The exhibition Obersalzberg is a permanent one of the institute for contemporary history (Munich - Berlin) on the Mt. Obersalzberg seated near of Berchtesgaden. It was commissioned by the state Bavaria and opened it doors on the 20th of October 1999. The exhibition shows the history of Obersalzberg and connects the history of the place with a demonstration of the central manifestation of national socialist dictatorship. More than 900 photos, documents, posters, movies and recordings that partially had been made accessable to public for the first time are shown in this exhibition.

The exhibiton Obersalzberg deals with the following subjects:

- Mt. Obersalzberg
- the actors of the regime
- myth and cult of leadership
- the national community
- machinery of terror
- racial politics, persecution of jews and genocide
- resistance and emigration
- Hitler's foreign policy
- World War II
- Obersalzberg past 1945
- the bunker complex

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