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circa 1940: Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat at Obersalzberg, above Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. This chalet or 'Berghof' was destroyed in 1953, lest it become a shrine to Hitler. Original Publication: From 'Germany Awakes' by Heinrich Hoffmann. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1940:  Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat at Obersalzberg, above Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. This chalet or 'Berghof' was destroyed in 1953, lest it become a shrine to Hitler.  Original Publication: From 'Germany Awakes' by Heinrich Hoffmann.  (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)