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Art and Cultural Property Team
Monthly Report
August 1999
Jonathan Petropoulos, Konstantin Akinsha, Lucille Roussin, Erin Rodgers, Allison Shannon, and Cathryn
Nielsen
The Art and Cultural Property section is beginning to take shape as the October Commission meeting and
Jonathan's second visit approach. As the report itself comes together the following areas have received
special attention during the month of August.
New Records to be examined for section on US misamropriations.
Through readings of criticisms of the US military for its handling of art and cultural property, Erin has
identified specific new boxes to review, which would possibly confirm or refute these allegations. Also,
discussions with Greg Bradsher have yielded new record groups, specifically the Criminal Investigative
Division Files, which were never reviewed for the Swiss Gold Project.
Identification of charges of looting to be answered.
Jonathan and Erin have worked :with several published articles and statements alleging US misconduct.
Answering these allegations will take place in the policy section of the report, as they often allege that US
forces were involved with creating and enacting "official looting" programs.
Merkers Mine.
More information will be forthcoming, but a concentrated review of US treatment of the holdings of the
Merkers Mine will involve all three teams. The Mine held the gold from the Reichsbank, art treasures from
the Berlin muse lUllS , as well as patents.
Identification of Military Holdings.
. . . ...
Jonathan submitted a memo detailing a proposal requesting an inventory the art and cultural property
holdings of the US Army. Such a list would prove invaluable as a tool to further concentrate investigations
of US military misappropriations and the present day results Q(s.uch actions.
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List of MFA&A officers involved in USFA.
This list, which is currently being developed, will serve two purposes. One, the list will provide a sense of
the chain of command, and the structure of the MFA&A and how it operated within USFA. Two, an
understanding of the structure of MFA&A in USFA will help in the larger discussion of the difference in
the activities of OMGUS and USFA in the handling of art and cultural property.
Customs Laws and the Legal Aspects of Importation.
Jonathan requested that Lucille do an in-depth examination of Customs laws in effect during and
immediately WW II, especially with reference to Treasury Decision 51072. Lucille's research will include
any information on seizures of artworks made WIder Customs Law and how their return was effected.
Database for Claimants.
Lucille and Jonathan have been working with Sarah on the construction of a database for claims on art and
cultural property. This database has grown out of the meeting in New York with Connie Lowentrull of the
Commission for Art Recovery. The information at present is derived from the records of unsatisfied claims
in the Archives.
List of Art and Cultural Property Returned by US Institutions.
Lucille has also been working with Sarah on the construction of a list for returns of art and cultural property
made by US institutions. Developed through discussions with Jonathan, it is hoped tllat this list will be an
aid to future researchers as well as a tool for illustrating how museums have responded to tllis
Commission's issues in the last fifty years. The list will include all cultural property known to have been
returned in the immediate post war period, and all known returns since then.
�Hungarian Gold Train.
Konstantin's report on this topic will be forthcoming.
Materials transferred to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Allison and Rana worked through materials related to questionable transfers wIder Collecting Points to the
Federal Govermnent. Konstantin and Allison plan to continue with a development of this topic during the
month of September.
Policy Sections.
As a result of discussions conducted during Jonathan's visit, the policy section of each of the three sections,
US military misappropriation, Restitution, and Illegal Importation and Legal Policy, should be further
developed during the end of August and the beginning of September. To further these ends, the team
developed a system for sharing text and versions of said sections while researchers work in various states.
Customs Records- National Archives New York.
Konstantin investigated the holdings of the Archives for Customs Records of use to the Presidential
Commission but unfortunately, he f?und nothing of use.
Archives of ArtNews Magazine.
Konstalltin also visited the ArtNews Magazine offices in New York to access their archives of docUlllellts
and articles from 1946 to the present. He copied many things of interest to the Commission and will be
establishing a file in the downtown offices in the next few weeks.
Attachniell s:
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Archive Activity Report
August 1 - 14, 1999
Art and Cultural Property Team
Jonathan Petropoulos, Konstantin Akinsha, Lucille Roussin, Erin Rodgers, Allison
Shannon, and Cathryn Nielsen
Record Group 36: Records of US Customs Service Central Correspondence 1937
1972 (Boxes 1-7 are reviewed here with more detail than in the July 15-31 Activity
Report)
RG 36, Box 1
CN
Records pertain to Nazi subversion and import and export of machinery
Not important for PC
RG 36, Box 2
CN
Box mainly dealt with import of diamonds from Belgium into' NY via South America
Copied tile on letter from French Embassy re: investigation of looted artworks from
Germany entering into the US
RG 36, Box 3
CN
Foreign Funds Control
Copied file on message received by State Department re: 14 valuable paintings from the
Kaiser Wilhelm museum to the US via Japan and Colombia
File on custom inquiries re: works of art of French ownership, shipped via South America
RG 36, Box 4
CN
Foreign Funds Control
Files on procedure
Files on German attempts to sell Belgian diamonds in the US via South America
RG 36, Boxes 5- 12
CN
Files deal with administrative procedure of Japan
Nothing of use
RG 36, Box 61
CN
Based on these files, I found out that there are 2 boxes at Suitland related to Foreign
Funds and Foreign Property Control
Record Group 59: The Ardelia Hall Collection
RG 59, Lot 62-D-4, Box 24
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List of one of the Rothschild Collections
List of negative numbers of photos taken of objects at Wiesbaden by Foto Marburg
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�Roberts Commission - lists- correspondence
RG 59, Lot 62-D-4, Box 25
LAR
Lists of artworks missing from France, Italy, Austria, and the Gemaldegalerie Dessau
Interesting, but without more information, not useful.
RG 59, Lot 62-D-4, Box 26
LAR
Lists and photographs of art missing from Poland, Belgium, and Brooklyn (!)
Correspondence files of Ardelia Hall
Problem with photos: what is still missing?
RG 59, Lot 62-D-4, Box 28
LAR
Correspondence and telegrams between State Department and Ardelia Hall re: closing
checkpoints and various other matters (e.g. the creation and mission of the Roberts
Commission). Correspondence re: revision of MGL 52 and text of revised law.
Correspondence and documents re: turning control of American CCPs to Germans
Letter from Paul Rosenberg re: availability of German collections
RG 59, Box 29
LAR
Several Files on Restitution policy
Problems in Japan
MFA&A Correspondence in State Department
Nothing especially helpful
RG 59, Box 445 Decimal File 1945-1949
LAR
Correspondence with Wildenstein
Nothing valuable
-' RG 59, Box 1720 Decimal File 1944-1949
LAR
File re: painting of a Mrs. Jones consigned to Wildenstein, Paris in 1939.
Not of interest for PC
Record Group 84 - ,The Department of State·
Foreign Service Post Reports - Hungary
/ RG 84, Box 4
KA
Documentation of "gold train"
Extremely important
RG 84, Box 65 (Entry 2691)
KA
Document connected to "golden train"
Very important
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�RG 84, Box 99
AS
Predominantly correspondence between Hungarian legation and US detailing
reparations from Hungary demanded by Russia
RG 84, Box 100
AS
Not important
RG 84, Box 103
KA
Materials re: "Gold Train"
File 840.1 very important
; RG 84, Box 295
. AS
Not important to us- mainly US Embassy in Paris correspondence
Record Group 260: OMGUS Files - "The Ardelia Hall Collection"
Record Group 260, Box 25
LAR
Reports on collections of confiscated Jewish libraries, both public and private
Note that folder 205-3 contains a weekly report dated 9-6-46 that states that the silver
objects from the "Torah room" were being photographed and packed by Dr. Paul Wolff.
Might this relate to the unidentified photos of silver judaica in Box 1061 (260:
390/45/19/03)
N.B. Copy of MGL 52 - rules and regulations for art dealers
RG 260, Box 106
LAR
Photographs of Jewish silver ritual objects, including objects that were certainly privately
owned as well as synagogue property.
No indication of where the photographs were taken or by whom, or where the objects
came from. It might be worth unmounting some photos to see if there is any indication
of provenance.
RG 260, Box 267
ER
Directives of Munich CP
Customs Laws and Regulations
Directives re: unauthorized removals of art and antiques
LAR
Contains a lot of valuable information on Military government directives and
correspondence between German museums and US MFA&A. Also contains information
on requisitions of German furniture for US Army, a list of Goering collection and from
where the paintings were confiscated. There is a very interesting document
unfortunately undated- in which the American Commission for Protection and Salvage
through the Office of the Secretary of the National Gallery requesting notification from
Museums and galleries of suspicious offerings.
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�RG 260, Box 269
CN
Mainly files on building requisition and repairs
One folder on art objects from the Munich Collecting Point that were lent to U.S. military
officials
Several documents on Col. Fogerty re: 10 paintings lent to him that were not returned
RG 260, Box 270
CN
Files on restitution policy and claims
RG 260, Box 301
AS
Correspondence necessary for restitution of one Greek marble statue
Inventory of items restituted to Hungary
RG 260, Box 311
AS
Large Collection of property cards belonging to the Linz museum
Enormous inventory of art collection- possibly Linz
Also, one document listing Ribbentrop collection
Also, list of objects to Austria with photos
RG 260, Box 318
ER
MCCP- Country Restitution Claim Files
Greece, Hungary, JRSO, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway
RG 260, Box319
RM
Country Restitution Claims
Correspondence on restitution to Poland
RG 260, Box 320
ER
Country Restitution Claim Files
A-B, C-E, F-G, G (continued)
Interesting to review for dropped claims - why dropped?
Reference to "disappearance" of 7 paintings from'Lauffer Mine on 12.12.46 from US
Zone Austria HQ
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RG 260, Box 321
ER
Country Restitution Claim Files
Austria H-M
Of interest: cases where claims were dropped in compliance with "oral request" to drop
claims with insufficient evidence on June 28, 1948
RG 260, Box 322
ER
. Country Restitution Claim Files
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Dropped Claims - but concerning objects of little value or dropped because claims were
unfounded
RG 260, Box 323
ER
Belgium Claims A-Z
Most Belgian claims remaining open as of August 1948
Folder 180 claims Austria numbered and miscelHmeous
RG 260, Box 324
AS
Mainly dropped Belgian claims
most did not have sufficient info to trace the art pieces
RG 260, Box 325
ER
MCCP Files
Belgian Claims Continued
Monteau Claims
Many dropped 28.6.48 because of insufficient evidence
Belgian Claims: Booklist~ (4 folders)
RG 260, Box 340
KA
Jewish Claims (including Gutmann's Guardi)
IMPORTANT
RG 260, Box 369
ER
MCCP Records '44 - '50
MFA&A Reports to SHAEF
Dec '44 - June '45
February '45 refers to trouble behavior of Allied troops as they enter Germany
Each report discusses billeting problems and attempts at better establishing MFA&A
Includes reports by 1st US Army, 3rd US Army, 9th US Army, 2nd British Army, etc.
