That meant that this was at one time had been a military compound of Nazi Germany. But the biggest thing is that Adolf Hitler did not die at the end of World War II and he got away from answering questions about Germany and the war and what they did and didn't do.
We made our way through the valley. There was livestock roaming freely. Cows, horses, goats, pigs, sheep, chicken and turkeys had free rein of the valley. We came across carcass of several different animals.
We made our way through the buildings. Barn, corral, chow hall, barracks, harbor warehouses, motor-pool and the main house. There was a old runway and large metal doors leading different points into the mountain. We had checked all the buildings except the doors into the mountain.
In the main house, we found what had to be the office of Hitler's assistant. A book on the desk had names and dates. We took the book to the cemetery and compared names and dates. Sure enough, this was the census record of the compound. All names had three dates next to there name except for one name. We thought the second and third date had to be birth and death dates for the person. The first date we figured was the date that person came to the island. There population of the compound reached just over eleven thousand when Germany had surrender in World War II. But the island had been a vicious beast to the Germans and before the end of two years on the island they had lost over two thousand people. By the fifth year, they had just over five thousand people. By the sixth year it looked like the population had stabilized. Most likely too much exploring and things on the island found the Germans a delicacy.
We found a secret door in the house that lead to a massive underground tunnel system. It linked all the building together and even had multiple tunnel accesses to the areas behind the metal doors into the mountain. Behind the metal doors we found a host of military vehicles that belong to the Nazi Germany era. As our path travelled through a minefield of vehicles of all sizes and types, we discovered a hanger of aircraft. There was fighters, bombers and transports. We explored more tunnels and found an underground harbor facility that housed four submarines.
Off of the tunnel from the submarines was several vaults. All the vault doors were closed and locked. I had to be full gold, currency and artwork that the Nazis had stolen during World War II.
So this was Hitler's get out of jail for free card. We wondered how he found out about the island. And why did no one in the German High Command of Nazi Germany would exchange their freedom and life for that of the World's Most Wanted Criminal from World War II.
We found motorcycles with sidecars in the mountain. It appeared that all of the vehicle had been put up for long-term storage. We readied two motorcycles with sidecars and trailers. We gathered any books that looked important to be able to translate back at the compound. We went through their armory and gear. Getting anything that would aid us in our struggle against the island. We found a hand-crank battery charger to jump start the bikes. And off we went back to the compound.