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HCPO - OSS: Consolidated Interrogation Reports - The Goering Collection, September 1945t •• • • f •
~cbasing Agent• • • • • r . . . . . . ~ 1) Hotel', 2) Angerer, 3) BorQooim, 4) MUehlmaxm,
:s ) tohae, 6) Kiedl: 7') Rt ·.e'r, 8) aunjea, 9). '1'021 Bebr.
• • • • . . . :. l) J'ranoe, 2) Be lciwu, .3)
S) swit~rland · ·
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Tbe Beichsmaracball•s P~licy • . • • • • • • Tbe E1nsatzatab Rei~hslei ter :Rosonbs.rs Mil1.taer'V9l"Waltung, Abteiluns K\lnet.schut:a, Paria De"Vise~schutzkaamendo • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • D· E·,.. · .Abte ilUI18·re incf"vel'IIIOEI~n • . • • • • • ·• . . ... Go
Tba Loot trom Monte Oaasino • • • • •••• 'b LOot frdm Ptiland • • • • • ·-· • •·, . .. . . . . . . .
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N•• 1. ~tter Hofe~ to Goering 26.9.41. No. 2. Reoeipt :Ritter von Pohl to :~erer ~.1'•43• No;, 3· QOering order ~ Nov.embor j,. 1940. No. 4· KUnstschutz Letter ~ Measul'es far seizure of ;rewieh .Art
Property 29.1.41. ' f No. 5· List of Workd ot ~t taken by Qoering from the ER:R 20.10.42.
No. 6. . German Military Government • Paria, letter - ;rewish .Art Pro­ perty Safe-guarded in ;reu de Paume, 9.2.41.
No. 7 • Devieenschuhkanmando !eUer - securiDg of art properties , 5 ·4 ·41.
No. 8. Carinball List of loot fr<>m Monte oassino, 11.2.45. No. 9· List at :.rt Ob3eets t'rom Monte Cassino takBn tran Kl.lrfW'ret
to tbe Re iehsk:._nzlel. NO· 10' Steinberg Mine Log Book Entires ''- Arrival ot Monto {)a.teino · ..
Loot, 14•3•45· , NO; lla. Steinberg Mine Ust ot objects fran Monte cassino, 9·3'·4.5, NO· llb. • • 1 • pic turea from Monte Oaseino, 9 • .) ,4.5 • t-to • l2 • . Letter Hofer to Dillenberg 21.1 .44. · Noo 13· Letter Hofer to 13oite'1, 21.1.44 . }lO. 14· LObse note to GoeriDg - Loebl brotbers encl SD, 1.5 .6 ·43. N<H l,5 • Wendland receipt far SWisa trancs .)(hOOO 24·9·43· No· 16. Plietzsch report to Muehlmonn on Dutcb A.rt Market, 12.9.40. No• 17. Goudstikker sale eontract, 13•7•40. No· 18. Lottur Go&ring to Fiscbboeck 31.3.42. No· 18a. Letter ·Goudstikl!er to Hof'er 19.11.40 . , No. 18b. G6udstikker 1.ist ot Paintings bald in partne;rship wi th fare!Bn
t iruis. '18 .11.40. No, l8o. Qoudeti~r 1ist of own~rs of Paintings, 18.11.40• .N<H lad. GoudstikkBr List of names of Jewisb or Ene~ interests in
pictUros, 18.11.4v• No. 19. Ißtter Piachboeck to Goerillg 21.4.42, No. 20a. von pannw~tz receipt tor pl • .)90 ,000, 18.10o4Q• Noo 20b . von Panr~witz list ot peinUnas sold to Goerina, 18.10-4,0. NO• 21. 'l'ietje liet ot picturea so1d to Qoering, 18..3,,.1!;. No· 22. Qoudatikll&r list of pa1n.t!nse sold to GOeri»S atter i.Ditial.
ooatraot. , I I fNO• 23• • • • • • • .