RG 260, Box 370_
ER
M CCP Reports 1944-1950
US Army Detachment Reports June '45 July '45
June '45 refers to 2 trains of Hungary Art - IMP to Copy
Many duplicate reports within this file
RG 260, Box 371
AS
Activity' Reports for Munich CCP - 1946
No mention of military iooting
One reference to confusion in application of Law 52 by both Germans and Americans
who dealt with the art trade
One report documenting development of restitution policy
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�RG 260, Box 372
ER
MCCP Reports Monthly OMGUS Reports for Bavaria Jan '47- Feb '48
Each monthly report contains a "summary of operations" in which in-shipments are
recorded by numbers and depository origin
Many consolidated field reports already reviewed in other files
RG 260, Box 373
ER
MCCP Monthly Reports March '48 - January '49
Not Important for PC
RG 260, Box 374
ER
MCCP Reports Feb '49 - May '50
Feb '49- Report gives numbers of restitution but no specifics. Monthly report detail of
progress in monuments, churches, buildings, etc. Reports on activities by Museums in
Munich - administrative details
Mar '49 - April '50 contain similar info.
Mar '492 interesting comments about "problems" in restitution
September' 49 folder gives specific info. In weekly reports
Theft by US soldier - IMP to copy
RG 260, Box 375
KA
Total List of Returns to USSR
Transfer lists France, Austria
MFA&A Reports 2 documents about looting
RG 260, Box 376
KA
Return of art works from CCP Munchen - paintings from Herzog Collection
Total list of Dutch paintings in CCP Munchen (interesting)
RG 260, Box 377
KA
CCP Munchen Rohtel Document on Restitution to Private Collectors (Goudstikker,
Reuders, Schloss etc.)
RG 260, Box 378
KA
Description of German Collection of Historic Weapons (not important)
RG 260, Box 385
ER
Transfer of items to Bavarian Cultural Institutions
Koln museum - Acquisition records '33-'44 IMP to COpy!
Final disposition of the paintings?
Schnaittach: Jewish Cultural Antiquities at Schnaittach Museum (Hematmuseum)
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�Lawsuit in '48? / final disposition of objects/ interesting for the discussion on how to treat
Jewish community cultural property leave in museum as community history or send to
successor organization?
Bavarian Cultural Institutions Munich 1-4
RG 260, Box 386
CN
Info on management and structure of Landesant fur Denkalpflege
File on paintings for the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum on exhibit in the US
Includes list of works
Controversy over their seizure for "safekeeping" and return to Germany
US officials sent them to the US during the war "until conditions in Germany warrant their
return. "
RG 260, Box 389
ER
Castle Attendance Records- NOT IMP FOR PC
Correspondence re: Bavarian Cultural Institutions
Antieksemmlung
Graphische Sig.
Staedt. M usikinstrumenten
Theater Museum
And with Bavarian National Museum
Armee Museum
Jagdmuseum
NOT IMP FOR PC
RG 260, Box 390
CN
Files on Bavaria Armee Museum, Jagdmuseum, Wiessenshaftliche, Staatsammlung, ,
Tierpark, Botanical Gardens
RG 260, Box 391
CN
Personnel List for the Deutsche Museum
Status and repair of building and collections
Debate over removal of books from library of Deutsche Museum (marked to copy)
File on State Archives in Bavaria
Files on unauthorized removal of documents from the Bavarian State Archives
RG 260, Box 392
CN
Notes forthcoming
RG 260, Box 393
ER
Restitution to Bavarian Cultural Institutions
3 folders of correspondence with Universities and Academies
2 folders of correspondence with Niirmberg institutions
1 letter on behalf of the LaC mission concerning request for Ahnenerbe books at
University of Munich Library
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�RG 260, Box 394
ER
Restitution to Bavarian Cultural Institutions
Correspondence with Institutions: NUrmberg 3 folders
German National Museum 3 folders, and WUrzburg 1 folder
RG 260, Box 395
ER
Bavarian Cultural Institutions, continued
Correspondence with Wurzburg (folders 1-2), list and status of institutions
Postwar status, towns and museums 1&2
Not important for PC
RG 260, Box 396
ER
Bavarian Cultural Institutions, continued
Postwar Status of Museums, Towns: folders 3-7
Bavarian Cultural Organizations
Not important for PC
RG 260, Box 397
ER
MCCP Records re: Status of Monuments, Museums, and Archives
Bavarian Cultural Organizatio'ns (folders 2-4)
Bavarian Archival Institutions postwar status questionnaires (3 folders)
Not important for PC
RG 260, Box 398
ER
Bavarian Repositories
Oberbayern- 4 folders, includes receipts for transfer of items to their German owners
and reports of inspections of repositories. Most items transferred to MCCP.
4 folders for Niederbayern.
RG 260, Box 399
ER
Niederbayern information continued, folders 5-8.
Bavarian Repositories: These reports are very useful for their discussion of the events at
the Amorbach repository and the Aschbach Castle. Aschbach Castle held many of
Haberstock's collection and the reports indicate that US troops looted from the Castle.
IMP to COpy!
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RG 260, Box 400
CN
Notes to be forthcoming.
RG 260, Box 428
KA
, Lettering of Posse, Linz, and Borman
Catalogue of Hitler Collection (COpy!)
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�Linz paintings in CCP Wiesbaden - COpy
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RG 260, Box 429
KA
LINZ - Lettering of Posse and Borman IMPORT ANT
RG 260, Box 449
CN
Copy made of entire personal catalog of 1.
request)
Rest of box should be reviewed
Goudst~kk:er
Collection (per Konstantin's
RG 260, Box 517
RM
Stettin Museum Collection
Restitution to Poland
Restitution to Russia
RG 260, Box 527
RM
Restitution of fossils to German paleontology museum
Restitution of books to German libraries
Linz materials sent to Ministerpraesident
RG 260, Box 533
RM
Stettin Museum Collection
restitution to Russia
R G 260, Box 539
RM
Property Cards
Linz to Ministerpraesident
Russian works to Ministerpraesident
RG 260: RECORDS OF THE REPARATIONS AND RESTITUTION BRANCH
Records pertaining to Hungarian Restitution Claims
RG 260, Box 5
KA
Hungarian Claims
RG 260, Box 6
KA
Hungarian Claims
Letter of Horly
RG 260, Box 7
AS
Only correspondence regarding private individuals automobiles
No materials re: Gold Train
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�RG 260, Box 8
KA
Hungarian Claims
Unimportant
RG 260, Box 9
KA
NOT IMP for PC
RG 260, Box 10
KA
Hungarian Claims
RG 260, Box 733
KA
Yugoslav Claims (including, King's Rembrandt - witb photo)
RG 260, Box 734
KA
Yugoslav Claims
RG 260, Box 735
KA
Claims - Yugoslav and France
RG 260, Box 736
KA
French Claims
RG 260, Box 737
KA
Objects from Flakturm (photos) photos from German museums
RG 260, Box 738
KA
French Claims
RG 260, Box 739
KA
French Claims
RG 260, Box 740
KA
French Claims
RG 260, Box 741
KA
French Claims
RG 260, Box 742
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French Claims
RG 260, Box 743
KA
French Private Claims - Important
Paul Rosenberg File!!!
Schloss Collection!!!
RG 260, Box 744
KA
French Private Claims .
RG 260, Box 745
KA
French Private Claims
RG 260, Box 746
KA
French and Dutch Private Claims
RG 260, Box 747
KA
Dutch Private Claims- including Gutmann F .B. and Eugene!
RG 260, Box 748 .
KA
Dutch and French Private Claims
RG 260, Box 749
KA
French Private Claims
RG 260, Box 750
KA
French and Dutch Private Claims
RG 260, Box 751
KA
Austrian Claims (Private)
'RG 260, Box 752
KA
Austrian Claims Private
RG 260, Box 753
KA
Belgian (Renders Collection) and Czechoslovakian Claims
RG 260, Box 754
KA
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�Czech Claims
RG 260, Box 755
KA
Different Claims (Great Britain, etc.)
Claim of Petscher
RG 260, Box 758
KA
Polish Claims (could be important)
RG 260, Box 759
KA
Claims: Poland, US, Claim of Bernard von Bottner (IMPORTANT- COPY)
RG 260, Box 760
KA
Dropped Claims - Important (includes - Herzog, many well documented claims
(c?ntains photos) .
RG 260, Box 761
KA
Claims - Antonia Hatvany (dropped) - interesting
Russian regiments standards (copy)
Russia claims with list of Belarus (IMPORT ANT)
RG 260, Box 762
KA
Russian Claims (some could be of interest)
RG 260, Box 763
KA
Russian claims (some could be of interest) .
No copies made
RG 260, Box 764
KA
Russian Claims - could be of some later interest
RG 260, Box 766
KA
German Claims
RG 260, Box 767
KA
German Claims
Records of the Education and Cultural Records Division
RG 260, Box 227
LAR
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�Interesting legal opinions, including the use of ML 52 to block the export of Nazi
confiscated art works for restitution to claimants in the US or Israel
RG 260, Box 228
LAR
Documents relating to ML 59 and its interpretation
Metropolitan Museum file, but related only to issue of lost Manuscript of Ancient Glass
Catalog being prepared by Berlin Art Historian
N.B. Folder 5-346-1, labeled MFA&A is a file of claims submitted by the USSR with
specitic information as to the object, when it was taken and its present location.
RG 260: Records of the Adjutant General
General Correspondence and Other Records
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RG 260, Boxif; File #007
LAR
OMGUS - Executive Office
AG007 #2:
Information regarding foreign investments in Germany.
Letter re: policy of returning collections to the country from which it was taken, rather
than to the individual from whom it was taken
One folder re: dealer Gurlitt
Record Group 226: OSS Records
Security Classified Reports: Recovery of Looted Art
RG 226, Box 111
KA
Goudstikker Papers - very important
RG 226, Boxes 1523, 1525, 1526, 1554
LAR
, Intelligence Reports regarding various paintings or dealers in Switzerland. Some new
nam~s to be followed up on.
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Second Office Meeting at the Archives
All researchers attended the meeting, as well as Ken Klothen, Gene Sofer, and Steven
Herb its , a new consultant on loan from the WJC.
Marc Masurovsky opened the meeting with a review of the Staff Meeting at the
downtown offices on Monday. Topics reviewed from that meeting included the
following:
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-Funding for the upcoming fiscal year was announced as well as the intention of
the House and Senate to introduce needed legislation to Congress.
-Internship positions for payor credit will be available in the fall for interested
students of history, Judaic studies or related areas to help alleviate staffing concerns.
Researchers with contacts to colleges and students were encouraged to get the word out.
-A brief reminder was issued about retaining documents. Researchers were
reminded that all documents on a hard drive (files, e-mail, and personal notes) can be
retrieved in a computer's memory, even if attempts have been made to delete them. All
documents, either in a hard-copy version or on disk, will become part of a Presidential
Record for the Commission's activities
-Also announced was the establishment of an Advisory Committee, set up for
each team. Anyone knowing of prominent, qualified people should send a list of names
to Ken and Gene. There should be no hesitation to pass this information along, however
the researchers should not contact the appointees directly.
-A third site for archive research and writing space has been approved. It is at
Fort McNair, located in the southwest district·ofD.C. and will be open as of Sept. 1. The
facility should have capacity for six researchers. Computers, a copier, etc. should be
installed by September when we can begin to use the rooms. The Army needs a list of
individuals who will have access to the space. These individuals will receive security
clearance and badges necessary to enter and exit the facility, In addition to obtaining
clearance for the Army facility, Ken suggested that each team appoint one or two
members with Treasury Clearances to review classified documents. The clearance forms
are extensive and take months to process and should be completed as soon as possible to
start the process. The McNair facility will also house Sarah's work space and the copyset of documents for the Commission.
