The LSSAH guarded Hitler's private residences and offices, providing an outer ring of protection for the Führer and his visitors.[77] LSSAH men manned sentry posts at the entrances to the old Reich Chancellery and the new Reich Chancellery.[78] The number of LSSAH guards was increased during special events.[79] At the Berghof, Hitler's residence in the Obersalzberg, a large contingent of the LSSAH patrolled an extensive cordoned security zone.[80]