[1] After the defeat of Germany in the Second World War, Raumbild changed directions in terms of content, while still focusing on subjects relevant to German identity.
After the Second World War, Schönstein was tried and released for his complicity in Nazi propaganda; he lived in relative obscurity, publishing new 6x13cm stereoview sets under pseudonyms until his death in 1958.
[5] Although his first publishing efforts were failures due to negative reviews from Reichsstelle zur Forderung des deutschen Schrifttums, his later work with Raumbild throughout the mid-1930s and through the mid-1940s was very popular in Germany.
The country was swept up in nationalistic fervor; Schönstein would capitalize on this in his works after changing his focus from travel photography to Germanic subjects.
[8] In 1951, most of Schönstein's assets were seized as a judgement against his actions during the War; nevertheless, he would produce one of his final major works through Raumbild, covering the 1952 Olympics.
The Raumbild archives (outside of those seized by the American government and now in the public domain) changed hands a number of times and are now owned by the German Historical Museum.