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-Ken and Gene also spoke about their attendance at a State Department sponsored
meeting for agencies involved in Holocaust Era Assets. The meeting was described as a
news sharing/ progress sharing forum for those working on this topic. Ken and Gene
expressed their hope that the forum will introduce the Commission to additional expertise
and resources.
-Finally, Steve Herbitts was introduced to the research groups as a new addition.
He will be in contact with the research side of the Commission as well as the executive
component. During the meetinghe delivered a message from Mr. Bronfman regarding
the importance of the Commission's findings. Mr. Bronfman believes the Commission
will serve a double purpose. Primarily it will focus on research to prove what happened.
Secondly, the outcome will set "the gold standard" for the 17 other national Commissions
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to follow in their research endeavors. Mr. Herbitts suggested that the Commission should
serve as example of sophistication and aggressiveness, an example that could be
presented at the planned Stockholm Conference on Holocaust Education in January of
2000.
Non-Gold Financial Assets-Update
The team has been looking into securities, precious metals, and currencies. They
have examined the role played by the High Commissioner for Germany as well as the
U.S. Foreign Exchange in Germany between the end of the 1940'sand 50's. In the next
few weeks, the team is looking forward to working with the Gold team in sorting through
policy as presented in the May tag Law 53 which placed many German gold assets under
U.S. control.
Latin America- Update
Karyn presented her position as the researcher charged with investigating Latin
America as an avenue .for importation of all items; art, gold, and non-gold assets.
Specifically, Karyn hopes to look into awareness of the U.S. government of this "back
door" option.
Library of Congress- Update
Greg Murphy will be working with a representative of the Library of Congress to
pinpoint any books illegally acquired during or shortly after the War.
Art Team- Update
Lucille Roussin reported on her research regarding the legal debate for ~estitution.
Thus far she has loq~~tlJ~~;4i~~~Yl~1~ll.P~%~qf;t~.~ ~olicy, Ger~an responsibility as well as
U.S. Federal Law. In tne future she wtll "Q'e: !o0kmg at speCIfic dealers, museums, and
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Collecting Point as they work systematically through the Ardelia Hall Collection in RG
260.
Gold'Team- Update
Marc Masurovsky outlined the group's interest in records of the FED in
Frankfurt. Bob has been working independently on the Tripartite Gold Commission, a
committee established to distribute and collect monetary gold in Europe.
As a final reminder Ken and Marc·asked 'everyone to take into account themes,
: such as Austria as a case study, lapses in a time span of a record group, and army
activities. Also mentioned was the Commission's ability to get records from the State
Departments of other governments through our own State Department. In order to do so
however, it was emphasized we must be as specific as possible.
The next Staff Meeting will take place on Wednesday August 17, 1999._
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August 4, 1999
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The purpose of the meeting this morning was to begin to flesh out, amongst the researchers, how: dle"fmal
report will be structured.
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Mark began the meeting by stressing the importance of developing an outline/fornI/structure for the report.
The "form" could then be used in discussions with the office, as well as to help in deciding the best path for
current and future research. Specific points of concern for the final report product included:
-The inclusion of an index of documents cited with dIe report, and/or the inclusion of dIe
documents widl the report itself.
-The best manner of structuring the report. Suggestions were made to include d!visions based on
chronology, themes, by the teanlS. Additional concerns were raised over identifying conmlon points of
interest between dIe teams and dlen dIe specifics that each team necessarily pursues independendy of the
others.
-In response to the discussion of points of common interest and team specific research, points of
common interest were momentarily defined to include:
USFA
Alien Property Control Records
Department of State Items
-In addition to the necessary identification of large record groups of conmlOn interest, Mark cited
instances in which a file is an "everydling", or "hot", file. Widlin dlese files it was suggested dIat research
be conducted carefully and by an "inter-teanl" group of researchers. These files will prove invaluable to an
accurate llistorical reconstruction of the way dIat policy developed through intergovernmental dialogue and
the various behind-dIe-scenes policy discussions.
The purpose of the report was also discussed during the meeting. Conmlents included the following:
-Konstantin discussed his understanding that the report's objective included two parts. First, dIe
report is supposed to be an accurate history of dIe US and its relationship to Holocaust Era Assets. Second,
the report is supposed to include actual policy recommendations.
-Mark conmlented that the primary objective of the report is historical, and dIat this is the
objective specified in the research mandate for dIe Presidential Commission. WIIile the development of
policy for today is important, it should be recognized dlat in the end, as was generally agreed, the
Commissioners will have dleir own recommendations to make on behalf of the Commission.
In a return to discussion of dIe structure of the report, Mark offered that it could be developed first
according to macropolicy issues. In other words tlIat the general principles of policy be identitied first.
Following dIe construction of a "macropolicy" section, each team would have the responsibility for
delineating tile deviations frolll tlIis policy. Lucille added dlat this would be especially important for some
of dIe legal aspects of restitution of art and cultural property.
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Many questions were raised as to how the research among the teams can best be integrated. Specific
questions concerned:
-Placement of Latin America Research. Will it be separated as a separate issue, or will it be
included as a discussion within each team?
-Placement of Policy Development. It was generally decided tlIat dlis section belongs in the report
itself, and not as a prelude to dIe section of policy recommendations. Policy development was defined as
being important to dIe report as it would serve to highlight dIe debates about policy development. When
discussing tile development of policy, particular attention was given to identifying dIe tension existing
between decision-makers in DC and dlose responsible for implementation in Europe. Also, tension has
already emerged in dle policy development in regards to OMGUS and USFA. The distinctions in policy
development among these two agencies will highlight distinctions tlIat arose in restitution differences later. ,
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,'" importance may not jump out initially. For instance, Intelligence records reveal what 'the United States
Government knew, and when, concerning looted assets, The knowledge of these assets falls widlin the
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research mandate for dIe Presidential Commission, as dle knowledge of assets means dlat the materials
passed through dIe "hands" of dle US GovenmIent ~t some point in time, It became clear dIal a research
plan will need to be developed in the inmIediate future to ascertain what, and when, items need to be
researched.
The general outcome of dIe meeting took dIe following forms:
-It was decided that each team should develop their own proposal for dIe structure, and dlen each
team will have a representative to discuss these proposals. After the representatives discuss the proposals
and reach a consensus, the consolidated proposal will be returned for final comments from dIe researchers.
The final product will be sent as a first draft to the office and further refinements will come after dlis.
-In order to facilitate dIe development of a research plan by each team, it was also decided that dle
research conducted should be organized by the marking up of a finding aid. Each team will, using a
colored highlighter, mark the files they have examined. Additional pencil notations can be used to note
which researcher reviewed the records, and when. From these markings, each team can detemline where
future research should be conducted as well as whedler that research should involve odler teams.
-An additional recommendation was made to collect the writings of each team and keep dIem in a
place in dIe research office where everyone will'have access. Tins is designed to enable each researcher to
become more familiar with dIe topics each team is working on and dIis step should better facilitate inter
team research and dialogue.
The marked finding aid, the research plan, and dIe structural proposal should be completed before the
Archive Staff Meeting next week, August 11.
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August 4, 1999
The purpose of the meeting this morning was to begin to flesh out, amongst the researchers, how the final
report will be structured.
Mark began the meeting by stressing the importance of developing an outline/form/structure for the report.
The "form" could then be used in discussions with the office, as well as to help in deciding dIe best padI for
current and future research. Specific points of concern for the final report product included:
-The inclusion of an index of documents cited with dIe report, and/or dIe inclusion of the
documents widI tlle report itself.
-The best manner of structuring the report. Suggestions were made to include divisions based on
chronology, dIemes, by dIe teams. Additional concerns were raised over identifying common points of
interest between dIe teams and dleu dIe specifics dlat each team necessarily pursues independendy of the
odlers.
-In response to the discussion of points of common interest and team specific research, points of
common interest were momentarily defined to include:
USFA
Alien Property Control Records
Department of State Items
-In addition to dIe necessary identification of large record groups of common interest, Mark cited
instances in which a file is an "everything", or "hot", file. WidIil1 these files it was suggested that research
be conducted carefully and by an "inter-team" group of researchers. These files will prove invaluable to an
accurate historical reconstruction of dIe way that policy developed through intergovernmental dialogue and
the various behind-the-scenes policy discussions.
The purpose of the report was also discussed during the meeting. Comments included the following:
-Konstantin discussed his understanding that the report's objective included two parts. First, the
report is supposed to be an accurate history of the US and its relationship to Holocaust Era Assets. Second',
the report is supposed to include actual policy recommendations.
-Mark commented that dIe primary objective of dIe report is historical, and that dlis is dIe
objective specified in dIe research mandate for dIe Presidential Commission. Wlnle the development of
policy for today is important, it should be recognized that in dIe end, as was generally agreed, dIe
Commissioners will have dleir own recommendations to make on behalf of the Commission.
In a return to discussion of the structure of dIe report, Mark offered dIat it could be developed first
according to macropolicy issues. In odler words dIat dIe general principles of policy be identified first.
Following dIe construction of a "macropolicy" section, each team would lIave dIe responsibility for
delineating the deviations from this policy. Lucille added dIat dlis would be especially important for some
of dIe legal aspects of restitution of art and cultural property.
Many questions were raised as to how the research among dIe teams can best be integrated. Specific
questions concerned:
-Placement of Latin America Research. Will it be separated as a separate issue, or will it be
included as a discussion within each team?
-Placement of Policy Development. It was generally decided that dlis section belongs in dIe report
itself, and not as a prelude to the section of policy recommendations. Policy development was defined as
being important to dIe report as it would serve to highlight dIe debates about policy development. Wllen
discussing the development of policy, particular attention was given to identifying dIe tension existing
between decision-makers in DC and dIose responsible for implementation in Europe. Also, tension has
already emerged in dIe policy development in regards to OMGUS and USFA. The distinctions in policy
deveiopment among dlese two agencies will highlight distinctions dIat arose in restitution differences later.
�Finally, an important discussion arose concerning the materials to be researched. Konstantin brought to
attention his fear that tlle Art team will soon experience a limitation of helpful materials at the NARA2
facility. Mark addressed tllis concern by identifying otller records which merit research, though their
importance may not jump out initially. For instance, Intelligence records reveal what the United States
Government knew, and when, concerning looted assets. The knowledge of tllese assets falls witllin the
research mandate for tlle Presidential Commission, as the knowledge of assets means that the materials
passed through dIe "hands" of the US Govenmlent at some point in time. It became clear that a research
plan will need to. be developed in dIe innnediate future to ascertain what, and when, items need to be
researched.
'
The general outcome of dIe meeting took the following forms:
-It was decided dIat each team should develop dleir own proposal for tlle structure, and tllen each
team willlIave a representative to discuss dlese proposals. After the representatives discuss dIe proposals
and reach' a consensus, dIe consolidated proposal will be returned for filIal comments from the researchers.
The filIal product will be sent as a first draft to the office and furdIer refinements will come after dlis.
-In order to facilitate dIe development of a research plan by each team, it was also decided that the
research conducted should be organized by the marking up of a finding aid. Each team will, using a
colored high lighter , mark the files they have examined. AdditiOlIaI pencil notations can be used to note
which researcher reviewed the records, and when. From tllese markings, each team can detennine where
future research should be conducted as well as whether dIat research should involve other teams.
