European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                This file photograph shows the ruins of Adolf Hitler s Villa in Ohen Ahhern alter Ike is burned it in May 1945.  sinister echoes in the Scenic Alps Hitler entertains members of his youth organization on the veranda Olheis Retreat. Story and photos by Don ta1e staff writer above the Saint and touristy bavarian town of i Berchtesgaden in the area known As Obe Salzberg tin changeable mountains can be so Beautiful on tin1 Best clays thai Tho Light and colouring seem put there by the hand of the heavenly i Ainger. On another Day the traveler finds the mood of the Mountain less benign. A huge ugly loud rises swiftly so tones darkly up from the Valley like some voracious maw looking for a baby Alp to Swallow. Thunder rumbles grumbles like a beast on the prowl and the sky suddenly shakes As if the beast has it in its jaws. A lightning pop turns the fuming sky electric yellow. The vibrations of Hersal Berg go beyond the Inonu it pretty sightseeing of the picture postcards. 1 Here Are Days so somber you almost hear is boots stomping hear Adolf Hitler shrieking. Some of the Sihrer s most sparingly destructive decisions which brought misery to millions came to him amid the Beauty and glory of these mountains. The traveler May not come to find where the Germany a Tommy "w.-. A Berchul Ogaden i Obe Salzberg Austria " " " 1 i Sihrer walked but if he is curious enough especially near dusk on a gloomy Day with the sky in Vang on the Dank overgrown ruins of nazi houses and bunkers that appear like forgotten gravestones through the Woods the Fuhrer might find the traveler. The old dictator s Aura seems to hang in the Mist creep Over the Damp leaves. I tearing something snap behind the visitor turns us Kly As if expecting to see a Black Boot descending. There s nothing visible but the Mist moving the shadows in the Woods. The i killers the i Lerman gorings the Rudolf i . The Martin Bori Nanns Many of the Bright Hoys of Niv Idom had houses in the Obe Salzberg Mountain retreats with splendid vast views where they could dream big dreams and imagine they were As big and lasting As the Alps that walked around them like Cloud shrouded giants into Austria. I Tiller historians note first visited Obe Sauberg More fur the restful Beauty of it All. It was so inspiring that he look it Over bought up Century old farms cheap and put thousands of labourers to work around the clock building him a second Home away from scripts Magazine Otto bar a 19s9