European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Continued from Page 6 bar that were once in gorings towering High above the Obe Salzberg is the Kelstein better known As the eagles its debated whether this perched on a is truly a part of the it was built for Hitler by who was probably looking to have a More secluded place where he could meet with but Hitler visited it Only five most of the Bunker system still although the Only part that is accessible is under the general the Bunker system was an amazing engineering feat hermetically Complete with kitchens and other just about everything of interest or value has been taken and now its just a series of Dank the face of Obe Salzberg changed drastically on april when a wave of More than 300 British bombers swooped Over the reducing most of the Obe Salzberg to Goring was the Only official there at the under House arrest by order of Hitler on suspicion of passing information to the hitlers the and the Homes of Goring and Bormann were All hit the eagles nest escaped the damaged structures stood As gutted ruins until when american and German fearing that the area might be turned into a sort of nazi had most of the bombed out buildings one gutted building was allowed to and it still stands it was hitlers located just Down the Hill from the general propaganda minister Joseph Gobbels was a frequent and Benito Mussolini stayed there signs say entry is but that Doest Stop the curious from poking about in the today the Obe Salzberg and eagles nest Tours Are two of the most popular Tours arc according to arc the Obe Salzberg tour had people last while the eagles which is open Only from May to had and afr officials said those figures Are below Normal compared to other that Doest include the number of German and foreign visitors who want to get a firsthand look at a favorite spot for photographers at at arc guide Steve Kiefer leads a group of americans on a tour of the Obe Salzberg stripes photo Chuck Vinch stripes photo Chuck Vlinch Leo Lorenz came to Obe Salzberg in 1946 to work for the american forces As a guard at the restricted remembering by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau there getting on in years but if you ask around youll still be Able to find a few arc employees who have firsthand experience with the Obe Salzberg and and with a bit of  Tell you about Leo now a tour has worked for the americans in Berchtesgaden since but he took an extremely circuitous route to get i was in the German army and had been captured at Lorenz i was sent to a huge american pow Camp near Cherbourg in about of us were picked to go to Luxembourg As and i lived and worked on a farm there for most of in 1946 he decided to run away from the farm to join his who had come to Berchtesgaden As refugees from their native sudetenland in i had no release papers or so i  have gotten a ration he i went to the american army office the civilian personnel and told them i was from Luxembourg and that All my papers had been lost they filled out new papers for me and i started work As a guard on the which was a restricted area just after the who later worked As a ski instructor for 27 years before becoming a tour said the most vivid thing in his mind about the Obe Salzberg was the u was totally bombed he Ordinary germans we rent allowed because the americans were afraid it would become a nazi 8 stripes Magazine August