Art historians, provenance researchers, museum curators, scholars of the Holocaust and the art market, If you would like to know whether a person in a provenance is a Holocaust victim… Read More

Every morning, I eat a satisfying breakfast, take my vitamins, drink a cup of delicious, energizing coffee, and I feel prepared to start the day. But sometimes, taking care of my physical be… Read More

What does it mean to find "Leegenhoek" in a WWII era provenance?The Art Looting Investigation Unit Final Report contains the following information:Leegenhoek, M O. Paris, 1 rue de Rennes/230… Read More

https://www.fold3.com/image/291857322National Archives Erhard Göpel was an art historian who worked as an art dealer for Adolf Hitler. Göpel's role in art looting was ext… Read More

https://www.fold3.com/image/232006580Holocaust-Era AssetsWWII OSS Art Looting Investigation ReportsFinal Report  Page 164 The Art Looting Investigation Unit Final Report contains severa… Read More

This post, in the educational series on the experimental digital tool for analysing provenance texts, demonstrates Ranking by Red Flag Names (photo: Albright-Knox).Work in progress. Feedback… Read More

 CIR 4CHAPTER IX - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONSHITLER took extraordinary precautions to clothe all Linz transactions in the appearance of legality. The forms of purchase were regular… Read More

Giulio and Luigi Grassi: Holocaust Era Assets WWII OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit Final Report Page 164source: https://www.fold3.com/image/232006580The Art Looting Investigation Uni… Read More

Education is something that never stops because you’ll never reach the point where you know everything there is to know about life. We really can learn something new every day. Th… Read More

 I have been blogging for a decade and have 370+ blog posts to my credit. Believe me when I tell you that this post has been the most time-consuming one (10 months to be exact) so far!I… Read More

Forbidden History spans the globe in search of hidden treasures, relics, and secrets. Pic credit: Science ChannelScience Channel brings back a favorite series that goes to the extreme length… Read More

A search on Kleinberger in the German Historical Museum Linz Database returns five paintingsThe name "Kleinberger" appears fourteen times in the French MNR database, five times in the German… Read More

Guest article by Shalan Lal (No event in history has caused as much impact on the world of politics and ideas as the Russian Revolution of October 1917. And no revolution has strayed as much… Read More

America is often called (mainly by Americans) the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.” Since brave tends to be a more subjective term, freedom is what I would prefer to… Read More