In his time, Schloss Leopoldskron was viewed as a “work of art in its entirety”, and as one of Reinhardt’s most significant productions, as the memoirs of famous guests testify. However, it is no secret that Max Reinhardt, born in Vienna of Jewish decent, continually faced hostility. During Salzburg’s difficult years after the First World War, he was often called a “war profiteer”, “new rich” or “parvenu”.

Helene Thimig, Reinhardt’s widow, described her own submissive attitude towards the estate: “When I walked through the rooms and halls of the palace in the summer after the war (note - WW II) and studied the stucco work in the music room, the ceiling art and the floors, the porcelain stoves and the cabinets – I did not feel like the first lady of the palace, any more than Reinhardt felt like its owner”.