1960s HOME MOVIE VISIT TO DACHAU, GERMANY & CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL BERCHTESGADEN XD80084

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This amateur made home movie dates to the 1960s, and may have been shot by a member of the U.S. Army who was assigned to Germany, or simply by an American tourist. The man (who is never seen in the footage) and a woman who was likely his wife, were on a tour in their red VW Beetle. The soundtrack married to the film was added by the unknown filmmaker. The film starts with a shot of the sign for the U.S. Army’s Camp Dachau, which was the site of the former SS camp, adjacent to the infamous Dachau concentration camp. The presence of a jeep in front of the base makes it appear that it was still occupied by the U.S. Army at this time -- at some later date the camp was turned over to the German Federal Police. The film shows a brief tour of the concentration camp museum and associated memorials. It includes a visit to part of the vast grounds of the former camp including shots of graves and execution areas, the famous Fritz Koelle statue installed in 1950 depicting an unknown prisoner (1:27), with the text below the statue reading: “Den Toten zur Ehr, Den Lebenden zur Mahnung” translated “To honour the dead, to remind the living”. The film also shows flowers placed by the International Dachau Committee (2:45), additional memorials to the dead (3:50) and at (4:24) one of the crematorium smokestacks. At (4:38) the film shows views of the town of Dachau, Upper Bavaria including the Hörhammer pub (4:56) and other placid street scenes. At (7:22) are shots along a highway or autobahn, on the route to Traunstein and Salzburg. At (9:42) the driver pulls off the highway to go to a Shell petrol station, where his wife uses the restroom. At (10:50) are what appear to be the Alps, along with shots inside a large structure that looks like it contained kilns. At (11:21) the woman walks towards a red VW Bug or VW Beetle. At (12:41) the couple arrives at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps on the Austrian border. They spend some time looking at ruins on a hillside, perhaps remnants of a WWII structure. South of town, Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, has a restaurant with alpine views (visible in the distance at 14:24). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit