Vintage postwar German fold-out panoramic postcard entitled “Obersalzberg nach der Zerstörung” (Obersalzberg After the Destruction).
Unlike a conventional postcard, this unusual double-length card unfolds to reveal a wide panoramic photograph of the Obersalzberg complex following its wartime destruction.
Sixteen numbered locations are identified across the panorama, including:
• Café “Adlerhorst”
• Parking and departure point for the Kehlstein
• Chauffeurs’ residence
• Large automobile garage
• Gatehouse to the restricted area
• Barracks and service buildings
• Barracks and exercise hall
• Residential block
• Platterhof Hotel
• Residence for Platterhof employees
• Obersalzberg administration
• Architectural model house
• Kindergarten
• Berghof
• Former Reich Security Service and Gestapo building / Haus zum Türken
The surrounding mountains and Berchtesgaden are also identified directly on the panoramic photograph.
The reverse provides detailed descriptions of the numbered locations in both English and French and credits photographer Ernst Baumann of Bad Reichenhall.
The card additionally bears an original ink stamp from the Café-Restaurant Hintereck at Obersalzberg.
An especially interesting early postwar souvenir documenting the remains and layout of the Obersalzberg complex following 1945.
Period: Early Postwar / Vintage
Country: West Germany
Location: Obersalzberg / Berchtesgaden
Subject: Obersalzberg After the Destruction
Photographer: Ernst Baumann, Bad Reichenhall
Type: Fold-Out / Double-Length Panoramic Postcard
Language: German, English & French
Postal Use: Unused / Unmailed
Additional Marking: Café-Restaurant Hintereck, Obersalzberg Ink Stamp
Condition: Very Good – light age toning and spotting, minor edge wear and normal wear along the original center fold.
