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Hitler's Art Thief

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by Susan Ronald


  Generallandschaftsdirektor (of a governmental region administrative director)

  Gericht (Judgment)

  German Battle League

  German culture

  art in degeneration of

  Fichte Society for

  rallying shield of

  German Empire. See also Weimar Republic

  Alsace-Lorraine of

  annexing Belgium goal

  arms spending of

  Bismarck maker of

  Dual Alliance of

  Great War of

  Ottoman Empire ally of

  Triple Alliance of

  Wilhelm II of

  German Expressionism

  German first strike

  German Imperial Navy. See Kriegsmarine

  German nationalism

  German Romantic painters

  German Workers’ Party

  Germany. See also Weimar Republic

  art pays for rearming

  conquest of France by

  Cordon Sanitaire of

  defeats of

  as hated by Soviets

  Hindenburg, P., of

  Hitler chancellor of

  “Give me four years’ time” (Hitler). See Gebt mir vier Jahre Zeit

  Goebbels, Joseph

  as Hildebrand customer

  “The Idea and Sacrifice” of

  Kümmel working for

  as RBK, RMVP, and RKK head

  Reichstag of

  safety for treasure of

  Goepel, Erhard

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

  Goldschmidt, Jakob

  Goltz, Field Marshal

  Göring, Hermann

  art pays for rearming

  art volume of

  as Hildebrand customer

  as Nazi

  putsch of November 9 by

  Reichstag of

  safety for treasure of

  Gotthelf, Maya

  Gottlieb (The Master)

  Goya portrait

  Great Britain

  arms spending of

  as for Belgium neutrality

  bombing Hildebrand home

  countries in

  Dutch and Belgian art sale illegal in

  Edward VII of

  Entente Cordiale of

  fight from France of

  in Great War

  London Declaration in

  Great War

  assassination spark for

  Hitler in

  as setting stage for WWII

  start of

  Gropius, Walter

  Grosz, George

  Gurlitt, Annarella

  Gurlitt, Cornelia (“Eitl”) (sister)

  affairs of

  Donandt friend of

  as fine art student

  as Great War nurse

  Paris life of

  suicide of

  Gurlitt, Cornelius (father)

  Art Since 1800 by

  The Cistercian Monasteries in Belgium

  Der Belfried of

  brothers of

  death of

  as Expressionism collector

  as first-degree Mischling

  liked Hitler

  as husband of Marie

  as Monument Man

  Pan-Germanism embraced by

  as son of Louis

  as Technical University historian

  Weltanschauung enabling

  Gurlitt, Cornelius III (son)

  with Chagall

  confiscated collection of

  estate donated by

  Hildebrand as hero to

  legal issues resolved

  The Lion Tamer sold by

  liquidating art

  mysteries of

  as recluse art hoarder

  tax evasion investigation of

  Two Riders on the Beach of

  as unaware of illegality

  Gurlitt, Else Lewald (grandmother)

  Gurlitt, Friedrich (“Fritz”) (uncle). See also Fritz Gurlitt Gallery

  death of

  as father of Gurlitt, Wolfgang

  as favorite of Tschudi

  as friend of Bernsteins

  Gurlitt, A., wife of

  insanity of

  Waldecker assistant to

  Gurlitt, Heinrich Louis Theodor (“Louis”) (grandfather)

  Gurlitt, Helene Hanke (wife)

  death of

  as Hildebrand’s wife

  Kirchbach helping

  liquidating art

  Gurlitt, Hildebrand (“Putz”), as early life

  adaptive morality of

  American trip of

  as art advisor to Kirchbach

  art broker success of

  art history focus of

  as Expressionist collector

  Flechtheim targeting of

  Great war experience of

  as Hamburg Kunstverein

  Jewish heritage of

  Kirchbach protecting

  Kurt Kirchbach collection

  mental instability of

  in Monuments Men (German)

  museum director support for

  Mutschmann as obstacle for

  siblings of

  Weltanschauung enabling

  as Zwickau museum head

  Gurlitt, Hildebrand (“Putz”), as Hitler’s art thief

  Abwehr work of

  art caches of

  Aryanized Kunstkabinett of

  Austrian base of

  black market of

  bombed home and gallery of

  Bormann customer of

  as Buchholz partner

  as Commission Dealer

  Cornelius III son of

  deceitful practices of

  as dehumanized

  Dresden home of

  Gurlitt, Wolfgang, as owing

  Haberstock struggle with

  Helene wife of

  Hermsen as “front” for

  Hertmann outraged by

  Hitler customer of

  Kirchbach protection of

  as Kollwitz dealer

  modern art Kunstkabinett of

  Monuments Men (Allied) avoiding

  New York business of

  Posse and RMVP work of

  as Raffke king

  refuge for

  Renaissance art broker cover for

  as RKK member

  Speer with

  success of

  syncing alibi with Voss

  theft of lives by

  Two Riders on the Beach of

  as unfettered

  Valentin NY channel of

  Viau Paris auction acts of

  Voss facilitator for

  Gurlitt, Hildebrand (“Putz”), as imprisoned

  art of

  as deposed by McKay of ALIU

  under house arrest

  Kirchbach helping

  Kunstkabinett of

  Kunstverein job for

  as not linked to Buchholz or Valentin

  references for

  release of

  sequestered art release for

  Gurlitt, Hildebrand (“Putz”), postwar years of

  art as hostage

  Beckmann exhibition of

  collection released to

  enemies and victims of

  Swiss vault of

  US exhibit of

  as unpunished

  as unsinkable

  Gurlitt, Johannes (“Hans”)

