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2. Bruno Lohse - Wikipedia

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   Wilhelm Peter Bruno Lohse (17 September 1911 – 19 March 2007) was a German art dealer and SS-Hauptsturmführer who, during World War II, became the chief art looter in Paris for Hermann Göring, helping the Nazi leader amass a vast collection of plundered artworks. During the war, Göring boasted that he owned the largest private art ...

3. Nazi storage sites for art during World War II - Wikipedia

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   These artworks were accumulated under the alias Sonderauftrag Linz (Special Commission: Linz) by Adolf Hitler and were intended for the planned Führermuseum in Linz, Austria. [2] At the end of the war the entire depot stored 6,577 paintings, 137 sculptures, and 484 crates of other art, [3] as well as furniture, weapons, coins, and library ...

4. Kunstschutz - Wikipedia

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   Kunstschutz (German for 'art protection') is the German term for the principle of preserving cultural heritage and artworks during armed conflict, especially during the First and Second World Wars, with the stated aim of protecting the enemy's art and returning after the end of hostilities. It is associated with the image of the "art officer ...

5. Hans Wendland - Wikipedia

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   Dr. Hans Otto Carl Wendland (born 28 December 1880) was a German art dealer who was implicated in the trade in art looted by the Nazi regime during World War II. [1] [2] Among his key contacts were the French industrialist and collaborator Achille Boitel, [3] Hugo Engel, [4] Allen Loebl, [5] Yves Perdoux [6] and others in Paris [7] and Charles Montag [], [8] Théodore Fischer, [9] Alexander ...

6. Hermann Göring Collection - Wikipedia

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   During World War II Göring enriched himself on a large scale with art obtained from Jewish art collectors who were plundered and either fled or were deported to their deaths in Nazi camps. At the end of the war, Göring's personal collection included 1,375 paintings, many sculptures, carpets, furniture and other artifacts.

7. List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art - Wikipedia

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   Claim to the Parke-Bernet auction house, New York The painting was confiscated in France during World War II; In 1969 it was auctioned in New York; its whereabouts are unknown. No returns, the auction house (now Sotheby's) did not disclose the name of the buyer. [237] Pierre-Auguste Renoir : Paysage pres de Cagnes. Oil on canvas, Richard Semmel