I I INO• 24• • • • • •' I INO• ~· • • • • • • NO, • Ust ot paintings and objets d•art bougbt traa Qowt.ti.kk8r
by Qritzbach for Goering atter initial oontraot. BQ. Z7, I • I I • • 110· 28, . I I • I I • • •
I ' I II I INot 29· • No• -'?•
Art Loottag %nYeat1cation Onit
1\.eporte Boa. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1 ~ 1945·
"'rlll lalmt C&SI,"
3. 1 Hm'HOD8
D. Conao1idated Interrogation Report llo. BITLI111 8 111!WM .Alm LIJma.i.I. "
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J'. Detßiled Interrogation Report Bo. 9, .llm:a:Bli.S HOJ'ER, 11 15 Bepf.,mber 1945.
G. Detailod Interr~a~ion Bo.port lo. WCRI·MAß," 15 S•1Jtsber 1945.
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~. Det'a1184 IntörQ«&tton ~.rt l'o. I.IMDRGD," 15 l~t-ber 1945.
J. Det&iled 'Interr~tion lleport lo. 1' September 1945.
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J:. »etalled Interropt1on Ä.po" Jo. IA3JillmCX, 11 15 Sap,eaber 192fs. .
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•t~" purchaee. !he loot~ baa b,een 4eacr1ba4 .1Q Refwao.e ~.
Bere a Attempt 1a ad.e to analyse the fir1t wo ltagae of the -~
oea• Of "lepl'* pw-chaee: ' (l) the metho4 of operatioA1 ue4. bJ. OODnrG and hie agent'a, and (2) the relaUouJüp nwHD thea N24
. tbe pe&-eona from whDa the7 lade thelr ·acquidt.iou. !be thir4
•tase, the 14entif1cation of the original provenance ot the obJto$e, \. ~ ' . '
18 110re dtfflcult to de1'1ne, beqLuoe with the axceptlon of ä fw
collaborat1~1ata, the majority of thoae vho eold to the GermaQI ia
pocu.pied coutr1ee 414 not want thie fact to bfo ki1wa änd oO!loeal.M
6. ~tmllt F~e!a Rose . Cecreteri to · ~ in Pblan4 \ ~ an4 Hoiland. (See Reference J.) · ,., .
l.öiohe-.rachall.. lle alao aaya that he ~ "the def1DJ.ta 1.e..101l
t~t tho funde uaed 1:1 purehaeing the Oollection vere to lMi deriTt>d
"!~011 th' 6\ate .. Bovever, J'~uloin l.IMBJ:RGD,
Pt~a~l aDd confidential aecrotary, doclaree
N1f nl4ence of thia. . ­
4tge aoale, everything fx-om RoiDcUl e.rohit ectural fragment e to
JIIOiltrrn Ge~man painting; ·including tapeatriea, oarpeta, obje~• 4'art •
an4 Jewelr.y. He alw~ ava1l6d bimself of tbe' aerv!cee ot a pPo!t~
d~Ml A4v1aer. The firat of theae vae :BillDER, the Berll~·qt
hiator1an-d~er, who was subaequently auoceeded by (or, 1\Ccordlnc ' . ,
to 'LOHSE, · diaplaced by' the 1nt.: ~uoa of) HOFEIL Hovever, regard.­
le•• of the quality of the advi~e he received, 1t wfts a~vaya
OOERIBa• a taste vhich predollinated in the choice of objech for the
Collection.
~~ alvqa "intendedn to ~ tor, ~· O'b41•ch vh1c;h be took !rQ#I ~ ' ..... I • ~ ' I • •. • I • • f • ­
..ll.a.a. ~· never aoeeptecl pr.eeCJ!!-~il fr'* JftW vpo reoeiyecl favor•
ooneorhed onl;r with art. Bowevu~·, J&t as ·the
~~' coneern of the a~ichemarecball~ eo aleo I
1ll the Job of ee.ch one of hi1
wUh it or not.