  Gurlitt, Louis. See Gurlitt, Heinrich Louis Theodor (“Louis”)

  Gurlitt, Ludwig

  Gurlitt, Manfred

  Gurlitt, Marie Gerlach (mother)

  at Die Brücke exhibition

  as daughter of Justizrat

  as Expressionist collector

  Gurlitt, Otto

  Gurlitt, Renate (“Benita”) (daughter)

  cancer of

  Hildebrand as hero to

  liquidating art

  wife of Frässle

  Gurlitt, Wilhelm

 
; Gurlitt, Wilibald (“Ebb”) (brother)

  as Army officer

  as music student

  as second-degree Mischling

  Gurlitt, Wolfgang

  as Fritz Gurlitt Gallery owner

  as indebted to Hildebrand

  as son of Fritz

  as Zuckmeyer friend

  Gurlitt Task Force

  Haberstock, Karl

  against Commission Dealers

  rivalry with Hildebrand

  as deceitful

  working with Posse

  Hague Convention

  Hanfstaengl, Ernst (“Putzi”)

  Harrer, Karl

  Haskalah (Enlightenment)

  Heckel, Erich

  Heidegger, Martin

  Hermsen, Theo

  as Hildebrand “front”

  Hildebrand Paris office by

  Viau auction acts of

  Hertmann, Ingeborg

  Hess, Rudolf

  German Workers’ Party member

  List Regiment member

  “peace mission” of

  putsch of November 9 by

  Hessen, Philipp von

  Hetsch, Rolf

  Hildebrand. See Gurlitt, Hildebrand

  Himmler, Heinrich

  Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft of

  safety for treasure of

  Hindenburg, Oskar von

  Hindenburg, Paul von

  Historic Buildings Commission. See Demeures Historiques

  History of Art (Pevsner)

  Hitler, Adolf, early life of

  art as political tool for

  failing Academy of Fine Arts

  Flanders wounding of

  “Give me four years’ time”

  in Great War

  on ills of Marxism and Jews

  Kubizek friend of

  learning craft in

  Linz redesigns of

  as loathing diversity

  modern art hated by

  Monuments Men (German) noted by

  Pan-Germanism embraced by

  save Austria goal of

  in Workers’ Party

  Hitler, Adolf, rising to power

  art bolshevism of

  Aryan mythology of

  as called the Führer

  chancellorship of

  as communist

  “German Days” of

  magnates target of

  Mein Kampf of

  as Nazi leader

  putsch of November 9 by

  stock market crash opportunity for

  Hitler, Adolf, Third Reich of

  as Almas-Dietrich customer

  as anti-Semitic

  death of

  Enabling Act empowering

  Europe dominated by

  as Hildebrand customer

  many enemies of

  total control of

  Hitler, Klara (mother)

  Hitler, Paula (half sister)

  Hofer, Walter Andreas

  Hoffmann, Adolf

  Hoffmann, Heinrich

  Holland

  Great Britain forbids sale of art from

  looting art of

  Nazi invasion of

  Wilhelm II flees to

  Holz, Richard

  Hönig, Eugen

  Hudson Shipping Company

  “The Idea and Sacrifice”

  Institut d’Études des Questions Juives (IEQJ) (Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question)

  Institute of Arts

  internationally exploitable art

  British warn about

  death camps link to

  Entartete Kunst as

  rearmament funds sourced from

  Vienna art seized for

  Washington Principles for recovering

  works seized for

  Iron Cross

  “isms,” new age of

  Italia Irredenta (territory of native Italian-speaking people in Austria-Hungary)

  Jaujard, Jacques

  Jeu de Paume

  Jewish Reform movement

  Jews. See also anti-Semitism

  Aryanizing art dealers from

  atonement tax on

  as Christian converts

  economic exclusion of

  German citizenship for

  as German misfortune

  Iron Cross no help for

  Jewish Bolshevism

  “Jewish question” about

  Kristallnacht against

  of mixed race (Mischling)

  Nazi boycotting

  Palestine home for

  Registration of Property of

  as Toleration Regulation exempt

  as unsafe in Vichy France

  Volksvermögen illegal for

  Johnson, Samuel

  Judenzählung (census of Jews in military)

  Jugendstil (young style)

  Jugendstil Viennese Secessionist

  justice councillor. See Justizrat

  Justizrat (justice councillor)

  Kaesbach, Walter

  Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry

  Kahr, Gustav von

  Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur (KDK) (Combat League for German Culture)

  Kandinsky, Wassily

  Kantstudien (Bauch)

  Kapp, Wolfgang

  KDK. See Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur

  Keppler Kreis (Keppler Circle)

