Dienststelle Westen

April 13, 2011

ERR database—Untangling the Hugo Simon collection

by Marc Masurovsky It may come as no surprise if I say that the job of documenting Nazi-sponsored art thefts can be a tedious undertaking.  The […]
June 9, 2011

“A Harvest Scene (Heuernte)” by Philip Wouwerman

It required the death at the age of 96 on March 19, 2007, of a German art historian turned notorious Nazi plunderer and war criminal, Bruno […]
October 8, 2018

It is not heirless unless we say it is

by Marc Masurovsky In late January 2015, HASHAVA sponsored a visit to the kibbutz of Ein Harod and its museum of Jewish artists near Mount Gilboa. […]
January 8, 2020

The fate of the collection of Alexandra Pregel, aka Avxente

Alexandra Pregel. http://www.bnphoto.org/pregel/home.htm by Marc Masurovsky [This is the third installment of the series on the alleged destruction of works of art at the Jeu de Paume […]