Jeu de Paume

December 25, 2010
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, […]
December 25, 2010
March 24, 2011
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
March 24, 2011
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 24, 2011
March 25, 2011
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 […]
March 25, 2011
April 10, 2011
April 10, 2011

ERR database—Frederic Unger collection (U)

by Marc Masurovsky I went over the items seized by the ERR from Frederic Unger, an Austrian citizen from Vienna who had left his home town […]
April 10, 2011
April 10, 2011
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 10, 2011
April 13, 2011
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 13, 2011
April 15, 2011
April 15, 2011

ERR database—The Voronoff Case

Georges Voronoff was born on 7 April 1873, in Voronej/Voronezh, Russia. A doctor by training, he and his wife, Andree, lived in Paris, at 132, rue […]
April 15, 2011
April 26, 2011
April 26, 2011

ERR database—Georges Bernheim

Georges Bernheim was a noted gallery owner and international art expert in pre-1940 Paris. Working under the label of the ‘Galerie Georges Bernheim,’ he had exhibited […]
April 26, 2011
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