lt w~a characteristic of GOEal»G tbat he took a pcreonal
~ntereet 1n. the work of enrtone. .who worked for hta. .ll:l the • •
~Une11e1 aay th&t he 1naiated. on being 1nforlll8d 111 detail of
~hiq th:lt ve11t Cl.:l. ~n oontraet to thil; t.here vaa an unvrittc lAw I ' f.n the Stabsamt ~hat the eiD.i)loyees themeelvee 1hould, under no con­
4itions, hold conv~sation about tneir reapective joba outeide of. • .. ,. . what was necessary for th~ succesef~ proeecution of businees. In
fe.ct, GOWNG Rppeara to bave ba.sically diatru:Jted eve17one. Se
~ever.took any one person completel7 into hia confid~noe.
. one of the moet 1mportant meane
GRITZRt.CE( !)l~ed tm ·e.ctive pt.rt
Headed by OO'DtJ!IG 1• personal ucretary, J're.uleli
._.,. W..aoDIS•• tOVtZ. a,.oial. ~ taa, vbiola he ~~.to ~ .
•icf aaA bGS.lcl. lll• ODl.7 cCIDDeoUOD vlt- tll• Co~ltoUa aue
•uoup ·~~tauon. Jü.J e.at!llu.at• vere 0~.-r..te~n'
.(' · re-.poDdenae and financee, an4 ot tbe complet1 art aollection, ta­
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turned over to BDFER.
. \ , Thie teotion, tbe Reich•~•Chall'• ~litar,y boo.e­
. " ·. waa ~~~&de up o! hie ot;tioer aidet, W1o acco~DJ:N11ed hS. m eYef7­
vhere he "en\. !be;y playe~.'a' part in-~lttoat : • .,;n., aapect of lil•
activitJ, inclwiiac ••Umn vi•U• to cl•i'en. The ch1ei .. a!4e. '
SD (81chene1t841en•'). n._, n'3V81' vore uttone. &DA tll'lr wera • . I
-·~• preain' W617Where wlth the BeichaaraCh&l.l lUI&\ hh vlte. •
.Ma bepet'a; rathet \han hta proteotor,a.
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detailed to work for GO&IIG. !ha oft'ioet vere locate4 lil t~e ~ I
' Cb~rb&urat Proleeeor 7. HrrZIL! waa \h~ Di~ector.
wa• Ule e.rcbttect ot Carln!iall, eM. f'l•o 1Jl cbarce of the trana­
J ,. ' •• '
· He first eame iJ:it.c) contact rith...GÖZni., a1 a d8fl.ler iof JOI' #' - ••

wfdlllt he waa not traveling. G<llllWG aleo requ1re4 that ' HORa ct•• hie "l'Proval to All paint1nge wh1oh ciame 1Jlto the Oolleotion,
, 1f thq were procured by oomum or ro• of h1a oth• Att•h.. ·
.Appr~Uy, HC':.IJ'ER'e ection in th11 reep.,o\ wae '11.-q peraaoal ..._
moe\)lnpopular with h13 ... tll:'l.t whone...-~r HOJi·~ we
. ­ 4eaJ,v, rHWetat in Jro:J.~a. lD ItalJ h11 i'u.t4• ''J &~ere jJa& in-.
'""-ucttblll to coUeotore waa ht. tormctr ~o:ror,. G. ~. lij:DI.
418<?U&..cl·
world and had contacte in Fron~e. Switzerland, Italy, Spain, SOKth
J:.nerica and Iran. In Iran lü.e firm had a :factory, end ha
to ~ve been there durillg the war. Bh relaUGDship to
tbat ·of an ind~clct d-,al6r, apec1aU&1mc 1n tapee'Hil.. ,
COWltriea. One of theee, 1~ J'rance, Appeare t~ ha~e been Tudor\ , I I
\flJ,lG'NSCN (Paril; 18 ~uai 4'0rlee.ne), an Allerican who· renained in
l»e.r 1a ~hroughout t-b& •.,oi>;~ and who leelila 'tb u;rt? actecl e.• ~ indicator
tor i)l't)3pe ct1ve pu:.· "...'n.:::o'i. He addre..ed ÄBGIID ae "D,ar Sepp, n thue . . . ~
indicatinc a certn.:~~ t:·!:·:~t· of 1.n"'t1111BCT· I.atar, wha WILXIJSOI•e vlfe,.. .. . an lnt;lhh WOII8!l, wa -:. ~::.~~ed in a concentraUOD
' . tor hF releaee thr.,ugh 1)-~lJG' a intervention.
vaa ~lWIDO'nl~ who abo wor.ted 'tor BOJ'D~ ...
