If you could see the place now, Adolf  William Cook visits
Berchtesgaden, a resort with a dark past and a bright future A
model of the new resort hotel at Berchtesgaden, Hitler's former
retreat  High in the Bavarian Alps, between Germany and Austria,
those industrious Germans are busy building a spectacular hotel.
With breathtaking views, plus its own spa, ski slope and golf
course, the Berchtesgaden InterContinental Resort should be the
perfect Alpine retreat. Only one problem - Berchtesgaden was
once the holiday home of Adolf Hitler and, since then, this
beautiful mountain retreat has had a potent association with the
Third Reich.  It was in 1925 that Hitler first came to the
Berchtesgaden area with its pretty town where the Bavarian royal
family spent hunting holidays. He had just served a nine-month
sentence for trying to overthrow the local government and moved
to the region, where he finished writing Mein Kampf . When he
became Chancellor in 1933, he bought and rebuilt the house he
had rented, which he