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During the p&ut ei,ht months a .harp oontroveray over a Geraaa. propolal
to ••11 publio oo11eet10111 ot art tor reUer &Il4' reOoA.etrUctiol'l U' r8001v_
wide not10e in the Ge.rmaA preas.
It • • tau.heel oft by ail uti.l. wh10b
appeared in the Augu.st 1941 issue
ot the l''ranktu.rte Retto. the Genaan author
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(lovernment at iii••baden whore he eaw the ext.ai"e 0......1'1 oollocft,ions stored
snd oared tor wsder the 8uperv1a1oa of AmerielUl WDmaaenta. r1ne Art, ad.
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He PlVpoled
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material. to GeJ'MD1.
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obtain the~ldell~"')' or tood. and raw
"eiled _"",a8t1oD ......... that the 20a pa111tb,.
belonging to tho Qenaaa State .....\&IUII 1.0 Berla V8napol"ted to Waahagtol'l
fOJ" /Safety ehould. be 8014 in the Uldted S1iato••
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"dead art in the boW" of ...d to alloviate tho ai.ery ot tho•• traU
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&ad blood, ohlldreu Bad agecA. who are _t 111 4&11,
there ia pre• •tea only the o'O,,10ully r ••tr1ead. ohoioe
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The writer t ..1& that Bitler'a 8&1. of pul>1101y-cnmed art in 1987 tor
foreign a.xohmlge to be uaM 1'0.1" arJDa'MDt ••t&bl~ahed a Talid·pr......t f.lthough
'the purpo••
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Ho a1l8go. that while ther......
time, objections to au.oh traDeter would be railed today.
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the roaNIl tor 1'" pre....t o0ll31clerat1oa.
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lD letter. ot protea\, 08,...
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eu.l tu.ral. po•••••1oD8 of t;helr country.
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spoulble lIDO oeuolctlou. DMni bave
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do not want to go w1thout work. of art 1a our na1...
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!hey ere oU" lII&1aata,y
!bey brtRS to u. a pel"a"ot1"e,.
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cologu aUll 8UrYlv•• 1D JIIlAifold fora 18 ahT1aoa. palllt1ag"
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-There G1Bt. 1ntelleotual pone.sioDa ot such. _tw-e,. aad
th••• tRelude great art cr_ted of past. gOlleratioDs, which areao ....1'84 that
they lIliIly l:LOt be s.01"1I1. .4 tor the moDt noble purpose -J. thOut 8wT.Dderiq
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sal. would have b1tter cOnsequeno•• at hoa.
Sow should w. explain that; man do.e
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!b. Problem ot ReUer and ReOOUtru.ctioIU
The sal.
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Dot the awswer to their postwar acODoa1o ·probl...H\m.dreh ·ofJAillior.t.
dollars are required to teedthu 'populat1cm.
property i8 rel&ti:valy 80
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!'be total v&lu. of 1AU8eum
that. the vlleri!!o. would b... lUa.a.iJI.&le~.
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ot art.
'lheproposal.b, therefore. of partieula.r conoern 'to
people.
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o.r.m&B art holQiDgI Bold .. 4iatrea8 gooQe in
ti.m.e G! 01'1818, the a.ttena~ ot""
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end ou1 tunl properV.
The u.ltiaate aia ot eateguarding tite, ow.t~&1 ~r1ta&e ot Europe was
part 01 the All1e\i objeotive. of the war.
ruB &.ia ... e...1d8llOecl1D lK$
bl the fJn1ted. itatea 1a the est&bl1ehment 01 the Amerlou OODllld.••lon for
the Proteot1oa aacl
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and. the .xtea.1.... pro,,... tor the prot"tiio,1l of INCJR' propol"ty' troll «!be
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bl:trut Araarlo&D 1i1litar,y
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gd. pr"serv1:ng tho property
at all.Qultun.l iluJ't.1tut1ou. dodioated to
roll,ion, oha,"1V. edu.cation.:the eSt. and.aoienoe•• hbtor10 IIOnWl8ntll
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II~r.oll1iel of. individual. iDstit\,ltiol'llto ne,o,t1ate. tho",cl1a,erllJeJ. IUlCl Bale
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ot public propert¥ e,ntrusted'to their, oa.re.:'llo dCNbt"should' exist 1n tho
and '&rtiltio
mindt> oi' tho (ierma:ll people b1.lt whathietoric
property Bet
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~ta aad objeots
otartiatl.o,' h1Btor1o, end natural interest.