-An additional recommendation was made to collect the writings of each team and keep them in a
place in the research office where everyone willlIave access. This is designed to enable each researcher to
become more familiar with the topics each team is working on and this step should better facilitate inter
team research and dialogue.
The marked finding aid, dIe research plan, and dIe structural proposal should be completed before the
. Archive Staff Meeting next week, August 11.
�ARCHIVES STAFF MEETING
August 4, 1999
The purpose of dIe meeting tbis morning was to begin to flesh out, amongst the researchers, how the final
report will be structured.
Mark began the meeting by stressing ilie importance of developing an outline/form/structure for the report.
The "form" could then be used in discussions with the office, as well as to help in deciding the best path for
current and future research. Specific points of concern for the final report product included:
-The inclusion of an index of documents cited with the report, and lor the inclusion of the
documents with the report itself.
-The best maimer of structuring the report. Suggestions were made to include divisions based on
chronology, themes, by dIe teams. Additional concerns were raised over identifying common points of
interest between the teams and then the specifics that each team necessarily pursues independendy of the
others.
-In response to dIe discussion of points of common interest and team specific research, points of
common interest were momentarily defined to include:
USFA
Alien Property Control ~ecords
Department of State Items
-In addition to the necessary identification of large record groups of conmlon interest, Mark cited
instances in which a file is an "everydnng", or "hot", file. Within these files it was suggested dmt research
be conducted carefully and by an "inter-team" group of researchers. 11lese files will prove invaluable to an
accurate lnstorical reconstruction of the way that policy developed through intergovernmental dialogue and
the various behind-the-scenes policy discussions.
The purpose of the report was also discussed during the meeting. Comments included dIe following:
-Konstantin discussed his understanding that the report's objective included two parts. First, the
report is supposed to be an accurate history of the US and its relationship to Holocaust Era Assets. Second,
the report is supposed to include actual policy recommendations.
-Mark conunented dmt the primary objective of the report is historical, and tliat this is the
objective specified in the research mandate for the Presidential Conmlission. Wlnle the development of
policy for today is important, it should be recognized that in the end, as was generally agreed, the
Commissioners willlmve tlleir own recommendations to make on belmif of the Conmlission.
In a return to discussion of the structure of the report, Mark offered that it could be developed first
according to macropolicy issues. In odler words tlmt the general principles of policy be identified first.
Following the construction of a "macropolicy" section, each team would lmve the responsibility for
delineating dIe deviations from this policy. Lucille added dlat dlis would be especially important for some
of the legal aspects of restitution of art and cultural property.
Many questions were raised as to how the research among the teams can best be integrated. Specific
questions concerned:
-Placement of Latin America Research. Will it be separated as a separate issue, or will it be
included as a discussion witlnn each team?
-Placement of Policy Development. It was generally decided tlmt dlis section belongs in dIe report
itself, and not as a prelude to tile section of policy recommendations. Policy development was defined as
being important to the report as it would serve to highlight the debates about policy development. WIlen
discussing dIe development of policy, particular attention was given to identifying the tension existing
between decision-makers in DC and those'responsible for implementation in Europe. Also, tension has
already emerged in dIe policy development in regards to OMGUS and USFA. The distinctions in policy
development among these two agencies will highlight distinctions tImt arose in restitution differences later.
�Finally, an important discussion arose concerning the materials to be researched. Konstantin brought to
attention his fear that the Art team will soon experience a limitation of helpful materials at the NARA2
facility. Mark addressed this concern by identifying other records which merit research, though their'
importance may not jump out initially. For instance, Intelligence records reveal what the United States
Government lmew, and when, concerning looted assets. The knowledge of these assets falls widlin the
research mandate for the Presidential Commission, as dIe knowledge of assets means dlat the materials
passed dIroUgh the "hands" of the US Government at some point in time. It became clear dIat a research
plan will need to be developed in dIe immediate future to ascertain,what, and when, items need to be
researched.
The general outcome, of dIe meeting took dIe following forms:
-It was decided that each team should develop dleir own proposal for dIe structure, and dlen each
team will have a representative to discuss dlese proposals. After the representatives discuss the proposals
and reach a consensus, dIe consolidated proposal will be returned for final comments from dIe researchers.
The final product will be sent as a first draft to the office and further refinements will come after dlis.
-In order to facilitate dIe development of a research plan by each team, it was also decided dlat dIe
research conducted should be organized by dIe marking up of a finding aid. Each team will, using a
colored highlighter, mark the files, dley have examined. Additional pencil notations can be used to note ,
which researcher reviewed dlt! records, and when. From dlese markings, each team can detennine where
future research should be conducted as well as whedler dIal research should involve odler teams.
-An additional recommendation was made to collect the writings of each team and keep dIem in a
place in dIe research office where everyone will have access. Tllis is designed to enable each researcher to
become more familiar widl dIe topics each team is working 011 and dlis step should better facilitate inter
team research and dialogue.
The marked finding aid, dIe research plan, and dIe structural proposal should be completed before dIe
Archive Staff Meeting next week, August 11.
�ARCHIVES STAFF MEETING
August 4, 1999
The purpose of the meeting this morning was to begin to flesh out, amongst the researchers, how the final
report will be structured.
Mark began the meeting by stressing the importance of developing an outline/form/structure for the report.
The "form" could then be used in discussions with the office, as well as to help in deciding the best path for
current and future research., Specific points of concern for the final report product included:
-The inclusion of an index of documents cited with the report, and/or the inclusion of the
documents with the report itself.
-The best manner of structuring the report. Suggestious were made to include divisions based on
chronology, themes, by the teams. Additional concerns were raised over identifying common points of
interest between the teams and then the specifics that each team necessarily pursues independently of tile
others.
,-In response to the discussion of points of common interest and team specific research, poin~ of
common interest were momentarily defined to include:
USFA
Alien Property Control Records
Department of State Items
-In addition to the necessary identification of large record groups of conmlon interest, Mark cited
instances in which a file is an "everything", or "hot", file. Within these files it was suggested that research
be conducted carefully and by an "inter-team" group of researchers. These files will prove invaluable to an
accurate historical reconstruction of the way that policy developed through intergovernmental dialogue and
the various behind-the-scenes policy discussions.
'
The purpose of the report was also discussed during the meeting. Comments included the following:
-Konstantindiscussed his wlderstanding that the report's objective included two parts. First, the
report is supposed to be an accurate history of the US and its relationship to Holocaust Era Assets. Second,
the report is supposed to include actual policy recommendations.
,
-Mark conmlented that the primary objective of the report is historical, and that this is the
objective specified in tile research mandate for the Presidential Conmlission. While the development of
policy for today is important, it should be recognized tlIat in tile end, as was generally agreed, tile
Commissioners will have their own recommendations to make on behalf of the Commission.
In a return to discussion of the structure of the report, Mark offered that it could be developed first
according to macropolicy issues. In other words that the general principles of policy be identified first.
Following the construction of a "macropolicy" section, each team would have the responsibility for
delineating the deviations from tills policy. Lucille added that this would be especially important for some.
of the legal aspects of restitution of art and cultural property.
Many questions were raised as to how the research anlOng the teams can best be integrated. Specific
questions concerned:
-Placement of Latin America Research. Will it he separated as a separate issue, or will it be
included as a discussion within each team?
-Placement of Policy Development. It was generally decided tIIat this section belongs in the report
itself, and not as a prelude to tile section of policy recommendations. Policy development was defined as
being important to tile report as it would serve to highlight tile debates about policy development. When
discussing tile development of policy, particular attention was given to identifying the tension existing
between decision-makers in DC and those responsible for implementation in Europe. Also, tension has
already emerged in the policy development in regards to OMGUS and USFA. The distinctions in policy
development among these two agencies will highlight distinctions tImt arose in restitution differences later.
�Finally, an important discussion arose concerning the materials to be researched. Konstantin brought to
attention his fear that the Art team will soon experience a limitation of helpful materials at the NARA2
facility. Mark addressed this conce'rn by identifying other records which merit research, though their
importance may not jump out initially. For instance, Intelligence records reveal what the United States
Government knew, and when, conceming looted assets. The knowledge of these assets falls within the
research mandate for the Presidential Commission, as the knowledge of assets means that the materials
passed through the "hands" of the US Government at some point in time. It became clear that a research
plan will need to be developed ill the immediate future to ascertain what, and when, items need to be
researched.
The general outcome of the meeting took the following forms:
-It was decided that each team should develop their own proposal for the structure, and then each
team will have a representative to discuss these proposals. After the representatives discuss the proposals
and reach a consensus, the consolidated proposal will be returned for final comments from the researchers.
The final product will be sent as a first draft to the office and further refinements will come after this.
-In order to facilitate the development of a research plan by each team, it was also decided that the
research conducted should be organized by the marking up of a finding aid. Each team will, using a
colored highlighter, mark dIe files they have examined. Additional pencil notations can be used to note
which researcher reviewed the records, and when. From these markings, each team can determine where
future research should be conducted as well as whedler that research should involve other teams.
-An additional recommendation was made to collect the writings of each team and keep them in a
place in the research office where everyone will have access. This is designed to enable each researcher to
become more familiar widl dle topics each team is working on and dlis step should better facilitate inter
team research and dialogue.
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President's Commission on Holocaust Assets
Gregory 1. Murphy
Weekly Report: June J4- J9, J999
Library Of Congress - "Looted Books"
European Mission
.fklli.J.
File: Acquisitions - General
• List of Material Received from Gennany - 786,000 volumes {312,000 thm G-2; 484,000 thm LC Mission}
•
Select List of Italian Wartime Books in some Scientific Subjects & Medicine
•
Non-Technical books forwarded to LC Mission (7-16-46)
• LC wishes to formally express its interest in acquiring books and other printed materials taken over from the
fonnerGerman Legation in Lisbon In acquiring German publications in Europe during the post-war period
the LC is acting not only for itself but in behalf of all American libraries. The primary objective of the LC
acquisition policy for German publications is to obtain at least 3 copies of every book, periodical, newspaper,
pamphlet, map, etc. published ill Germany during the war years, and to obtain numerous copies of important
contributions to scientific or historical research, of basic docllments of Nazi party history or government
administration. The 2nd objective is to make up for deficiencies in library collections covering the early
period of the Nazi regime (1933-39) and in some cases going back to the 1920's. (2-27-46)
• Lisbon book inventory
File: Acquisitions: Clearances, Shipments
• Cases of German books shipped from Frankfurt for LC - includes Hitler and Himmler material (9-8-47)
• Documents consigned
to the LC Mission - 2JOO books & pamphlets
(11-8-46)
• Location in LC of material shipped by LC Mission (6-24-46)
• Materials to be sent to Frankfm1 by mid-March 1946 for shipment to LC: 50,000 books on hand - from
100,000-200,000 to come from the volums at Senthofen; 10,000 at Weilheim; several thousand volumes of
freemasonry writings (2-25-46)
• Of the 50,000 books ready for shipment, includes Jewish literature - on and by Jews (2-14-46)
• Authorization to purchase unobjectionable books and to remove without payment books reflecting
national-socialist ideology from li.braries and book stores (2-1-46)
•
Shipment of Technical & Scientific Literature Collections to Signal Corps Engineering Laboratory - Asbury
Park; NJ (2-1-46)
•
Shipment of books & periodicals to National Bureau of Standards; Army Medical Library; Dept. of
Agriculture Library; OSS (10-23-45)
•
Shipments to Camp Ritchie, MD: Scientific books; non-German periodicals; Russian books; technological
periodicals; military books & periodicals; biographical periodicals & books (10-23-45)
File: Acquisitions - Collections, Collectors
• Manuscript material transferred to LC from US military authorities in Germany (12-21-49)
• Rosenberg Private Library to be sellt to LC (7-18-47)
• Books of Nazi and militarist character retrieved from German schools in American sector of Berlin (9-20-46)
• Perhaps 1,000 li ties of interest in Gennan's Lisbon collection (4-24-46)
Box 9
'i'File: Offenbach Archival DeJ)ot
�• Tentative List of Library and Archival Collections at Offenbach Archival Depot (3-22-46)
• Receipts for books transferred to the LC Mission (1946)
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File: LCM Cables - Outgoing
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U.S. library purchases from Leipzig book dealers (7-27-46)
B.o.tl§.
