Hitler’s Generator on Kehlstein Running

What tourists of Berchtesgaden usually don’t get to see. A rare view of the U-Boot diesel engine and the emergency generator at the Eagle’s Nest in action. Kurdirektion staff member and chief engineer Herbert Eglauer und his team demonstrate a periodic test run of the antique submarine engine. The smaller machine with a belt is the air compressor, which keeps the airtanks under steady pressure. Air pressure is needed to start the huge diesel engine. This is a view of the procedure get the emergency po