This day in WW2 history: Hitler leaving his house never to return

On the 14 july 1944 Hitler departed his Berghof residence Berchtesgaden, Germany, never to return there again.

Hitler's social circle at his Berghof retreat included Eva Braun and her sister Gretl, Eva's friend Marianne Schönmann, Herta Schneider and her children, Heinrich Hoffmann and the wives and children of other Nazi leaders and Hitler's staff who would all pose for an annual group photograph on the occasion of Hitler's birthday. The social scene at the Berghof ended on 14 July 1944 when Hitler left for his military headquarters in East Prussia, never to return.

Hitler's birtday 1944