Hermann Goering art collection catalog published on the Internet Automatic translate

German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum) in Berlin published on the Internet archival documents about 4263 works of art from the collection of Hermann Göring (Hermann Göring, 1893-1946), captured by the Reichsmarschall in 1945, after the surrender of Nazi Germany.

According to the German publication Der Spiegel, Goering’s collection “allows you to study the history of art”. Hitler’s closest ally began to collect the collection in 1928, when he became a deputy and began to receive regular income. Many works were acquired illegally - by extortion and robbery. The collection contains masterpieces of such classics as Albrecht Durer, Caravaggio, Sandro Botticelli, the Brueghel family, Peter Paul Rubens, Giovanni Bellini, Francois Boucher and others. Contemporary art is represented by the works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, Giorgio de Chirico and others. The works adorned the residence of the Nazi leader in Berlin, Berchtesgaden and East Prussia, in his castle Veldenstein in Franconia, Mauterndorf in Austria and others.

For the first time, part of the collection was described in 2009 by the American art historian and museum curator Nancy Yeide, whose research lasted seven years. In addition to painting, Goering’s collection contains sculptures, prints, tapestries, weapons, coins, etc., which were intended for the Schorfheide Museum in Berlin. Goering’s collection of works of art became the second largest, after Hitler’s special collection, which was to form the basis for the creation of the grand Fuhrer Museum in Linz.

Experts note that the published catalog will help clarify the fate of many art objects, including revealing several major thefts of the twentieth century.

Anna Sidorova