' . bad rece1vecl -.. ~ pr1eoner of war duz~ Vorlcl f~ .I. OOIB!IG~-
euadecl him to 60 t~ Pe rie. to lm.T aculpture early ln 1941. J'roa tbt.'
. . reUODI - to 11g)I'OVI hia poelUO!l vttb mLJI, !M.I bur_. VU
• ' • I
calb4 the D&enatattlle.J>r. JC, Ä9,!blmey. It oo,~~:priae4 a daft lllft4e
' U!> ot the following art experte an4 adli:SniatraUvo peraoD!lel:
l'Limzsoa. Dr. Bduar4 (!edb, Me1neok,ewa••• t). ~ German art h1ator1aa, .cialblng ~ Dutch pa.intiDg, l'llld author ot a book on Veruer,
" I CKSLIBGJ::l, J)l-. J'r.- (Y~, Perchatoluclcrt. Jiochltraaa• lJ!~· Aa Aualz'iaa art h1••lf.n a.o~ to .u.wn,•W b.tore tbe ..-; a •PtJ~~·' 1D ·~ ture ucf 'b.jete 4 1ar\. ~
• ~. 'nr. Jo1ef. ,. . . nm~. D1·. llerr.arcl .. Ali "' hiltorla.u, for~~ of tb.e AlberttDa, Vteua. He w.1 wnh ~ha of!toe tor a ahort !'erto4, u4 wae tlien a.··aned 1nw the kftrt...,.. .
J mmn. Jo•et. AdaiJliltrator.
Goza:tj,.. hold em hilll came trO. t he. -fPct thAt he prot~ct'td. *JDL., • Jtwtab wifo, ~nd fro~ the .tremendoue ad~ntngee· w~tch Nl~t 4er1fed
frO~I' I'O.Ch1 an aesocia~ion. GOERIBG wa• wtll a~e of thia. an4. ' I
mhud no· oruio'rtUn.iti which ·~ouÜ. b~ e.ainE>d thöreby. Whenever the7
wer., e~od in e direot tra.neF\ction , l·Jil'L :pa.icl Pnd pe.id beavily.. . ' .'l'he OOUDSTllCIO!lR deA.l, the pu.rchaae oi' eö' Iaproaeicnilt piQ~ur~s trom
the GCEBlNG Collection, and ' tb c Veroeer · a~~ge eli bear ~1\neae: to ~ ' . ..
thie . !lowever, l·llEIIL also obtetined aoce very ta.Dgib1e advaategee, •
~ong tnem his relaaee fr~Q Jail and, las~ ' but not leaat, help 1D
organizing. bia fiight :-1-~h hie ·f8llli: t and hia aaeoh to f\ neutral
co~tey.
the GOIIlJO interee\1 ae a toout on the Italien art Garket.
Bh po.S.Uon wae o'bta1ned throuch liOJID. ln 19~1 h8 ••' to 1\al.T.
Itel7 to give h1m aeeietance. Thia letter wae \alten aw~ from ~ I.
~a'bov.t •a 101ontha lat~r. b~c:.auee thore wae too muoh t.alk about hle acUvit7 ae a GOJI'.:lUXG repreeentative in Italy. Hh work continued,
novortheleea, and he usually got a ten pet cent cono1ss1on. Before
the Wf\r he hacl been one of :!1e prineipal German J'roomasone, and the
. . LAter, the Swiea rof~ed him a re-entr,r Tiea, snd ae a roeult h8 wa.
stranded in Italy, where he still is at the preeent time~
8. :BUBJES, Ret;iergngl!,t!!.R!,. , Parie, 18 rue Bonaparte.
