HITLER’S “COUNTRY RETREAT”

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 7

HITLER’S “COUNTRY RETREAT”

Nazi Place Of Pilgrimage

Herr Hitler’s “country retreat" in the Obersalzliurg mountains, near Berchtesgaden, is a Nazi place, of pilgrimage, says the “Daily Telegraph and Morning Post.” A steep and winding mountain road runs 3000 feet up to tlie house. In the summer many thousands of Germans toil along it, hoping to see the Fuehrer or. at least, his house. Near the house—"Berghof”—are barracks. Government offices, and a large cinema. This cinema was built to entertain the hundreds of workmen •who are unable to return home in tlie

evenings. Ji is like crossing a frontier to approach even the outskirts of Herr Hitler's house. There is tlie usual pole across the road, with sentries armed and ■wearing the familiar German steel lie] met. All visitors are formed up on lhe outside of the pole in column of fours. AA'hen n crowd approximating to an army company is gathered a sentry telephones to another sentry nearer tln> house for permission for tlie parly to enter.

This given, tlie pole is lifted and the visitors inarch some half a mil'.' along the road to Hie house. If stands much higher than tlie road, surrounded by terraces. On tlie terraces are soldiers and police. They scrutinize every person in the procession.

The visitors march past file house and out by another "frontier." .Sometimes Herr Hitler comes out into tlie garden and specially chosen visitors (many of them children) are introduced to him. They never know when this may happen, for they are never allowed to know for certain when Herr Hitler is in residence.