Gerdy Troost

[4] After her husband's death in 1934, Troost ran his architectural and design business together with his former partner, Leonhard Gall.

Troost was responsible for the interior renovations of Hitler's official and private residences during the Third Reich, including the Old Chancellery in Berlin, the Berghof on the Obersalzberg,[5]: 195  and his Munich apartment.

[8] During denazification she was classified as "less responsible" (Minderbelastete) by the Hauptspruchkammer and sentenced to a fine of 500 DM and a 10-year Berufsverbot.

At the end of the period, Troost resumed work and resided in Schützing, a town on the Chiemsee in Upper Bavaria.

Troost is depicted in Philip Kerr's thriller Prussian Blue (2017) as a confidante both of Hitler and of the Berlin detective Bernie Gunther as he tries to track down the author of a number of murders in the area of the Berghof.

Adolf Hitler , Gerdy Troost, Adolf Ziegler , and Joseph Goebbels on a tour of the Haus der Deutschen Kunst, 5 May 1937