~he Director of tbe Deuteehe Xunstblstorieeh~ 7or­. .!E_!l.unßsetaet te ( G9rman Fine uts Inati tute) , PPr1e. He bega.n ae a . mecbu of the GerJIIBJ1 JUUta%1' Government in Paria, and was later
ti'Qt~erred to .the X.uftvaffe attached to General HAD881. ••
l)tre~or ot t!ae Oermu J'ine •rta Infltitute, he .wae b ~I-ge of the \
p•oJeot. for pbotocraph1Dc Jrach hiltoriOal
out, ~ flrat &vo Tolumn ot a ••rlN t\eYoted to l-hle -eubJect,
whS.ch ~t Vith. tbe Cba~w.q Ae ~ Löire.
knÖwn !'ronch I:IO".J~nts b7 the bronse-oattiDC ttrm, I<UDin (ParS.e­
Malako:f'!). :A.I:IOl4; thes~ vere the "Diana11 o! l'ontainebl-u, the .
"Diana" of A.nct", ~n4 ,&Jevern1 Rodina, 1nolud1ng thb "Oatos of Hell.•
RUD!ER aleJ c:ut sbv'eral statt:.... , by Jreter, the Gert.an aculpto1·, !or. . GOI'31NG. BVN4'!!::3 il8d sornething to do v1th ordering-a llllU'blo OOpt ot
tbo tiike of &.t1.:>l:hr<4 Cl tt , which waa pr..enhd to GOWNG by the Luft-.
waffe . It wa~ , t h9 trenßfer of thie ttatue wh1ch. g\ve riee to tbe1 I
rwnor tbat the Gor maus bad removed t.i11e end other iNDoua warke of al't
from tbe Lou.V1·e .
B'..InJ'.CS also bad a stanciin& ord.er from GODIIG to sujJp17
hia pbrary wHh book&l on art. LlkliiBGD reporte . tbat one le.rge
ahipment of such booka arrived in Berlin~ but were foun4 unintereet1Dg
by the Reicbsmarschall, who sent t~e1:1 bPck to Paris.
In his work for GOERIRG,
al iq the ofUce of General FUiiSSE. The• detf\ih of bh wöä, eu.ab ·
aa tr.aneportatlon o! eculptu!'e to Germazq; Aelivel7 o! worb ot ar\
connected with tbe LouTre ~JXchan&e, e"c., were
aatiatent, Dr. lBAJTZ.
.Fr~ulein ILIIllSOHKlD'r
t!Wafeot w 'h• aa~acei1o:s au'bfri.'lft· AITU bia4 aa oftletal COIID~ct1GD 1CUh the GC"INl cOJith~UOil 0~
I 4 •
1st~.Uona, the:r- nevc-thel••• uai th• to tlle ~leat ated poaaible. ' oozqm bi\cä4 their aetlon •hrouch hia poaiUon aa leicba!Ml"acball;
aa 11 üown b7 hta or4er ot 5 loveaber 1;io. (IH A\taG!u:*lt ).) . ­ tbi• llt an4 hia acah wera Vflll't ltcUve 11 ~e4 'bt t~ tact tllat
the JUnt~aCbutz . (Monumenta and 71ne •rte aect1on ot the Ger~ W111tar,r
\ Government), in e. letter · to t~ KiUtary, Co111111Mde.r o! tho German
torc~a in Frenc~. d1acuaaing the queetlon of oonfiaCPtion 1~ cene.r&l,
augc;eated that tho GOERIBG order be changed eo that Pe.re.graph 6
ehoul4 read: "Furthe.r confiacaU\m of Jewhh art property will " ~ . ' . \ .
carrhcl out in the 1!1!\nner horeto!ore A4opted ey the S.R.L undv !l
!t!.!.~·" ("J.~11 in thi.a cue retera to GOERIBG. S"ee Att&Qb.MDt Ia;.)
