ERR

December 25, 2010

The Night of the Generals, directed by Anatole Litvak

Night of the Generals 1967 Movie PosterSource: IMPAwards I just finished watching this oldie but goodie from 1966, starring Peter O’Toole as a psychotic SS General, […]
March 24, 2011

Updates on the ERR database of art objects looted in German-occupied France

by Marc Masurovsky This is the first of a series of updates on additions and changes made to the database of art objects looted in German-occupied […]
March 24, 2011

ERR database—MA-B section

by Marc Masurovsky[updated on November 1, 2017] The MA-B section of the ERR database consists of 1403 datasets (as of November 1, 2017) describing paintings and […]
March 25, 2011

ERR database—UNB section [unbekannt/unknown owners]

It’s unclear when the Germans–SS and ERR staff combined–at the Jeu de Paume adopted this nomenclature of unbekannt or UNB for works and objects whose owners […]
April 10, 2011

Picasso at the Jeu de Paume

At least 86 works by Pablo Picasso fell into the hands of the Nazis’ plundering units headed by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) and were taken […]
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 […]
April 25, 2011

The fate of the Nikolsburg hoard

Nikolsburg CastleSource: Wikipedia Nikolsburg, now Mikulov, lies in the south Moravian region of the Czech Republic. After the Munich Pact of September 30, 1938, the town […]
May 1, 2011

The strange odyssey of Mme. Stumpf and her daughter

Madame Stumpf and Her DaughterSource: NGA The National Gallery of Washington in Washington, DC, holds more than a dozen paintings that were once looted by the […]
May 3, 2011

An Interactive sneak peek at the schedule for May 6-7, 2011, World War II Provenance Research Seminar in Washington, DC

A New Era of Collaboration and Digitized Resources:  World War II Provenance Research Seminar May 6-7, 2011 United States National Archives 700 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, […]