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    The platterhof hotel mid 1945

    Neat old capture photo... Did the Germans try and camouflage the roofs from bombings??
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    I've never heard that they tried to camo them. Great photo ! Tom

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      Nets

      Hi,
      I've definitely seen a picture somewhere of Hitler's house with camouflage netting on it, late war I think. Perhaps they did the same for the Platterhof, it would make sense.

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        #4
        Yes, they used a camouflage net.
        I was there last year and it's still possible to find the stripes from the net.

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            #6
            I would imagine that all of the buildings that comprised the Obersalzberg Administration compound were camouflaged in some way; the entire compound was also protected by smoke generators and heavy AA batteries.

            Br. James

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              #7
              I was just curious, as it looked like the roofs in the background had some kind of netting or something on them??

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                #8
                Many of the Obersalzberg buildings had camouflage patterns painted on the walls, as well as the camo nets on the roofs. Mithrandir is right - you can still find pieces of the camouflage netting, but it's not as common as it used to be. Several years ago I found a section that still had the plastic pieces attached to the wiring, about 3x10 feet.

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                  Here's my bit
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by SOLDAT1 View Post
                    Here's my bit
                    Keitel & ??? Very nice Tom

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                      #11
                      Great display! The pieces with the "scrapbook edge" cut are hard to find.

                      The officer with Keitel was Gen. Walter Warlimont.

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                        #12
                        Hi Geoff
                        Thanks for the compliment! And the info on the scrapbook edge pieces.

                        Robert

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