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Extract from the Obersalzberg Travel Guides:
High above Berchtesgaden to the east is the scattered village of
OBERSALZBERG
, which can be reached from the town by cable car (DM7/?3.50 single, DM11/? 5.50 return), or by a steep winding road. Hitler rented a home here which was later enlarged into the
Berghof
, a stately retreat where he could meet foreign dignitaries. With a final dramatic sweep of steps, its setting was expressly designed to awe visitors. Here, in 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain journeyed to dissuade Hitler from attacking Czechoslovakia, the first in a series of meetings that ended with Chamberlain returning from Munich clutching...
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