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by the Nacls a8 Rdos-aerateR and Dot aoqeptable to their theoriel were
a.hed fr&.lll public oollections"anG'lold to foreign countriesJ other malte,...
piece. oo....te.t by the lliad'leader8 ....re transferred to their persotHll
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Violation ot public trust.
The proteotion at cultural property in the public domain 18
in the interellt ot the people of' all _tiona .a to those of
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p",bl1o oollections are the her1 tag8 of th. world, not alone of the country
"here former ganeratioDs of public-spirited e1tileDB •• ta'blhhed the
institutiona.
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tbe chief advaDtage at publi0 oollection. does not lie in
looation but In the1.. ,beIng acce.81ble.The ehier honor doe. not
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During the pliSteight months'a;"'sharp'controversy'over e. Gerl'!l~m proposal
to sell ,public collections of art fori:reli~f. and reconstruction has received
wide notice in the German press'• .': I~,was toucneaoff::by an article which
appeared in the August 194'7 issue o'f the Frankful..
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end. cared. for under the supervi~ion of "Amer:can' i'.;.onuments, l!'ine Art, and
Archives Officers.
be useci ,<),s an economic reserve to obt",jn the .anpualdeliyer;y o,f,.i6o,u, and ray'
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thatFi'1:;le~', S 'sal'e c'tii publi6'i;y':;wnod art in
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f'ot· ai;~.aroEuit \;stal)lishcda 'valid
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That this fiensational proposal, ,which would appear t'o be .of, cubious
sincerity, did awaken genuine disma.:/~a.:-d"w::d:esp~e~d prot~st in Germany is
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the reason for its present consideration.
protest, German
ciirect.ors hs.vI'! voiced deep 06'~cornover:the acute
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distress in the present crisis a.~d 'the 'dang2rs which'-also thNaten the
culture.l possessions of' their ~o.untr;y.Since the end 6fthe war many re
sponsible and conscientious lnenhave'been harried by"p.uf'fering and hadlhip
and have weighed the cultural posses,Sions of'their nati6riagainst the '~eed
for foo,d.
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::l.lonume~ts
and cuI ture.l proporty.
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p~,r+ of the Allied;>bjecti vrs of t.r~e
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OV the United state~ in theestablis~~n't of' t.he American Commiss;i_on for
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lVlor~l.UL.entL
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ani the ext,,;)I'1 8i V(J progral:! for thQ. -orotection' of £':lch, property from the
hazards of war cEl.Tried out by the har i.;CpEtl'tment and the US i ..rmies it'.
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rClssessions durint; the 7!ar to places of safety to rc:positories in rnines and
plac>J8 remote from danger.
held in prJtective
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c<:mtral Collecting points.
A large nwnber ,of these collections nave been
by the A.-uerican lI!lilitary Government in great
RE-<;ent1y the retur,n of cuI turo.l property to the
Genna.n insti tl.itions in the lI.Inerican Z0n:l, which
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g~rav6te.Rk
of salvl:'..;;ing the culturnl resources yfthcJir COll.."1.try arJd a-:a
being giveu every encouragem.elit io"that end'by
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The cultural objectives of thtl United JtattisGovernmen-l;:; in' Germ:my J
whi.ch have beer.. l'Jet forth in the "Directive to the C:'h1ID'.anL.er-in-Chief of the
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J:i'orces c,f v~cupation, regardingtheli.iill. tary G;)'l.Cl'UYllent of Germany(re
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'l947)f3.re to encou!'age Gerrla:n initiative and
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I:lnd· his toric archives, together with their coll ecti:Jns and end(jv,'lll;ent'R~ II
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whatever steps may be regarded
at:: requisite t:J the legal i'ulfillllle:Jtof ,their re~'pjrlc--~I,)ilit:ies.
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sPecifically stnted, liThe prevention of tl:o removal of German nrt. t.i:easures
from ths country is a function
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pieces coveted by the Ne.zi leaders. wert:l t,cl'!nsferred to' their personal
possession.
SUch e.ct,S were a violation of public trust.
The protection of cuI tural propert~' in the public domain is as much
in the ~nterest of the people of' all mations as to those of German;,'.