File: C.A.P. General, 1950-54
• LC Holdings of Captured Enemy Documentation: most of the material received by the Mission was captured
material and most of it has either been absorbed into the LC collection or distributed by tbe Cooperative
Acquisitions Project to other institutions. LC has from the beginning made an effort to segregate and attempt
to return the collections of bona fide non-Nazi and non-military German research institutions: (2-15-50)
• LC collections of books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, posters, etc. seized from various Nazi Party
officials and units and from German military organizations total about 1,500,000 items. Approximately 50%
has been transfer~ed to other libraries under the Cooperative Acquisitions Project. The only considerable body
of manuscript material received was that of the Deutsche Ausland-Institut, an organization which came under
Nazi control in 1933. The collection contains documents of the Nazi Party and is housed in the Manuscript
Division. LC has returned some other material to German institutions. (2-15-50)
• Other LC captured collections include Goerillg,Photographic Collection (18,500 photos); Wehrkreim Libraries
(approx. 29,000 pieces); Adolf Hitler Collection (3,383 books); Eva Braun (80 items); Nurmberg Prison
Collection (13 cases); Gerdy Troost Library (2 cases) (2-15-50)
• List of collections returned to Germany (2-15-50)
• Manuscript material transferred to LC from US military authorities in GenJlany (12-21-49)
• Inconsistent dispersal of captured documents: microfilmed German documents in possession of State Dept.
(1-3-50)
File: Confiscated Material
• Report on confiscation and treatment of the former Jewish libraries by the Gestapo (1933-45) - some private
library collections pulped, some sold to German libraries and book dealers by Gestapo; Jewish public library
collections should be mostly intact, except portion destroyed by fire in 1943 (7-10-47)
File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project - General Memos, Rele.:1ses, Reports, Lists, etc.
•
Cooperative Acquisitions Project has approximately 625,000 items of which about 110,000-120,000 are
pre-1920 imprints; estimated that more than 40% is Nazi propaganda material; the remaining items are
German literature, economics, secondary school textbooks, and periodicals (1-27-48)
• 700,000 pieces, iilcludirig 567,000 books, remain to be processed (1-26-48)
• Distributive processes of the Cooperative Acquisitions Project (12-8-47)
• Dissatisfaction of participating libraries with Project (11-1947)
•
Status of cooperating librari~s in the Project - 67 of original 113 participating libraries still involved
(11-12-47)
• The Cooperative Acquisitions Project has on hand remaining to be distributed approximately 1,000,000 pieces
of material; about 40% pre-dates WWII - strong in German history, economics, politics; additionally there is a
considerable quantity of confiscated enemy documents that will not be distributed through the Project because
of their confidentiality, their integral character as collections, or the possibility of problems concerning their
restitution; 1,544,359 pieces distributed, including 429,174 books; 335,000 pieces remain to be distributed,
including 135,000 books; $205,098.21 paid for books & periodicals (11-10-47)
• Cooperative Acquisition Program Liquidation - 300,000 items of German Labor Front material
• Production figures of the project - 800,000 items estimated (10-10-47)
�• Estimate of Pieces for Cooperative Acquisitions Project - 802,000 items should be distributed; 707,000 pieces
(surplus, excess pamphlets, pre-1920) 'should not be distributed (8-27-47)
• The total # of items on hand, not counting the collections to be held by LC is estimated at 1,069,000 (8-27-47)
•
1,069,000 items of confiscated material to be processed; 438,069 items of confiscated material not to be
processed (8-27-47)
• 45,996 books distributed to 89 libraries (8-30-46)
•
116,646 books received (8-8-46)
•
As of August 1, 1946, the Cooperative Acquisitions Project has shipped 25,855 books to 77 libraries (8-2-46)
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File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project - General, Harvard
•
CAP revises distribution figure to 800,000 items, including 500,000 books (8-16-48)
• Disposal of surplus items: re-sale of books and periodicals; pulp newspapers (8-7-47)
File: Downs List - Cooperative Distribution
• Priorities Assignment - participating libraries in the U.S.
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File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project (H-K)
• Hoover Library at Stanford has received 624 books from the CAP (6-23-47)
File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project (N-Q)
•
1,309 books shipped to Northwestern University Library within last month. (5-14-48)
File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project (R-T)
•
SMU received 2,359 items before cancelling their participation (l2-21-48)
File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project - General, Princeton
• Princeton received 444 items from the CAP - many of dubious value, thus library would like to throw out
(6-7-48)
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File: Cooperative Acquisitions Project - General, University of Illinois
• Illinois has been receiving between 1,100 and 1,200 items per month (6-15-48)
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File: Cooperative Acquisitions PrQject - Federal: Lists, Releases, etc.
•
1,000,000 items left to be distributed thru CAP - about 40% pre-dates WWII and is especially strong on
German history, politics, and economics; in addition to the 1,000,000, the LC has received through the Armed
Forces and other channels a considerable quantity of confiscated enemy materials that, because of their
confidentiality, will be retained by the LC (11-22-47)
B.ox.2l
. File: Mission History (1945-51)
• In its 3-year career, a grand total of 819,022 books and periodical volumes were shipped, representing
2,000,000 pieces. Of these items, 230,647 went to the LC and 588,375 to other libraries. In number of
volumes obtained, the leading institutions, after the LC were, in order, New York Public Library, Harvard,
Yale, Columbia, Illinois, California, Chicago, Iowa State, Army Medical Library, Minnesota, Duke, Princeton,
Wisconsin, and Northwestern. At the termination of the Project there was a surplus, consisting of several
hundred thousand pieces, mainly non-purchased and of slight value except for waste paper, e.g. single issues
of newspapers and periodicals, and more copies of books than were needed to supply all priorities. Rather
�than pulping. the lot or turning it over to the book trade, however, the srplus was transferred to the United
States Book Exchange. (circa February 1949)
• Estimated taht by the end of the project 155,000-160,000 items will be classified as surplus - proposed transfer
to USBE rather than pulping or sale to book trade (5-28-48)
• Material received from Germany - purchase figures not available; 312,000 received through G-2; 786,000
items of Nazi literature shipped by the LC Mission (3-26-47)
• Though the Project's facilities, nearly 2,000,000 European books, pamphlets, newspaper and periodical issues,
and other serial parts were added to the collections of American libraries. (9-6-48)
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B.o.x.M.
File: Policy - Acquiring of Material
• LC Mission worker's efforts tore-sell books from Europe in U.S. - iIIegal (11-8-46)
• Acquisition of German Publications - a minimum of 3 copies for each book, pamphlet, map, periodical, and
newspaper (6-21-46)
• LC is attempting to obtain a complete documentation in multiple copies of all publications appearing in
Germany (1939-45) and also to provide extensive research material covering the entire Nazi period (4-26-46)
File: Policy-General
• Mistakenly confiscated pieces include 60,000 pieces of the Deutsche Arbeilsfront; 28 cases of the holdings of
the Reichspatentant; and 190 cases containing the collection of the Weltkriegsbucherei - these already
returned. Collections that can and should be returned include 4300 volumes from the library of the
Japaninstitut of Berlin, which appears to have been a legitimate research institution and not a party
instrument; 125 small boxes belonging to Professor Johann W. Mannhardt of Marburg, which appear to have
been seized through accident; and some 75 volumes bearing the bookplates oflegitimate research institutions
from which they had apparently been taken by the agencies from which they were seized. (2-28-51)
• Materials obviously having significance primarily as collections, and hence held together as integral units by
the LC: 18,500 photos from Goering collection; 309 cases of newspapers, correspondence, books, and
pamphlets seized from the Deutsches Auslandsinstitut; nearly 4000 pieces from the personal library of Adolf
Hitler; 80 pieces purportedly from the personal library of Eva Braun; and 2 cases of papers and books of Gerdy
Troost - return is: not recommended (2-28-51)
• Not recommended for return are material from the Rosenberg Library; Murnberg Prison; Rehse history of the
NSDAP; misc. clippings from NSDAP archives (2-28-51)
• The Wehrkrais library (VII) collection, the largest and most important of the libraries, cannot, under the terms
by which it was acquired, be disposed of without the concurrence of the Library of the Dept. of Army (2-28-51)
•
Collections from the LC Mission totaled an estimated 1,500,000jtems. They were transferred to the LC by the
U.S. military authorities as confiscated materials. Of this total approximately 225,000 items were seized from
German military organizations, the balance from Nazi Party units and officials. Of the LC's total receipts
from all sources approximately 50% has been transferred to other libraries under the Cooperative Acquisition
Project. (2-7-51)
B.ox..lQ
File: Regulations - Export & Import, 1945-47
• Export of German publications to LC - LC is engaged in obtaining as complete as possible a documentation of
German publishing during WWII. To achieve this purpose, the Mission is authorized to purchase in multiple
copies all war year titles which nay still freely be sold and all post-armistice titles produced by licensed
publishers. The actual purchasing is done through selected agents.
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File: Report - Offenbfich Archives
• Materials in storage and in course of processing - YIVO - 79,595 items. 32,894 volumes of total of 162,683
Yiddish and Hebrew Unidentifiable books have been examined. 71,523 unidentifiable items with Jewish
�content in various languages. Over 97,000 identifiable Jewish books. 455, III books awaiting Policy of
Restitution. 201,"972 other books still in the Depot. 1,919,846 other books have been handled in the Depot for
a total of 2,576,929 items. (5-31-47)
B.ox..12.
File: Reports: Progre~s - Peiss, Reuben
• Among captured :pubIications were found huge numbers of Hebrew and Yiddish books. Far from burning or
pulping this liter~ture, the Nazis carefully preserved it. The Offenbach Archival Depot turned over to the LC
the working library of the Institut der NSDAP zur Erforschung des Judentums. Also,Dr. Zuckerman, in
Berlin, found thJusands of Jewish volumes, sometimes in precarious housing, salvaged them" and shipped
•
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them to OffenbaC\h. (12-4-46)
BM.ll
File: Reports, Progress - Zuckerman, J.
• List of books of which 50 copies were packed and forwarded to Washington (7-19-46)
• Jewish books in Berlin - discussion of prayer and school books to be distributed among te-established Je\vish
synago1:,'Ues and Dispalced Person camps; future Library on Judaica (2-18-46) .