  Kirchbach, Kurt

  helping Gurlitts

  Hildebrand advisor to

  Nazi contributions of

  as saving modern art

  Kirchner, Enrst Ludwig

  Kirdorf, Emil

  Klee, Paul

  Klimt, Gustav

  Knauer, Gustav

  Kokoscha, Oskar

  Kolig, Anton

  Kollwitz, Käthe

  Kommission zur Verwertung beschlagnahmter Werke entarteter Kunst (Commission for the Seizure and Disposal of Degenerate Art). See also Commission Dealers

  Hetsch of

  Kriegesgefahr (a declaration of imminent danger of war)

  Kriegsmarine (German Imperial Navy)

  Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

  Krupp, Gustav

  Krupp conglomerate

  Kubizek, August

  Kulturpolitik (cultural politics)

  Kümmel, Otto

  Kunstkabinett (art collection)

  Kunstmuseum, Bern

  Kunstschutz. See Monuments Men (German)

  Kunstschutz im Krieg (Art Preservation During War) (Clemen)

  Kunstverein (art association, funded by the regions)

  Hildebrand director of

  RKK membership needed

  labor associations. See Arbeitsgemeinschaften

  Lammers, Hans-Heinrich

  as Nuremberg witness

  as overruled by Himmler

  payments by

  Land (province)

  Lang, Fritz

  Lange, Hans W.

  Léda au cygne

  Lederhosen (leather shorts)

  Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut

  Lenin, Vladimir

  Lewald, Fanny

  Ley, Robert

  Liebermann, Max

  Berlin Secession of

  death of

  of Düsseldorf school

  Martha wife of

  Nazi limit sales of

  as represented by Fritz

  Two Riders on the Beach of

  Wagon on the Dunes of

  Liebknecht, Karl

  Linz, Austria. See also Sonderauftrag Linz

  The Lion Tamer

  Cornelius III selling

  in Hildebrand post-war collection

  on tour in U. S.

  List Regiment

  “living space” fears

  Lohse, Bruno

  London Declaration

  looted art

  death camps link to

  from Paris

  recovery of easier

  from Vienna

  Washington Principles for recovering

&
nbsp; lord mayor. See Oberbürgermeister

  Lossow (major general)

  Lost Art Database

  Ludendorff, Erich

  Lueger, Karl

  Lüttwitz (general)

  Luxemburg, Rosa

  Machtergreifung (seizure of power by the Nazis)

  “Mahdi’s Tomb”

  Mahler, Gustav

  Malverbot (prohibition to paint)

  Mann, Heinrich

  Marc, Franz

  Marcks, Gerhard

  Markham, James E.

  Marlborough Gallery

  Marlowe, Christopher

  Marxism

  McKay, Dwight, as Hildebrand deposer

  Mein Kampf (Hitler)

  Meissner, Otto

  Memorandum and Lists of Art Looted by the French in the Rhineland in 1794 (Kümmel)

  Mend, Hans

  Mendelssohn, Moses

  Mend-Protokoll (Mend)

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, in NY

  Military Intelligence. See Abwehr

  Mischling (of mixed race)

  of mixed race. See Mischling

  modern art. See also Entartete Kunst Austellung

  as forbidden to Germans

  Hildebrand room of

  Hitler hatred of

  Nazi seizure of

  Paris burning of

  Möller, Ferdinand

  as Commission Dealer

  Ribbentrop protecting

  Montlong, Ritter Oskar von

  Monuments Men (German)

  opportunistic crimes of

  people in

  WWII reactivating

  Monuments Men/Women (Allied)

  initiatives conflicting with

  people in

  as unraveling Nazi methods

  unskilled as investigators

  moral decline

  Morgenthau’s Boys

  Mort-Homme Ridge (Dead Man’s)

  Mühlmann, Kajetan

  as focus of ALIU

  in Holland

  in Poland

  as Vienna Gauleiter

  Munich, Germany

  Museum of Modern Art, in NY

  Mutschmann, Martin

  as Gauleiter

  as obstacle for Hildebrand

  Myth of the Twentieth Century (Rosenberg)

  National Defense Force. See Reichswehr

  National Socialist German Workers’ Party. See NSDAP

  Nationale Vereinigung

  Naval/Navy League. See Flottenverein

  Nazi Party. See also NSDAP

  Allied trials, hangings and sentencing of

  Americas as art market of

  anti-Semitism of

  art focus of

  Bauch philosopher of

  as boycotting Jews

  death camps of

  election results for

  Enabling Act empowering

  enemies of

  Expressionism antithesis of

  Flechtheim targeted by

  foreign influence purge by

  Freemason targeting of

  Goebbels in Zwickau for

  Göring member of

  Hitler head of

  invasions by

  London Declaration against

  putsch of November 9 by

  Reichstag control of

  rise of

  struggle over cultural politics in

  Swiss art refuge of

  Zwickau center for

  Nazi Party leader, regional. See Gauleiter

  Nazis seizure of power. See Machtergreifung

  Nehru, Jawaharlal

  Neue Künstler-Vereinigung München (New Artists’ Association of Munich)

 

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