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put-lie collectious aro the heritage of the world, not alone of the cr:>untry
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'rho chiei' advantage ,bf publi/~ollectib~s docs not lie in'
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Propos.d sal•. of Publi0
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The following information haa b.en reoeived conoerning proposed
sale and removal of publio oolleotions ot art from the Amerioan Zone
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1.. Cont1deot1al report on r4itoonatruotlon1.n
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ot the City
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B.Q8iR.'f M08BS"OOIl.llllJ.'8loner of the Department" ot' Parks
of lew York (not ·.••en) •
2. Cou.troYeray in the Gel'Zllm' Pr••• on~e sale ot publio
001leot10. tor re11ef b.gtJ,I!~~Y,1;h.'· &1"t1010b1 ALl'uDAlDBBSCB,
If Albl'!eob:t IAlrer in Bueno. Aire.
in the Fr",nld"urt8r Hefte, August
1~'7" pp. ·1'3-0. ABDBRSOa 18· a Geraan,bOrn iii MUnioh in 1~14, who
hal worked in the propaganda .eotlon or a German firm. He reoommends
the sale of "dead art" tor tho. rel~.f. of 'liv1ngpOople throu&h IlL
hypothetioal sale or r~rman publio galleries to Argent1na in return'
for meat. It i8 a oontused and oynioal artiole with only slightly
voiled hostility to America.
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Many ropl1ea in Vigorous protest to this proposal have
appeared, inoluding (1) byUr. ~HABS SeiDll!!, in the .lfue~ni8ohe
ZeltWlg, Kob., September 20, 1941,:.(2) by AlJI'REP.JiOLTERS ~Stadt1sohe
Galerle,Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurter Hette, (Jot. 1947, (3)
CARL GEOlO UISIi (Director'of" the kUDstiiille, Hamburg)I<'rankfurter
Hette, Oat. ,1941 -- (Attaohment. 1).,;., ,~c,:,' ..,
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Direotor, The Metropolitan
Uuseum of Art, New York, to AmerioanZone 01' Gel'lQ&.lly 1n October, 1947,
..t the request of GeneralCla'Y."'i',lI;formal, report, made by Mr~ .Taylor
to Aasiet&nt Secretaryot,.i~a~·,.jlene~.. l; ·Draper.<,:, lAttaohllwIit· 2,p .
Quotation trom. Mr. TAYLOIt'e,letter' to.cDepartllleIit),!"
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Amerioan Military Oovern.mellt ,perBonnel propo8ea.·.tQ·:th~ direotors
of oertain Genaan StateI4UBeWu:tJl,ata portion of' their publio
oolleotions Ihould be Bold agtlinstdollar payment ,for the reoonstruotion
of German citiea, and rel1~t ,0·1' .German· populatiOll.• "
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from Munich with art store. ,at ll,lfa.st ,at, 5'/th:;itreet. New ,Jork,
all .t4aroh 3, 1947 to DepartAent or,.'s.~;te Offioer" tllat he should go to
GerDl&tl.Y in order .to explore. the·poss1bi1ity of' setting up a "non
prof1 t making .orge.n1lationl1 of'art a.Alers. to br1lig works of art .fro.
private and pu.blic col lec.t1ona , in. a8rmany ,to. be sold in the U.S. He
haG eL roaervation to sail·1'o l'Europ& on. JulyJ_ 2; .1948 •.
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study tbe present lep1, aispeci. of this p:rob1fitD: "
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to take specUlc 1a\eria~o.tor' ~ t1mB ~t cul.tw."8l properW
1. i.a the ouatod¥ of.Ameri.cilD'lA11ta.rY Qovel'lViJ8nt &ad waUl the
propel' aafepu'da \1Bd8I' Q6r!nail' law caa be apprcwed.
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~ the polJ1tlta of the Ua1Wd~te.'GoveriuDeA' be pubU.abod 11' appro
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1. Confidential r~port'on reconstruotion' in Germany of
HOBERT MJS.ES, Commissioner qf the Department of Parks of, the City
of .blew York (not aeen). .
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sda of public
colleotions for relief bekunby··.tho~ article by ALFHED AHDl:i:RSCH,
" Ji lbreoht Durer in Bueno 8 JdresT" in ·the Frank.furter Hefte, August
1947, pp. 743-6. ANDERSCH ,1s a German,' born IIi Munich in 1914, who
has worked in the propaganda sectiorio1~ a German firm. ;:Ho recollllnends
the sale of Itdead art ll for the. rt)lief of living people through a
hypothetioal.sale ofGerruan pUblio galleries' to Arg6mtinn iu return
for meat. It is a confu8e~and ,oynioal article with only slightly
veiled hostility to.·Amerioa·.:.