A letter of 9 rebruarr 1541, aigned b7 Gener~l MIDICUS of the ~·
Military Adm1niatrat1on, showa thl'.t the \oiOrka of ert were aellt to
Ger.I!INly on GODING 1a ordere. (Seil Att~chment 6.)
lS.. D.!..,lll'lll8atl8tab Relp: dter Jlooepberc
'believecl b7 HOJ'D to be DUJ'Otm or Ir1liOUBO) ~ \ü J'l'tlloh Suret'
. ~' (Secret Police). u4 •~u,. Lucle lJOI!Q (Paris, 8 ru Ae 1Ä
h$&, tormerly an emplo7ee of SILIG~ Jroe.), vho guided th• •o. . . .
~~eltoriea where .Jewiah coliect1Q9e vere etored; During theee
viaite GOZBlBG 1a agents choee what the7 considered deair~ble, ~4
the objects were later sent to tho Jeu de Paume, whero the7 vere ' '
k~t for the Reichomaraaball · to eee on hts next vis~t to ~~~1• :
There 1a ,..:so evidence tWldiJ2C to 1Dd1cate
nec~ed with theee opera~ions.
Baf.KR remedbera v1a1ting the f ollow1ng dealere and private '
col~ections 1n thie manner:
Governme!lt., atat.ing tbltt the vorke ot a.rt. had been eequeafer~ ui
atmt ~o the J1.R.R. in the naDle uf the .Relchelllal'acball.·
aant T.)
Thore 1e doc~ntAry evi~ence to e~ow that the coltectiohe I ' lh~ed below wore cor.fiat:C\ted in tb.h f.l!l.nner. Vhethor or nQt
GODINO. took objects froo Gf\ch 1a not lcnovn. Positive tnf'orM~1on
aa to ple.ce of etorabc, date of cont'iecat.!on, worke tl\ken, eto., 11 ·
ß1Ven whore poeeiblo. Liste of the obJecte in all the colloctianl
are avnilable at Oentral Oolle~ting Point, Vcrweltungabau, 3rd U.S~
,JU"ey, l.funich.
.Pr.~~Eili... l:'ari'J. StortJd. 1n +.he :Ba.Dque ae l 1t1ralcm l?ariaier.ne, l'aris (Va.ü.lta 132, J.33). The ownen of thh collcction -vere still in i nria and th~re!ore did not; come under the hoading of J ewa wlwse bel ont;in,;a oould -be con­ fiaca tee. beC(!.~e they h&d flcd !roil i'rMce. . LCISS~ IN»" that th~ pictures were not retur~od by the E.R.A., onl7 becauac n cortain nuober had alrOddy beon1 tak~n to Derlin by OOE!t1NG. Confisc.eted 5 April 1941,. (!'or ·ObJecta taken by GOERING, eee Attachl:lent 5~')
~.aGER, Isyc, Jean ~nd Herme..nD, !ormerl7 ros140At in Rollau~. Storod in the Ohaeo Ä,nk, raria (VPulta D- ~). Confiecated 5 April · l94l. '~or obJect• taken ·b; OOIBI~, eee Attachment 5·)
. tJecatton• tof tbeJ.el~~•cball.
Jloaatbal laak, Wb ich vaa ill.'')(\ ~· a genoral rep~ai torT for all 80D• ,
fhc:ated .Jeriah F.opert;r. lor a ahort period, 'Bai.on C~CL"JY waa in . .... . . cbaf~ or_a epectal depert11ent ot the bank conc8f;.c.J. o~. wUh ~''
' •, ~teilunc J'eind Vermoagen (•emy J'rop'll'tT Ccntrol)
Tbia organ1zat10h doea not appear to have been act.ive on
GOli:Rll'tG-' • behalf in J'rance and Belgium, where ·~ta place was taken bf ,
tne DevhenaohutzkoJDltlando. In HolJ.w,d, ho~rev~x-, the .AbteilUJJ& J'eind
Vermoegen vae the chief confiacation author1 ty . It w,J.IJ d!rected b7 . ~ .
