Summer of 2010 and the “Southern Redoubt” is again visited by a group of intrepid Sharkhunters explorers who climbed mountains, slid into tunnel systems and walked in the footsteps of history. This history is rapidly crumbling and fading into the mists of time. It is critical that we go there now because it will not be long before none of this history will remain for us to visit.
Join us now as we travel through the tunnels of time, back to the history of the Third Reich and the “Southern Redoubt”
Click on the photos below for the short cuts to the phases of our 2010 “Patrol to the Southern Redoubt“.
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 | If you click this photo we visit the breathtakingly beautiful Königsee.
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 | “Mein Kampf!” was Hitler’s book. Click this picture – we go where the house once stood where the book was written. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SHARKHUNTERS International October 2009, Sharkhunters founder and President HARRY COOPER (1-LIFE-1983) traveled to Brazil and with the help and cooperation of the Navy of Brazil, traveled to this mysterious island reported to have been occupied by the Third Reich as early as a year before the outbreak of World War II – and for as long as two years AFTER the war ended to assist thousands who were fleeing the collapsed Reich to new homes, new occupations, new identities and in many cases – new faces. We have already seen overwhelming evidence of that during our expeditions to remote regions of Argentina. The Third Reich did indeed, make a new beginning in Argentina — but what about this island? Come with us.
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| 2010 SHARKHUNTERS Patrol to the Not far from there Hitler’s home stood is the quaint, picturesque little village of Buchenhöhe where was built to house a sanatorium for sufferers of a unique type of asthma. In the early days of the Reich, when this area was becoming the Reichsicherheits area, very nice homes and small apartment buildings were built here for the construction workers who would build everything in the area. Not slave laborers but highly skilled and well paid artisans. But before we dash off to Buchenhöhe, many people have wondered why the road in front of Hitler’s home (the Berghof) had a sort of bulge, making the road a bit wider in front of his house as we see in the photo below. Any ideas? Any guesses?
Photos above – Through his research, JEFF CARSON (7228-2007) has learned that the road was widened opposite the driveway out of the Berghof so that Hitler’s big Mercedes could make the turn out of the driveway without having difficulties. Okay, now we head for nearby Buchenhöhe.
Now we head for another fascinating section in this area where many ruins are to be found just up from the town. FREE SAMPLE MAGAZINE – Sharkhunters Members get all this information and a whole lot more including a monthly Magazine with facts, veteran’s memories and stories you cannot get anywhere else – and when you join, you may select one of our hand-signed photos of veterans of the war as your free gift. Send us an email at sharkhunters@earthlink.net with your name and request a FREE sample of our KTB Magazine. You will love it – and there is NO obligation!
There is much more to see in the area, not necessarily at Buchenhöhe but also nearby. The photos speak for themselves.
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| 2010 SHARKHUNTERS Patrol to the This area is not only breathtakingly beautiful – it is shot through and through with tunnels, bunkers, historic old buildings and a tremendous amount of Third Reich history. Put on your grubby clothes, your hiking boots and let’s go! Look very closely at each photo as there is something unique to see in each one. Some are easily seen – others quite difficult.
FREE SAMPLE MAGAZINE – Sharkhunters Members get all this information and a whole lot more including a monthly Magazine with facts, veteran’s memories and stories you cannot get anywhere else – and when you join, you may select one of our hand-signed photos of veterans of the war as your free gift. Send us an email at sharkhunters@earthlink.net with your name and request a FREE sample of our KTB Magazine. You will love it – and there is NO obligation! In some of the following photos you will see what appear to be eerie ‘orbs’ that some would perceive to be supernatural. They are not. We are deep underground where the temperature is quite cool and thanks to the standing water in these places, the air is quite damp so our breath is turned into mini-fog. We had to hold our breath before shooting a picture. It didn’t always work and we got the ‘orbs’ which is just our breath.
As we have said, this was not a walk in the park – it was a rugged ‘Patrol‘ but the things our group saw and experienced defies description. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but being there to take those yourself in worth a thousand pictures. Join us in 2011.
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This area is not only breathtakingly beautiful – it is shot through and through with tunnels, bunkers, historic old buildings and a tremendous amount of Third Reich history. Put on your grubby clothes, your hiking boots and let’s go!
Look very closely at each photo as there is something unique to see in each one. Some are easily seen – others quite difficult.
FREE SAMPLE MAGAZINE – Sharkhunters Members get all this information and a whole lot more including a monthly Magazine with facts, veteran’s memories and stories you cannot get anywhere else – and when you join, you may select one of our hand-signed photos of veterans of the war as your free gift. Send us an email at sharkhunters@earthlink.net with your name and request a FREE sample of our KTB Magazine. You will love it – and there is NO obligation! In some of the following photos you will see what appear to be eerie ‘orbs’ that some would perceive to be supernatural. They are not. We are deep underground where the temperature is quite cool and thanks to the standing water in these places, the air is quite damp so our breath is turned into mini-fog. We had to hold our breath before shooting a picture. It didn’t always work and we got the ‘orbs’ which is just our breath.
As we have said many times – this was not a walk in the park – it was a rugged ‘Patrol‘ but the things our group saw and experienced defies description. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but being there to take those yourself in worth a thousand pictures. We were in bunkers and tunnels unseen and unknown to most of the rest of the world; we put fresh footprints where none had been for decades. Join us in 2011 and add your footprints to history. Here are a few more before we go on to the next fascinating location.
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 | Click on this photo of Eva Braun for photos of this “Patrol” shot by KRIS MANN (5709-C-2008).
Now we move on to some of the historic ruins of the Reich nearby………….
Click on www.sharkhunters.com/tours.htm for details of upcoming “Patrols” to this and other places of history. Now we move to another little town on another mountain for more history
Now it is time to take the highway to Italy that Hitler planned during the days of the 3rd Reich. There are other structures built by the 3rd Reich we see along the way.
………..more history as we walk through the mountains……..
Okay, let’s really look at this area – you just cannot take a bad photograph in this area!
Kehlsteinhaus!
…..on to Salzburg and the castle!
Let’s take a moment and walk through this historic castle
One can spend hours in this massive castle exploring the history, visiting the gift shops or as we see in the photo above right, relaxing in one of the many cafes throughout the castle. NOTE – Many Members have emailed us to say that these pictures taken by KRIS are super! We agree – KRIS took some great shots but as he always tells us………..it is impossible to take a bad photo here. But why merely look at the photos that KRIS and others shoot? Come with us and shoot great memories of your own.
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