. Consequently "Kampfhäusel" can also translate to "Struggle outhouse"

@AndrewAMartin 9 месяцев назад

I would suggest that it means outbuilding, in the sense of a small building or house separate from the main house, not a latrine specifically. Idiomatically, it could refer to any kind of 'little house' - a work shed, storage barn, spring house, etc.

@tonnywildweasel8138 9 месяцев назад

Dr Felton, you never seaze to amaze 👍

@RobertKubas 9 месяцев назад

I have to admit that Mark surprised me twice. I had no idea that Mein Kampf two books and not one. And the history of the small cottage Hitler staid in.

@Frommerman 9 месяцев назад

Supposedly the 2nd book is even less comprehensible than the first. I've not read either, but I've also never heard a good review of his work.

@tonymcdonnly6492 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Dr. Felton for teaching us about the WWII history.

@martin7955 9 месяцев назад

Amaze ing never knew of this , this place should be restored ,historically very important ,great research mark !

@kommissarkillemall2848 9 месяцев назад

and don't forget the less known book Adolf wrote when he was still very young.. "Mein Ponykampf". Oke, that didn't translate well. I let myself out..

@danamcdonnell9064 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, Dr. Felton. Again you have created an excellent and informative video. Well done!

@WolfoftheWoodsTactical 9 месяцев назад

I am in two minds about this. In one i would say it is history and teaches us about this part of history and in another i say it should be wiped clean from the earth because of the fools who follow this dead ideology who worship at this altar.

@michaeltbarry2096 9 месяцев назад

Mark, splendid. On numerous levels. Onward!

@browngreen933 9 месяцев назад

These traces have as much historical and archeological value as anything on planet Earth. 😮

@nhuttsakk9317 9 месяцев назад

I was fortunate enough to visit that ruin and many bunker networks there in the early 90s

@martinswiney2192 9 месяцев назад

These misguided people that still praise Hitler and other murderers are one reason history is so important. These stories must not be forgotten or allowed to be rewritten by those that would bring about such evil again.

@snotnosewilly99 9 месяцев назад

The little Italian Napoleon murdered millions of people in northern Europe simply because he wanted to be remembered in history....and it worked. If a leader cares about giving the people a better life...he is totally forgotten by the historians. But if that same leader murders a million people, the historians crawl before him in undying admiration.

@aleksazunjic9672 9 месяцев назад

"Misguided people" are reason why history is forbidden by "free society" 😁

@mikebellis5713 9 месяцев назад

As long as the history is not fake like much of WW2 has proved to be.

@KSudbury 9 месяцев назад

There is a detectable fascination with things Hitler and Nazidom. i think the Psychoanalysist Karl Jung put his finger on the source and energy of this obsessive fascination. There are deep archetypes in our common human psyche on which the Nazis instinctively drew. The swastika, the black uniforms, the massed. soldiers and youth groups gathered to adulate one man who speaks to them as the Destiny of the Nation, the deaths head symbol. the made up figure of the eternal Jew... All these were drawn out of the European consciousness and exerted an uncanny influence on millions of people many of whom would probably have been Social Democrats or disinterested in politics altogether. The lesson from history is to renounce the hypnotic power of this magic brew and to study what its appeal is. In America today these same symbols are being fed into another populist demagogue and returning as in a loop system. The lessons about the Nazis need to be learned from history.

@louislamboley9167 8 месяцев назад

I doubt at my age I'll ever visit these sites which makes your videos so valuable and appreciated.

@Sarnarath 9 месяцев назад

For a moment i thought this was going to be about Hitlers outdoor toilet.

@billshollenberger6720 9 месяцев назад

I'm sure that it would have been well stocked with corn cobs & old copies of Sturms & Roebuck !

@shauntaylor6040 9 месяцев назад

Didn't Hitler say during the war Hitlers table top talks that Mein Kampf was completely out of date.

@michaelcapeless3268 9 месяцев назад

Wow! You always find something new. Very interesting to see where Hitler wrote Mein Kampf. Thank you again, Dr. Felton.

@Willigula 9 месяцев назад

You will struggle in vain to find a better source of history than this channel. Thanks for another golden nugget of information, Dr. Felton!

@lorenzbroll101 9 месяцев назад

There is also a small mountain stream nearby where you can collect water just like 'dolph did back in the day should you wish!

@ColinH1973 9 месяцев назад

Another excellent and hitherto unknown vignette of history. Thanks Mark.

@baronmateo6736 8 месяцев назад

I would love to watch an episode of various pilgrimage sites that neo Nazis tend to visit, put flowers and candles to, as you just mentioned. I guess glorifying the nazism is forbidden, but groups still do this.

@FATMAN_tactical 9 месяцев назад

Why rocks on the roof? Weird question maybe but where they for? Holding something like a water barrier for the roof or camouflage from the air or hopes of bombs fusing on the rocks not the foundation? A quick google came up with this The rocks worked to hold the shingles on against the wind, and also to hold the snow on for insulation and to break up “roof avalanches” so the snow wouldn't slide off in big sheets.

@bejoyful 9 месяцев назад

I always wonder if any soul is evil when they can appreciate the beauty of our world found in such places as Obersalzberg. Appreciate the information for the New Year.

@Pembo-vn7qq 9 месяцев назад

Another outstanding Dr. Felton production!

@moobaz8675 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating. My daughter and I visited Obersalzburg in the summer but knew nothing of this. I love how you continue to educate. 👍

@rodvoorhies3753 9 месяцев назад

Another great one Mark! Thanks!

@thEannoyingE 9 месяцев назад

I never knew about this location until now, another fascinating piece of wwii history. Thank you for this very interesting forgotten piece of history.