With Germany at war, change was everywhere and Allach was not an exception. Although this small porcelain firm had created some of the finest porcelain known to date from 1936 to 1939, the war would seem to have little change on Allach; but enough change to note differences in manufacture, markings, and process of manufacture.

Some catalog pieces were discontinued, new ones added, and presentations were again at the forefront of the Allach endeavor. With the war came new territories and the addition of Bohemia Porcelain Works as a Reich's economic concern. Another feather in the cap of the SS. This small Czech firm made some very fine pieces and no doubt took some heat off of Allach as they produced common household wears and decorative glass. This would aid in allowing Allach to follow its core intent of providing exceptional catalog and presentation pieces that suited the cultural tastes and mindset of the SS. Allach would continue its cultural course.

So how does a collector know what is correct and not correct in the market place with the advent of fraudulent pieces?. The truth is most do not know how to tell, and with the lack of resources at his finger tips unlike many other aspects of the hobby, it makes it even more difficult to navigate. One can only assume that the fakes will get better and the number of them coming to market is higher than ever before. Yet, no one has taken the time to try and correlate the data that is available and apply it to text in the English language. And even if they did, they still would have had to handle many pieces to utilize it with any type of accuracy in regards to production.

What pieces were manufactured in 1936 and managed to last through the war years? and which were discontinued?. How does a 1936 model and the same model made in 1942 differ?. What was the actual process of manufacture and how did it change to accommodate the 2nd World War?. How do we, with production figures for a mere two years approach nine years of production?. Good questions.

In an attempt to sort through all of these questions I am going to use these production figures, markings, paint schemes, labor issues for the war effort, and any other information I have, to put forth some information to try and make it easier for the collectors and historians to assess why a piece is good or bad or to just absorb some information that they may not have had access to. Will there be mistakes in the data? Yes, I think so, but as this site progresses I will amend and change data when new data comes to my attention. This web site does not seek perfection or claim to be an all knowing entity. It is a study and an application of data.

There are no marking's on this site for good reason, I have cataloged what I could and will continue to do so as the piece's show up. There are entire blocks of production pieces never seen by myself that were essentially produced and discontinued within a 12 month period, combine that with survival rates and we have pieces that may never be seen.

What we do have, is a company that placed an extraordinary emphasis on porcelain manufacture, and even with changes bought on by a 2nd World War and the darkest era in modern history, managed to manufacture a consistently high quality product that never faltered or denied its roots from its time of inception. 

Introduction to Allach, The War Years.