Original German WWII Piece of AH’s Toilet Taken from Retreat Der Berghof at Berchtesgaden with Period Tag in Film Cartridge Tin

Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. As the saying goes, "To the Victor belong the Spoils", and it was not long after V-E day that a steady stream of souvenir items began to flow out of Germany to be sold on the U.S. market. Berlin had been thoroughly bombed out, and was also in the Soviet area of occupation, which complicated things. The Obersalzberg and Berchtesgaden areas however had been taken and bombed by U.S. forces, and were quickly made into a U.S. Military base, which remained operational until 1995. This resulted in a large source of memorabilia related to the "top brass" of the NSDAP.

This is a fantastic piece that was recovered from Adolf H's Retreat Der Berghof at Berchtesgaden. This small 2 x 1¼ x ½” fragment of porcelain was purportedly taken from Adolf’s personal toilet. The accompanying note reads:

One (1) Genuine
Fragment of H’s
(A. Schicklegruber’s) Toilet
Taken from his bathroom
At the Berghof, Berchtes-
gaden. 

(A. Schicklegruber’s) is a reference to Adolf H's illegitimate birth, and the fact that his biological father was not known. This was a clear source of shame for him, and bringing it up here shows the level of disdain shown for the infamous dictator by men in the Armed Forces.

The piece is contained within an old film cartridge tin measuring 4” in diameter and 1⅝” tall.

An outstanding piece, ready for further research and display.

Long an "alpine retreat" area for the Bavarian nobility, in the 1920s NSDAP Party Leader A H began vacationing in the area. He purchased a home in Obersalzberg in the 1930s, and would then begin work on the famous Berghof mountain retreat. As other top Third Reich figures, such as Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Heinrich Himmler, and Albert Speer, began to frequent the area the Party began to purchase and requisition land in the Obersalzberg.

The entire area was upgraded and improved to better serve as an outpost of the Reichskanzlei (Imperial Chancellery), with required improvements to infrastructure and roads. A barracks for the SS was built, to serve as a guard for the high command of the NSDAP. Rumors were also spread as part of a propaganda plan regarding an "Alpine Redoubt" for the leadership to retreat to before fleeing the country. While these were never acted on, the Allies were concerned enough that bombing runs were launched against the mountain retreat in April 1945, which heavily damaged the Berghof and other buildings in the area. It would later be captured by U.S. forces, with little to no resistance.