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File: Restitution of"Unrestituted Materials" [Jewish Books]
• Recommendation from Dr. Gaster ofLC that Hebrew and Jewish books which fall into the category of
legitimate booty of war, or which cannot be restored to their original owners,. or which belonged to institutions
and communities now defunct or unable to maintain them as public collections, should be vested in the
international UNESCO organization. Those in the American zone of occupations should pass into the
trusteeship and control of the LC. Machinery in the form of a Jewish advisory commission should be set up to
assemble and furnish data on previous ownership of Jewish libraries and archives, location of surviving heirs
and members of staffs, previous and currently available sources of maintenance, etc.; screen applications for
restitution; determine criteria to be set up by claimants; to advise on the most suitable institutions for the
deposit of materials not needed by the LC for its own collections. The Chief of the Hebraic Section of the LC
should be designl)ted as the officer in immediate charge of the LC's end of this project. The Commission on
European JewishfCulturalReconstruction has prepared a detailed inventory of all European Jewish libraries,
their holdings, property values, etc. as of the date of their confiscation or liquidation by the Nazi government.
It is recommended that this list be used as the basis for identifying material now being sorted at Frankfurt.
Various Jewish institutions worldwide are interested in staking "claims" to Jewish material recovered in
Germany. - should be provided with microfilm copies instead of originals. Opposes shipment of Jewish
material to Hebrew University in Palestine. (12-30-45)
• Proposal to put Jewish books in American Zone of Occupation in Germany for the use of the World Jewish
Commission. Some Jewish materials removed to Czechoslovakia. (9-10-46)
• Commission on European Jewish Cultural Reconstmction proposes to be tmstees for Jewish objects on behalf
the Jewish people (8-25-46)
• The half-million "Jewish books" will remain at the Offenbach Archival Depot after all the books which can be
associated with an owner or even a country of origin have, with the exceptions noted, been returned under
current restitution policy (7-26-46)
• All books which it is possible to identify as subject to external restitution on the basis of identified ownership,
with the exceptions of the YIVO library, as special case, and books from Baltic countries, are being returned to
the governments of the countries from which they were taken, in conformity with directives on interim
restitution procedure. No policy has been established and no action is being taken with respect to internal
restitution, but the material concerned is being segregated so as to be in readiness. (no date, circa June-July
1946)
• The State Departplent would welcome a request for the material to be turned over to any Jewish agency having
corporate status, financial abilities, and international recognition. Such an agency, if it wished, might make
�arrangements through military government to maintain the storage, identification and cataloging of books now
proceeding at Offenbach; or the agency might bring the books to this country and make arrangements here for
the proper handling and distribution. The State Department may report to the Commission that unless actual
transfer of the material is requested and made, OMGUS may be inclined to treat the books as part of the total
economic assets in its hands to be ultimately turned over to the Landerrat governments to be handled under
established restitution procedures. (6-20-46)
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• Only after all restitution is effected can the disposition of the "unidentifiable residue" be considered. LC
opposes internal restitution of Jewish cultural materials under Laender auspices. LC supports trusteeship
reflecting world ~ewry or through an American governmental agency regarding disposition (6-3-46)
• There will remair around June 1, 1946, according to a source, probably over 500,000 volumes of Jewish
books. The C0l11l11ission on European Jewish Cultural Reconstruction published Tentative List ojJewish
Cultural Treasures in Axis-Occupied Countries in a 1946 issue of Jewish Social Studies Quarterly. America is
the best place for the Jewish books until the ownership issue is settled (3-25-46)
•
The Commission on European Jewish Reconstruction proposed that the Jewish books at Offenbach and
anywhere else in the American Zone be transferred to the LC for custody and ultimate disposition in,
consultation with the Commission (5-15-46)
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File: Restitutions of Yiddish Scientific Institute [Yivo Library Materials, 1947]
• 420 cases of books fonvarded to Yivo from Bremen (10-8-47)
• LC to transport the 76,482 items from Offenbach to Yivo which belonged to them (2-25-47)
Library of Congress Annual Reports
•
1946 - the LC Mission would assist the War Department in the screening and disposition of captured or
confiscated library materials. A collection of nearly 100,000 German imprints had been transferred in August
1945 to the LC from the Office of Censorship, From these,. perhaps 6,000 titles were selected for addition to
the LC's own holdings; the rest were classified and set aside for distribution under the project. In the spring of
1946, books purchased by the European Mission began to arrive. A checklist of accessions was prepared
under the title, E'uropeanll1lprintsjor the War Years Received in the Library ojCongress ,and other Federal
Libraries. Actual distribution did not get under way until June 1946 when some 5,000 volumes were
fonvarded. In July, the figure doubled, and by the end of August the rate reached 20,000.
•
1947 -During its 2 years of existence (1945-47), the LC Mission made about 720,000 item purchases, 615,000
from Germany alone. Another 1,250,000 pieces of confiscated German military and Nazi Party collections
were secured and shipped. The Mission made arrangements for the shipping of materials from Offenvach to
YIVO. The total of materials handled by the Project from its inception until the end of the last fiscal year was
960,173 pieces. Discards (approximately 175,000 ieces) and combination of numbers of pieces into "units"
cause a reduction of this figure for determining amounts available for distribution. Materials actually
distributed to the libraries during the same period amounted to 368,855 units, consisting of 261,542 books and
lO7,3l3 periodical units. Of these, the LC received 88,716 book and 16,902 periodical units. The rate of
distribution, which commenced in May 1946 at 12,778 units per month, rose to 47,888 units in June 1947.
•
1948 - Shipments valued at $120,508.60 from Austria, Belgium, France, the Netheriands,Germany, and
Switzerland containing 520,297 items were opened, evaluated, sorted, classified, and distributed. During 1948
also 66 "targets" of confiscated publications containing 4,249 cases or approximately 950,000 pieces of
material were processed. The total number of items searched, classified, and distributed du'ring the year
(218,502 books and pamphlets and 176,429 periodicals, an aggregate, counting individual periodical issues, of
more than 1 million pieces) showed an increase of more than 50,000 items over tile previous year's total. In
addition, some 420,000 pieces of material were found to be surplus tothe needs of the cooperating libraries
and have been segregated for other disposition. Every possible precaution has been exercised since the
beginning of the project to insure that material from the collections of non-Nazi German research institutions,
were not - even by accident - distributed through its facilities. Consequently, when it was found that material
from the Weltkriegsbuecherei of Stuutgart, a private research institution, had been forwarded to the LC, the
entire collection, !involving 190 cases of material, was returned to Germany through the facilities of the
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Department of the Army. Also some 98,000 pieces of Deutsche Arbeitsfront material~ bearing an imprint prior
to 1933, is slatedito return to the libraries of newly-established German labor unions. At the end ofFY 1948,
56 of the original 113 libraries were still receiving material from the Project. As the Project progressed, the
problem ofunwapted materials and duplicates increased. Consequently, in early 1948, libraries were informed
that there was no; objection to their unwanted materials by exchange, sale, or by any other method. Total
pieces acquired ,yere 2,500,470 of which 1,293,562 were by purchase and 1,206,908 were without cost. There
have been distributed to other libraries since the beginning of the Project 334,211 books and 224,012
periodical units (a unit may consist of from 1-30 items, depending upon the class of periodical) while the LC
itself has received 145,833 books and 59,730 periodical units. The total distribution has therefore consisted of
763,786 books and periodical units, the difference between this total figure and the total of 2,500,470 pieces
acquired being accounted for in part by consolidation of periodical pieces to form units, in part by excess
copies of less important items, and part by material not yet handled. This is in addition to the acquisition of
:'pre-war books already purchased by American libraries.
."194'9 ~Distribution of books to other libraries was concluded on August 13, 1948. They received during this
period '44,207 books and periodical units, bringing the total number of items distributed during the life of the
P;oject;to';"aiu:stimated 2,000,000 pieces, of which approximately 485,000 were forwarded to the LC. The
Project a~ct.in~ulated a stock of approximately 450,000 items during the course of its operation which were
surplus to the needs of the participating libraries. With their consent this material has been transferred to the
United States Book Exchange. With the termination of the Project, the LC turned its attention to the disposal
of the large material which remained for handling after all distribution possible under the terms of the Project
had been carried out. Certain collections, which were identified as the property of non-Nazi German research
institutions, have been earmarked for return to Germany as conditions permit. Other collections from sources
ascertained as Nazi are being processed for retention by the LC. During 1949240,000 items were unpacked
and sorted. More than 100,000 serial items, including some 9,000 bound volumes were sent to the Serials
Division, 30,000 !monographs were found to be needed for the Library's collections and were forwarded for
cataloging, and inany thousands of photographs, posters, and the like were transferred to the Prints and
Photographs Division.
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Summary
Tainting of the gold pot can be shown by the transfer of the following to the Tripartite Gold
Commission:
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Gold Confirmed as Victim Loot:
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- Approximately sixty pounds of gold coins taken from SS loot found\ i~,Kaiseroda mine,
- Merkers, Germany in April 1945.
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- Approximately five pounds of gold coins found at Buchenwald concentration camp in!spring
1945.
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- Two gold bars (weighing approximately fifty pounds) contai~ing Melmer loot found in the,
Friedrichshall Salt Mine near Strassfurt, Germany.
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Approximate minimum total: 115 pounds of gold
Gold with Strong Evidence as Victim Loot
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- Most of the gold found in twenty-eight bags of gold coins th~t came from an account of the
RSHA in the Reichsbank, Berlin.
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-Most of the approximately 3,800 gold coins believed to have come from Ernst Kaltenbrunner,
chief of the RSHA (Reich Main Security Office).
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- Approximately forty-one pounds of gold coins believed to have come from the Gestapo of
Schwerin, Germany.
- Approximate~y 100 pounds of gold coins believed to have come from the RSHA.
Note: In two examples cited above it was not possible to determine the approximate
weight ofthe gold coins in question as the documents are imprecise.
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Tainting of the Gold Pot with Victim Gold
By the Transfer of Valuables from the Foreign Exchange Depository to the Tripartite
Commission for the Restitution ofMonetary Gold
This working paper deals with victim gold which may have "tainted" the gold pot. It is
not comprehensive as only American military government records were available for review;
access to German records will be necessary for a comprehensive review.
The extant American records are incomplete as well as imprecise and contradictory in
many instances regarding the specific amounts of gold bars or coins involved. We have been as
precise as possible when the records will allow; unfortunately this has not been possible in all
cases.
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This list is organized by the shipment number assigned to valuables as they were received at the
Foreign Exchange Depository [FED] in Frankfurt 1945-49
I) Confirmed origin as victim gold
Shipment 1
This shipment contained the bulk of the Reichsbank gold reserves. Apparently some
victim gold from "SS loot:' shipments was included ,in the resmeltingof gold Dutch guilders into
gold bars that were found in this shipment. Patricia is checking the accuracy of the OSI claim
which appears to be valid. An examination of the Reichsbank Gold Books on microfilm at the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) should help determine precisely which
bars are involved. Their bar numbers could then be checked against the lists of gold bars
transferred to the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution ofMonetary Gold (Tripartite Gold
Commission or TGC) in the first and second gold distributions for specific evidence of tainting
of the gold pool (see the note on research towards the end ofthis paper). '
This material included a cache of precious metals in various forms that was clearly
identified as "SS loot" from victims of persecution, Le., victim gold, including 6,427 gold coins.
The non-numismatic coins (at least 6,066) were transferred to the TGC in June 1948. 1 A rough
estimate weight for the coins transferred is sixty pounds. 2 These coins did "taint" the gold pot.
