Bidspirit auction | Third Reich Nazi Platterhof Hotel

Third Reich Nazi Platterhof Hotel Silver Tray - Third Reich Nazi Platterhof Hotel Silver Tray. The Platterhof, built in the footprint of an older hotel in which Hitler was believed to have drafted the first chapter of ‘Mein Kampf’, was one of the most modern and opulent hotels in Europe. It was used as a retreat for high-ranking Nazi officials and a venue for state functions until it was converted into a military hospital in 1943. A series of tunnels and bunkers connected the hotel to other official buildings and residences in Obersalzburg. The hotel was heavily damaged by Allied bombing raids in 1945, and stood vacant until being renovated by the US Army as an Armed Forces Recreation Center in 1952, upon which it was renamed the General Walker Hotel, after an American officer killed in action in Korea. The hotel operated in this capacity until 1995, and it was demolished in 2000.