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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southeast Germany in the Bavarian Alps. It is a popular resort.
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After you came to the US, how did you describe your childhood and growing up in Berchtesgaden?
A Discussion with Irmgard Hunt, author of On Hitler's Mountain 2010
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By his own account Hitler arrived in Berchtesgaden in April of 1923, under the pseudonym Herr Wolf.
The Hitler Shrine 2005
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By his own account Hitler arrived in Berchtesgaden in April of 1923, under the pseudonym Herr Wolf.
The Hitler Shrine 2005
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Now, sixty years after the war, most people dont even recognize the name Berchtesgaden or have, at best, a tourist perspective of the Eagles nest, Obersalzberg, and the town.
A Discussion with Irmgard Hunt, author of On Hitler's Mountain 2010
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Mass entertainment was revolutionised with the arrival of talkieseven Mickey Mouse muscled in on the act with Steamboat Willieand at a place called Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian mountains, Adolf Hitler was busy dictating the second volume of Mein Kampf to Rudolf Hess.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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Mass entertainment was revolutionised with the arrival of talkieseven Mickey Mouse muscled in on the act with Steamboat Willieand at a place called Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian mountains, Adolf Hitler was busy dictating the second volume of Mein Kampf to Rudolf Hess.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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In that issue, James Manilla gave a brief review of a film that he claimed was made by Riefenstahl entitled Berchtesgaden über Salzburg.
An Exchange on Leni Riefenstahl Hinton, David B. 1975
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Some propaganda lines his brain trust dreamed up made sense: German soldiers are freezing on the Eastern Front because they were issued only summer clothing, while Hitler is snug and warm at his Berchtesgaden retreat.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Since his surrender six months earlier at his Bavarian villa near Berchtesgaden, Göring had lost his swagger and joviality, as well as some of his 340-pound girth.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The führer had earlier summoned Horthy to Berchtesgaden and bluntly told him he could no longer “stand aside and watch the Hungarian government make attempt after attempt to come to terms” with the enemy.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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