1 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Files 1945
50, Box 422, 940.1551, Monetary Gold Second Distribution, "History,
of Gold Operation No. 2", 7. Cited hereafter as "History of Second
Gold Distribution. The precise number of numismatic coins in .
Shipment 1 has yet to be determined.
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2 The total weight of all gold coins in shipment 1 was
approximately sixty-five pounds. Approximately five pounds of
numismatic gold coins were shipped to the International Refugee
Oranization in 1947. If all of these numismatic coins were from
shipment I, then approximately sixty pounds of non-numismatic gold
coins went to the TGC. If, however, only a portion of these
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Shipment 16
The contents of this shipment were discovered in tunnels inside the Buchenwald
concentration camp from 29 April to 1 May 1945. Included were approximately five pounds of
gold coins.
3
These gold coins were turned over the TGC during the second gold distribution, further
4
tainting the gold pot. (Five gold bars also found in this shipment were transferred to the IRO in
September 1947).5
Shipment 22
numismatic coins were from Shipment I, then more that sixty but
less than 65 pounds of non-numismatic coins from Shipment 1 went
to the TGC. Hence sixty pounds of non-numismatic coins is the
rough minimum of the weight of such coins transferred to the TGC
from shipment 1.
See National Archives and Records Administration, Records of
US occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, ONGUS,
Finance Advisor, specific Functional policy Programs re FED 1947
49, box 167, Non-monetary Turnover of sept. 5, 1947, 161-169.
Cited hereafter as "Joint Inventory". Also see National Archives
and Records'Administration, Records of us occupation Headquarters,
World War II, Record Group 260, ONGUS, Finance Advisor, Foreign
Exchange Depository, Records re operations, Payments, and
Shipments 1945-48, Box 470, Shipment summaries, Shipment 1.
3 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, ONGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Records
1945-50, Box 428, 940.4016, Shipment 16, series of reports on
discovery of victim loot at the Buchenwald concentration camp,
April-May 1945.
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"History of the Second Gold Distribution", 7.
5 Joint Inventory,
32 and National Archives and Records
Administration, Records of US occupation Headquarters, 'World War
II, Record Group 260, ONGUS, Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange
Depository, Central Files 1945-50, Box 402, Inventory Forms,
Inventory Form 2179. The inventory form number for the five gold
bars is listed on the Joint Inventory.
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A cache of fifty-eight boxes and fourteen bags of precious metals was discovered in the
Friedrichshall Salt Mine near Strassfurt, Germany in May 1945. Twelve gold bars were included.
6
Among these twelve gold bars were two (bar numbers 1481 and 1482 weighing
approximately fifty pounds) identified by the FED as being !ISS loot" from Melmer deliveries 31
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and 37 at the Reichsbank in Berlin. They had been smelted by Degussa as were two other bars in
this shipment which may also have originated from victim gold (bar numbers 7671 and 7672
also weighing approximately fifty pounds) ; the latter two had come from the
Reichsicherheitsdiensthauptamt (RSHA or Reich Main Security Office).
7
AIl four bars were transferred to the TGC during the second gold distribution in 1948,
thereby tainting the gold pot. 8
6 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Records
1945-50, Box 430, 940.4022, Shipment 22, series of reports on
discovery of precious metals discovered in the Friedrichshall 'salt
mine, May 1945.
7 Ibid,
list of bars and their source entitled "Shipment No.22
- Gold Bars.
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a National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, world War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Records re Shipment
of Gold and Silver, 1945-48, Box 488, Bar List, 217. This is a
list of the gold bars transferred to the TGC in the second
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II) Strong circumstantial evidence of victim origin (Confirmation of victim origin must be
obtained from German records) .
Shipment 4
A portion of this shipment, numbered 4A in FED records, consisted of twenty-eight bags
of gold coins 9. These coins had been deposited by the Wehrmacht at the Reichsbank in Plauen,
Germany in April 1944 from an account of the RSHA - Militarischer Amt A2d (Military Office)
Berlin -at the Reichsbank in Berlin. The deposit was made for the Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich
Himmler.lo These twenty-eight bags were turned over to the TGC during the second distribution
in 1948. 11
Shipment 21
This loot was found at various locations in Germany in spring 1945. Included were
approximately 3800 gold coins found in the sewer of a cement factory in Eiberg which became
9 The number of bags was initially listed as 35 bags,
later
revised to 28 after detailed inventory. See National Archives and
Records Administration, Records of US occupation Headquarters,
World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS, Finance Advisor, Foreign
Exchange Depository, Records re Operations Birddog and Doorknob,
box 473, 11/431/1, memo from Major Jesser to Lt. col. cragon ,26
September 1945, entitled ,"Inventory of the Various Shipments •••
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10 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, central Files
1945-50, Box 427, 940.404, Shipment 4, series of reports.on 35
[later 28: see footnote 9 supra) bags of gold coins discovered at
Reichsbank in Plauen in April 1945.
11 National Archives and Records Administration,
Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Files 1945
50, Box 402, Inventory Forms, Inventory Form 2711. The bag numbers·
as listed on this form are found on the list of coins transferred
to the TGC. See National Archives and Records Administration,
Records of US occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group
260, OMGUS, Finance Advisor, Records re Shipments of Gold and
Silver, 1945-48 Box 485, Coin List, 66-67.
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shipment 21A.12 These coins were alleged to have been taken to Eiberg by Ernst Kaltenbrunner,
chief ofthe RSHA. The non-numismatic portion of the coins, believed to be the majority of
them, were transferred to the TGC in June 1948. \3
12 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Files 1945
50, Box 424, 940~40 Shipments, General, "Report on Contents and
origin of Certain Shipments Received in the Foreign Exchange
Depository", Shipment 21A. Cited hereafter as "Report on Shipment
origin."
13
"History of Second Gold Distribution", 7.
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Shipment 23
This loot was uncovered in north-central Germany in May 1945 buried in a box. It
included 19 bags of gold coins, weight approximately 41 pounds, and two gold bars; all were
believed to have come from the Gestapo in Schwerin, Germany. 14
The gold coins were transferred to the TGC in June 1948. 15 The final disposition of the
two gold bars is unclear at present, although it is known that they were not transferred to IRO.
Hence it is likely the 2 bars were sent to the TGC.
Shipment 71
This cache, consisting of7,155 gold coins and weighing approximately 106 pounds, was
turned over to American military authorities by a German who had earlier hidden them near
Imst, Austria. A report by an American Military Government officer stated that the coins had
belonged to the RSHA. 16
The non-numismatic coins, believed to be the majority, were transferred to the TGC
during the second gold distribution ofJune 1948. 17
14 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Records
1945-50, Box 432, 940.4023, Shipment 23, series of reports on loot
believed to have originated with the Schwerin Gestapo •.
,
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"History of the second Gold Distribution", 7.
16 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, world War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Records
1945-50, Box 437, 940.4071, Shipment 71, series of reports on gold
coins of RSHA found in AUstria.
17 See Joint Inventory,
32 and National Archives and Records
Administration, Records of US occupation Headquarters, world War
II, Record Group 260, OMGUS, Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange
Depository, Central Files 1945-50, Box 412, Inventory Forms,
Inventory Form 13784 for a partial listing of the coins indicating
that the majority are non-numismatic and "History of the Second
Distribution", 7.
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ill) Some Evidence of Possible Origin of Victim Gold
Shipment 52
This shipment included British gold sovereigns taken from the Gestapo at Bad Ausse,
Austria, as well as Russian gold coins found in the Enns River. The non-numi.smatic portion of
these coins was sent to the TGC in June 1948.
18
18 See "Report on Shipment origins", Shipments 52C and 52E and
the "History of the Second Gold Distribution", 7.
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Comments on OSI Report
Shipment 1
The total number of receptacles holding the portion of shipment 1, identified as "SS loot"
by American military authorities, was 207. This number consisted of eighteen bags holding
precious metal bars and 189 containers containing loot in diverse, non-monetary forms.
Confusion over the number of containers (not bags) apparently stems from a repacking of the
contents of the 189 containers after some had broken open during inventory. A final count of
containers came to 204 plus the bars originally held in the bags. 19
The contents of the 18 bags have been clearly identified as twenty-five gold and silver
alloy bars, inventoried on worksheet 234 of the Howard Report. 2o They can be traced directly to
the first transfer of non-monetary gold to the International Refugee Organization [IRO] in
September 1947; see the joint inventory of this transfer. 21 Hence they could not have "tainted"
the gold pot.
A question concerning the alleged four gold and 120 possibly silver bars located with the
"SS loot" in'this shipment has been raised. An examination of both their source document (the
summary of Shipment 1 noted in footnote five) and an identical list of the materiae 2 clearly
indicates that the magnitude listed beside each of these categories reflects their weight in
pounds. Hence the summary lists four pounds of gold bars and 120 pounds of possibly silver,
bars. An extensive search ofthe approximately 16,000 FED inventory forms on which such
19 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, operations Birddog
and Doorknob, Box 473, folder 11/431/1, memo from Lts. Kelso and
Holstein to Lt. Col Cragon 18 September 1945 re Shipments number 1
and 2.
20 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of US
occupation Headquarters, world War II, Record Group 260, OMGUS,
Finance Advisor, Foreign Exchange Depository, Central Files 1945
50, box 441, Gold Report worksheets, Folder 16, worksheet 234.
21
See Joint Inventory, 29,30,33-4
22
See Report on Shipment origins, Shipment 1.
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shipment summaries were based has not revealed any mention of gold or silver bars of this
weight (or number for that matter) from Shipment 1. While this material could have been listed
as "scrap" gold or silver or as "other assets" on the inventol)' forms, nothing was discovered to
indicate this during our review. Hence it has not been possible to trace the disposition of this
material to either the TGC or the IRQ. It is interesting to note that these shipment summaries are
apparently the only place were pounds are used; grams are used elsewhere. The accuracy of
these shipment summaries is open to question as the document cited above, [and in footnote
five] states in the introduction that "~ .. lists and inventories as are [sic] given [here] are
preliminal)' and unofficial.... ,,23 It would be premature to conclude that this material was
transferred to the TGC.'
23
Ibid., 1.
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Note on Research Material
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A number of documents not specifically germane to this study were collected during the
research phase. In particular there are copies of interrogations ofReichsbank officials and SS
officers as well as analyses of wartime Reichsbank operations which should be helpful when
tracking victim gold during the war years. They are organized into two files entitled "FED
Analyses ofMelmer Accounts" and "Interrogations- Reichsbank Officials."
Copies have been made of the list of gold bars sent to the TGC during the second gold
distribution. These may be useful in tracking any gold bars which are found to contain victim
gold after examination of the Reichsbank Gold Books is complete. The listof gold bars
transferred to the Netherlands during the first gold distribution was copied as well as a similar
reference; apparently some Melmer gold was included in the resmelting of Dutch gold by the
Reichsbank during the war. All can be found in the file entitled "Bar List."
If research with the Reichsbank Gold Books confirms tainting of bars not found on the
two lists noted above, lists of all gold bars and coins transferred via the TGC in the first and
second gold distributions, including those made directly to France, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands can be found at NARA. The citation for this material is:
RG260, OMGUS, Finance Advisor, FED, Records of Shipments of Gold and Silver 1945
47, boxes 484-488. Boxes484-485 may be particularly useful. Location: Stack:390lRow
46/Comp 1O/Shelf4.