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2.eitung, Koln, September 29,·194'1;, (2) by 1a.l.FR£D ...YiOL'l'~RS.~.Sta.dtische
Oalorie, Frankfurt am Main).' Frankfurter Het'te, Oct. 1947F (3)
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at the request ot General';Qley., ...:lnformBl report made by Mr. Taylor
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oolleotionsshould be80ld:a·ga1n~'t·dollar. payment for the reoonstruction
of German oities and 'relfef'of Germe.n..populati:oh.
5. PropoaalIl,ade .byhlr. :PAUL·:L •. D.lUi'Y ~. a.German-born'ar,tdealer
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Germany in order· to' explore,th~ po.~~.ibP.:i tyoi' setting 'uP' a' lI;non
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The tollowing iDforma tion hais boen r'e'oeived conoerningproposed
sale fl.nd removal of public oolleo~ons ot art from the J\.merioan Zone
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1. Confidential report on reconstruotion in Germany of
.HUI3ii:.R'f MOSSS, Commissioner of the uepartment'of Parks of the City
of New York (not aeen).
2. controversy in the German !"resa on the aale of publio
oolleotions for relief begun bytbo article by ALFHED ARDERScH,
"Albrecht Durer in Buenos Alrell'" in the Franld'urter Hefte. August
lU47, pp. 743-0. ANDERSCH is a German, born lnMunich in 1914, who
has worked in the propaganda seotion 01' a German firm. He recomlQ8nda
the sale of "dead art!! for the relief of living people through a
hypothetioal aale of r~rman public galleries to Argentina ill return'
for meat. It is a confused and cynical artiole with only sli6htly
veiled hostility to America. " ' : "
Many replies in Vigorous protest tothia proposal have
appeared, inoluding (1), by ur. BAlIS SCHMITT, ir!':,tJ:I,e ,Rheinisohe
l.e1tung. loln, SeptembeI:' 20",,1&47;,·.(2) by 4IJI'RED i'iOLT£RS ~Stbdtische
Galerie, Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurter Hefte, 0ct. 1947~ (3)
CARL GJi.URG HhISE (Director of' the Kunathalle, Hamburg) ,io'rankfurter
.Hefte, vote 194'/ -- (Attachment, 1).
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Museum of Art, New York, to J.inerioan Zone of GerlDlUlY in October, 1947,
at the request of General Clay. . Informal report made by Mr. Taylor
to Assiat&.nt Seeretary.of War ,:General Drap8r~ (Attaohment 2,
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01' oertain German State Museums that a portion of thair publio·.
colleotions ahould be 801dagainst,dollar:'payment for the rOQonstruotion
of German citieaand relief of German populatiO~.
5. Propoad !i.ado by Mr. PAUL: L.· DREY;·a . German-born art, dealer
from MUnich with art store at.lla,st at .,.5.7'1;h· ~troet •.. Np,York,
un aroh 3 •. 1947 to Depart.m~ntof ~t&te Officer that he should bO to
Germany in order to explore, the POSSibUity:of, setting up a "non
profit making organhationff".o:i:' art 'doaiers, tobrin& works 01' tlrt from
private and public eollectionsiu:GarDllUlyto be sold in the U.S. Ho
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A requeRt'for lnformatlon on th8:'pos'slbl11ty of
purchasing. celebl'aten masterpieces, ';partlculal"ly French
palntlngs.from German private co1:Lectionswh1ch are
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man people and the American obligat1ons under the Tr1
parti te Agret=!ment of July 8. 1946 wl.th the U. K.. , and
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A..nnounced,e.n "Inter-Allied Declaration agaInst Acts of Dis
possess tor., ,:Jc!DI!li t ted in TerrI tor1es under En~my Occup8.tion
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the effect that they reserved :the right to "declare !.nvalid
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perflon vho steals propel-ty nor the one who maY··later come'
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Axis pover~ .drl.::#ot~Lce tha.t" when the time for' rec]coning
came, even a~?&rently legal transactions - such as GoeriD$'s
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ls.tee lnto action.
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and. canagement by the military gove~ent.
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets
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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>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Is Part Of
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<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/35992" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1040718" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Extent
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2954 folders
Text
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Paper
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Title
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[Sale of German Museums]
Creator
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
Art & Cultural Property Theft
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Box 223
<a href="http://clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/Systematic/Holocaust-Assets.pdf" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="http://catalog.archives.gov/description/6997222" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Reproduction-Reference
Date Created
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6/24/2013
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