Dr. 'IOJl :BOICK, ancl bel.oJ288d to the ll:oonom1 •: lil'l~l~:;n of SEYSS­
'-i INQ,~'.• R~ichskommic;u-ariat (.hc&ded by FI 5i'i-L"&~~). : The offic.e wae •
located 1n The !Jague, Alexanderstraat 22. l.'h~n ~ Clt'lllechOD· bad
been confiscated, t~e D1ens~stell9 äuehlmann waa in!ormed, 8Dd
PLIEZ_SCH or XIISLIBGER made their .choice.
objeote from ~eh eonfiacate~ cpllectione. . .
atf,cted vere tu crtJ:JIEiilk o.nd the J.AJT.I coi.lectiona.
J'.
February 19~5, GODOO euddenJ.T otdqed. HOI'U to tab all wora of
e.rt trom honte Caaa1no to the lle1cba~de1, where thq "•" to be
to Joiun1Cb.
Girl v1th ~m!ne. ~beae vere all !roa tbe t~CXI collaoti~ in ,
Si~iava Oeatle. ~ Ba78 tbat tbe7 were talren 07 tht Ck~1
1n full agreeMD.t wUh Count ICONOBOVSII, the repreamtat1ve o:~. ~· ...
'l'ZABfQJUcna in Poland., beoauae ru, vanted. to eave the collect1011 tro•
the luaaiana. '!he pi"turea vere not consldere4 as coJ2!11C&ted., lNt
only aa reaoved for 11 8afekeep1~1 b7 the QerJane. ~y vere ' broUcht
11to GOIRIJIG, pr~bl:y aa put ot thh "tlatekeCJi·~; ·but he rehieA
to keep "them with h11 collection. Be told. wtiilE.G!.-ßD ·that he ' ta:tcmd,.;
1t w.• on loan. and HOI'D bad inoluded 1t
VI • PURCHASIS
tlon, u far ae thie report ia conee:-ned. ~h~I·c !oUove a liet ~ ~
the objech ae~"Wt'ec\. bT the Re1chi1Brecball a:-t:! h"'.a &&Einte in . ~
'V'fferent countriee where they operated. TL.!:;, J:.~t.~ been euppUe4 iJl ' .
"l
!lade whheci to ghe h1JD a preeen\, ;bq coneulte4 QIITZ-Oll, who
,ut them ill touch vith one ot the dwere froc .,Aäa \hey coul4 )NI' a . work of art for the bicbearacball, feeU.ng CGDtidct that u_~
c fin4 favor, aince he bad alraaq choeen it ~elf. In the l&•t . . . . analye1e, theee gifte e1mply repreeented n credit to the GOIIIIG
Xunettons (Art Fund), into 'wh1ch the parmenta'were depoeitea. (Iee
below, Chapter U.)
A certaln number of pbotograph• of the obJeoh purchato4 fqr
the GOQ.IlfG Oollect1on bave .beRn recovared.
to&ether 1n ADDIUDOK no. 1 to thie royort.
the objecta lieted in t hie chapter, th.1B ha6 b':~r. 1nd1cated.
A: J'rs.nce I
1. G.enera.l Oonditiopa
Xor~Cb&eea were lllelde 1n l'ranoe tbau
!rhe farh p-t arket -. )~ faz the JaOat aot1v111 1n ~~uzoOp., U _..
th'8 fathion tor the &el'IIOU iAflaUcm 1n pricea' whlcll took plaqe

eqUA.l.ly wacrupuloua,
oontacl ~ ~.ris cy HOFL"'q, ·~cmtHEirt, LOHSi:. , JNG:cJUJ{1 1\!ld the Dieaa~tt•J.l•
NtJ~~AJ'li . The l t'l.t' or ~"': · re~r.sontnd bv 'Dr. ,.ro-;•'31h ~·:I.IIJ~ 111bo ' '
VV\do roßUlnr t.dpa to Pnrio ~orv no strvud no lnng ns tt1o 01• thrio "" '
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