Kevin Mahoney
Anthony Sheehan
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Board of Economic Warfare
Temporary Building T, Fourteenth Street, and Constitution Avenue NW.
E:X;ecutive 7030, Branch 411
'MEMBERS
Chairman (Vice President of the United.
States) ______ -.-____
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Secretary of State________
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Secretary of the Treasury _________ ~
Secretary of, War. _______ ~____ ____
Attorney GeneraL _____________ " _____
Secretary of the Navy_~~___
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Secretary cif Agriculture.__ _ ___
Secretary of Commerce ________________
Chairman of War Production Board_ __
, Coordinator of, Inter-American Affairs ____
Lend-Lease Admi(listratorc ________' ___
HENRY A. WALLACE
CORDELL HULL
HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR."
HENRY L. STIMSON
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FRANK KNOX
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CLAUDE R. WICKARD
JESSE H. JONES
DONALD M. NELSON
XELSON A. ROCKEFELLER
E,DWARD R. STETTINIUS" JR.
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Executive Director __
____________ _ MILO PERKINS
Special Assistant to the Executive
Director~ _____________'.:; __ _
E. W.,GAUMNITZ '
Assistant to the Executive Director __ _ J. L.MCCAMY
Assistant to the Executive Director._ _ V.F:CoE
Assistant Director in charge' of Imports_ MORRIS ROSENTHAL
Assistant Director in charge of Exports __ _ HECTOR LAZO
Assistant Director in charge, of Economic
Warfare Analysis ____________ ~ ____ ~ WILLIAM STONE
General CounseL ___ _
MONROE OPPENHEIMER
Administrative Officer____ _ __ _________ _
DAVID B. VAUGHAN
CREATION AND' AUTHoRlTY.-Executive Order 8982 of December
17, 1941, chariged the name of the Economic Defense Board to the
Board of Economic Warfare. The Economic Defense Board was
established by Executiye Order 8839 on July 30,1941, "for'the purpose
()f developing and coordinating policies, plans, and programs desiQ"Iled
to protect and strengthen the ll1ternatiomll economic ,relations of, the
United States in the mterest of national defense."
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The term "economic defense" was defhied in paragraph 1 of the order
as "the conduct, in the interest of national defense, of international
economic activities including those relating to exports, imports, the
acquisition and disposition of materials and commodities "from foreign
countries including preclusive buying, transactions in foreign exchange
and foreign-owned or foreign-controlled property, international in
vestments and extensions of credit, shipping and transportation of
goods among countries, the international aspects of patents, interna
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"b. Coordinate the policies and actions of the several departments
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order to assure umty and balance in the application of such measures.
"c. Develop integrated economic defense plans and programs for co
ordinated action by the departments and agencies concerned and use
all appropriate means to assure that such plans and programs are
carried into effect by such departments and agencies.
"d. Make investigations and advise the President on the relationship
of economic defense [as defined in paragraph 1] measures to post-war
economic reconstruction and on the steps to be taken to protect the
trade position of the United States and to e~pedite the establishment
of sound, peace-time international economic relationships.
"e. ReVIew proposed or existing legislation relating to or affecting
economic defense and, with the approval of the President, reconmlend
such additional legislation as may he necessary or desirable."
Executive Order 8839 directed that "the admmistration of the various
activities relating to economic defense shall remain with the several
departments and agencies now charged with such duties but such ad
ministration shall conform to the policies formulated or approved by
the Board." In order to facilitate such conformance, the order fur
ther provided that an officer or officers of each of the following depart
ments and agencies, a:ppointed with the approval of the Chairman of
the Board of EconomIC Warfare, represent the department ,or agency
in its continuing relationship with the Boarp': Departments of the
Post Office, the Interior, and Labor, the United States Maritime Com
mission, United States Tariff Commission, Federal Trade Commission,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Securities and
Exchange Commission, National Resources Planning Board, Board of
War Communications, War Production Board, Office of Price Adminis
tration, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Pel'lna
nent Joint Board on Defense, Office of Lend-Lease Administration,
and such additional departments and agencies as the Chairman may
from time to time determine.
The Board of Economic Warfare is vested with the responsibility,
iointly with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs, for the preparation of lists of persons deemed
to be acting in collaboration with Axis powers against the interests of
the United States.
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Stat. 714; 50 U. S. C. 701), mcludmg the authorIty to Issue or deny
licenses for the export of goods and commodities. In the admin
istration of this authority, the Office of Exports directs the flow of
commodities in commercial export channels in such a way that the
power of supply c~n be used as a positi:e ecopomic weapon in the
successful prosecutIOn of, the war. Speclfically
1. The flow of materials either directly or, indirectly to unfriendly
nations and unfriendly c?nsignees inust be I?r.evented.
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3. Civilian operations abroad which directly or indirectly con
trib:ute to the military operations of the United Nations must be
supplied.
4. Industries and development projects located abroad producing
materials required by the United States in its war effort must be
supplied.
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namely: (a) materials for their defense efforts!· (b) materials neces
sary to maintain their public health or mora e, and (c) materials
necessary to the maintenance of their basic ind ustries.
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materials from United States stockpiles to aid friendly countries
in meeting their obligations as contributing partners in the war
effort of the United Nations and in satisfying their essential economic
needs, without permitting toodr]lstic depletion of domestic stores or
allowing such materials to fall into unfriendly hands.
Under Executive Order 8942, dated November 19, 1941, the Board
of Economic Warfare is authorized to "requisition and dispose of
propet:ty," pursuant to the acts of October 10, 1940 (54 Stat. 1090; 50
U. S. C. 99 note), and Octobet' 16,1941 (55 Stat. 742; 50 App. U. S. C.
721-22), when requested to do so by the War Production Board. The
Executive Director of the Board of Economic Warfare is further au
thorized, under this order, to "initiate action for the requisitionin?, of
property by submitting proposals for requisition and disposition' to
the War Production Boarq.. The submission of such proposal is sub
ject to the findings necessary under the acts which are to be made by
the Executive Director. The Executive Director is authorized to
. requisition and dispose of property if the War Production Board,finds
such requisitions and disposal to be consistent with the priorities and
. allocation program. He is also authorized to determine the amount
of fair and just compensation of any property so requisitioned.
Under Executive Order 8926, dated October 28,1941, establishing the
Lend-Lease Administration, master lend-lease agreements are required
to be neg()tiated by the State Department ~ith the advice of the Lend
Lease Administration and the Board of Economic Warfare. Also,
under this order, the Lend-Lease Admin~strator is required to make
appropriate arrangements with the Board of EconomIC Warfare for
the review and clearance of lend-lease transactions which affect the
economic defense of the United States as defined in Executive Order
8839.'
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1942, the Board of Economic Warfare is vested with final responsi
bility for the procurement of materials and commodities required
to be imported for the war production effort and the civilian econ
omy, including the development, production, and, in some cases,
the disposition of such materials and commodities. 'In addition,
the order directed the Board to "determine the policies, plans pro
cedures; and methods of the several Federal departIllents, establish
ments, and agencies with respect to the procurement and production'
of su~h materials .and .commod~ti~~, including the financi:t;'g thereof;
and Issue such dIrectIves, or InItiate such· proposals WIth respect
thereto as it may deeD!. necessary."
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Besides directing the procurement from world sources of available
supplies of critical and strategic materials, the Office of Imports
intensifies the development of materials in new areas to replace old
sources cut off· by enemy action;. plans purchases to help maintain
domestic economIes in friendly countries; and plans and directs
preclusive buying to keep commodities out of the hands of Axis
nations. The Office of Imports is also responsible for arranging and
providing for the receipt of imported commodities as reciprocal
aid from foreign governments in connection with the Lend-Lease
Act.
OFFlOEOF EOONOMIC WARFARE ANALYSIs.-Strategy for the cam
paigns of economic warfare is prepared in the Office of Economic
Warfare Analysis on the basis of running analyses kept of the eco
nomic position· of each country. Close workin~ relationships are
L~aintained with the British :M:inis~ll of EconomIC Warfare in com
~iling an exhaustive economic inte ligenGe file. Information thus
made available helps determine blockade action to keep vital supplies
from the enemy, and directly assists the Army and Navy by helping
to answer military questions of supply, transportation, and attack on
industrial objectives.
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to help friendly countries to build up their economies and keep them
goiIig are an important basis for programs developed by the Offices of .
Exports and Imports. Frequently technical experts and experienced
operating men are sent to friendly countries on a partnership basis
to help realign and develop natural resources and industrial organi
zations. In close cooperation with Army and Navy air services, the
Office of Economic Warfare Analysis has made possible the develop
ment of a fast and efficient pick-up service for Importing vital sup
plies on transport planes returning from military missions.
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<p>The Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States, formed in 1998, was charged with investigating what happened to the assets of victims of the Holocaust that ended up in the possession of the United States Federal government. The final report of the Commission, <a href="http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/pcha/PlunderRestitution.html/html/Home_Contents.html"> “Plunder and Restitution: Findings and Recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and Staff Report"</a> was submitted to President Clinton in December 2000.</p>
<p>Chairman - Edgar Bronfman<br /> Executive Director - Kenneth Klothen</p>
<p>The collection consists of 19 series. The first fifteen series of the collection are composed mostly of photocopied federal records. These records were reproduced at the National Archives and Records Administration by commission members for their research. The records relate to Holocaust assets created between the mid 1930’s and early 1950’s by a variety of U. S. Government agencies and foreign sources.</p>
<p>Subseries:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+and+Cultural+Property+">Art and Cultural Property</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gold+">Gold</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gold+Team+Review+Form+Binders+">Gold Team Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+and+Cultural+Property+and+%E2%80%9COthers%E2%80%9D+Review+Form+Binders">Art and Cultural Property and “Others” Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Non-Gold+Financial+Assets+Review+Form+Binders">Non-Gold Financial Assets Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=History+Associates+Binder+">History Associates Binder</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Non-Gold+Financial+Assets+Review+Form+Binders+%282%29">Non-Gold Financial Assets Review Form Binders (2)</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Financial+Assets+Documents">Financial Assets Documents</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=RG+84%2C+Foreign+Service+Posts+of+the+State+Department%E2%80%94Turkey">RG 84, Foreign Service Posts of the State Department—Turkey</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Financial+Assets+Documents">Financial Assets Documents</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%5BJewish+Restitution+Successor+Organization+%28JRSO%29%2C+Oral+Histories%5D&range=&collection=20&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">[Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO), Oral Histories]</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=PCHA+Secondary+Sources">PCHA Secondary Sources</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Researcher+Notes">Researcher Notes</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Unnumbered+Documents+from+Archives+II+and+Various+Notes">Unnumbered Documents from Archives II and Various Notes</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=RG+260%2C+Finance+Inventory+Forms">RG 260, Finance Inventory Forms</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reparations">Reparations</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chase+National+Bank">Chase National Bank</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Administrative+Files">Administrative Files</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+%26+Cultural+Property+Theft">Art & Cultural Property Theft</a></p>
<p>Topics covered by these records include the recovery of confiscated art and cultural property; the reparation of gold and other financial assets; and the investigation of events surrounding capture of the Hungarian Gold Train at the close of World War II. These files contain memoranda, correspondence, inventories, reports, and secondary source material related to the final disposition of art and cultural property, gold, and other financial assets confiscated during the Holocaust.</p>
<p>For more information concerning this collection consult the<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/35992"> finding aid</a>.</p>
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