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OFFICE OF STRTEOIO SimVIOES ART LOOTING I NVESTIGATION WIT

APO 413 us ATY

DETaIIED INlElllOGATION lEPORT NO bull 9

15 s eptember 1945

SUBJECT W~ hNDRE9 HOFER

THEOOOHF noussuo ro

Uouwnaot USNR

Distribution

UmiddotSmiddot Chief of Counse l NUremberg 6 us Group cc (Germany ) MFA amp A 4 USFET t MFA amp A 6 USFAustria (USACJ) MFA amp A 2 G-5 fCivil Af1aira ilar ))Opt 2 Roberts Commission 2 stote Dept - Ewn 2 Brit El cc Germany) MFA amp A 6 1bullCbullJbull British) IF1 amp A 2 M middotE middot~middot 2 DmiddotGmiddotE middotRmiddot 4 COIIIIle Qen Netherlands (Eo rtecup) 2 Internal end Jile 12

eetrlloagr H bull TABlE at CONTENTS

I INmODUCTIQN bull l

II ~SONAL ~ bull bull l

nr THE DIRECTOR OF THE REICFB1ARSCHAILbull s CQUECTioNs 1

Amiddot Belationship to Goerina middot bull l l Bmiddot Confiscations middot bull 2 c Plrohases 3 Dmiddot Sales bull bullbull 4

IV THE DEJJER 4

The Hofer Dooling Eatobliehmunt 4 Clients bullbull bull bullbullbullbull 4

0 middot Dealer Contacts bull bull 4

v PERSONAL PQSSESSIQNS bull 8

VI SlMMRY 9

VII ~COL lEW TION3 FOR ACTION 9

REFERENCES

Amiddot Consolidated Interrogation Report No l 1 Aetivi ty of tbe Eineatzstab Rosenberg in Francebull

B bull Consolidated Interrogation Report No 2 1 The GOERING Collectionbull

C Report bullThe Miedl middotcase bull 1 May 1945

Dmiddot Do t oiled Interr ogation Report No ll bullwaltor Bornbeimbull

OQNllPEmW

I bull IITRODUOTIltJi

Waltor Androas HOFER was intorroeatod a t t bo OSS Spocial Interrogashytion ()Ontor in Alt Auseco Austria f rom l rune t o 15 SOptoDigtor 1945 bull His activitie s na d irector of tho GOERING Collection havo bo~n dosoribed in Consol1datod Interrogation Report NUmbor 2 THE GOEfliiD COLlECTION bull This r eport is intended to give an a ccount of his notivi t y as an independent dealor and to dotormine too extont of his roaponaibility tar the col lection by fur thor emphasizing thos e tspoct s of its f ormction in nhioh his role was most important bull

II PEMQNAL HOFER was b orn in Berlin on tho lOth of Fubruory 1893 bull He attended

elexoont cry schools (Gymnasium) and u businuss school f or loather buying in Borlin During World war I ho f ought os o priva te in the infantry fran 1914 t o 1918 He began his CCU(JOr illJIOd i otoly after tho war in MUnich and Tho Hague a s an ossistant in tho l irm of hie bro ~bar-in-law KUrt Wal tor BAOHSTITZ the art doflor with whom ho worlmd until 1928 Tboy brolro off relations af tor a quorrol in 1928 cnd HOFEil moved t o Berlin whcro bo stuCied art for two yc=u-a From 1930 t o 1934 bo was empl oyed cs an assistant by the collector-deal e r J F I1EBEil of Lausnnne Switzorland f or wham he acted as o socr v tary and compan i on accompanying him on trips t o Englcnd Fronco Holland and Itoly In 1935 bo beonroan indopondont donlor in Berlin

HOFER spent t ho first fivu yonrs of Vorld Wcr II workiJl8 f or the GOEIUNG Collection Dl January 1944 ho was draftcrl as a privo to in tho sunrd rugimnt of tho ~rmann Gooring Diviaiop Ber l in nnd ca lled to actiVCI duty in October 1944 He woe promoted t o SOr(]9ont in Novelligter 1944middot Ffgt was d ischarged on 4 May 1945 During his en tiro military s ershyvice bo was assigned t o Corinha ll

HOFER says thot be was nevor a mmbor of tho Nozi Party H9 says that this is duo t o tha f eet that i t wos not noco asary f or those who worked for GOEttm He admits thnt ho woul d bavo j oinod it bo had beon eslmd t o ond that oo enquired on s~voral occasions from GRITZBAOH to find out if 1 t would bo a 1eairnblo t hing f or him t o do

III THE OIIlECTOR OF ffiE bullr IClJCr l13CltLL 1 S COUEOllQNS

Abull Re lationship to GOERING

The initial impulse in tho oroation of tha OOEROO Collection1and the Dl)ans by which i t woe created unquostionnblY camo frarr the Heiobsmarsohall himself HowoVr tho mon who is a t least as responsib~e as his elliot f or the mthods empl oyod end for tho choice of the majority of the objoota is HOFER

HOFER was b oth t he chief advisor and t he rtlOst activo agent bull devoted a ll his time and onar gy to t llo col lection Howovo1middot his r ole w~s by no Dl)uns limited t o obeying orders Whatlvor tbo e i tuation be was a lwnys proeant at hie lllllstvr bulls e lbow with a pkn f a ir ar f oul t o obtain the object which tboy desired ))l mat oases tbeir views coincided an1 as GOlmiNG hod many other problema to loep him occupied ImER was able to oarry out his own suggestions H8 knew 11011 bow to ingrotiote himso~ b7 cateriDB t o OOKRDIPa bad taste tor tlOIid nudoa ana elaboraw 8ltor~ pieces by oppoaliDg to his attlrioe and by tlattering hie manatroua YaJlity What tho Reiohamaraoholl said in public was al_aye right Later when they WOJe alODe HOJlm was confident that he oould alwaya makamp him obonge hie m1zl4 bull

eetrlloagr H bull TABlE at CONTENTS

I INmODUCTIQN bull l

II ~SONAL ~ bull bull l

nr THE DIRECTOR OF THE REICFB1ARSCHAILbull s CQUECTioNs 1

Amiddot Belationship to Goerina middot bull l l Bmiddot Confiscations middot bull 2 c Plrohases 3 Dmiddot Sales bull bullbull 4

IV THE DEJJER 4

The Hofer Dooling Eatobliehmunt 4 Clients bullbull bull bullbullbullbull 4

0 middot Dealer Contacts bull bull 4

v PERSONAL PQSSESSIQNS bull 8

VI SlMMRY 9

VII ~COL lEW TION3 FOR ACTION 9

REFERENCES

Amiddot Consolidated Interrogation Report No l 1 Aetivi ty of tbe Eineatzstab Rosenberg in Francebull

B bull Consolidated Interrogation Report No 2 1 The GOERING Collectionbull

C Report bullThe Miedl middotcase bull 1 May 1945

Dmiddot Do t oiled Interr ogation Report No ll bullwaltor Bornbeimbull

OQNllPEmW

I bull IITRODUOTIltJi

Waltor Androas HOFER was intorroeatod a t t bo OSS Spocial Interrogashytion ()Ontor in Alt Auseco Austria f rom l rune t o 15 SOptoDigtor 1945 bull His activitie s na d irector of tho GOERING Collection havo bo~n dosoribed in Consol1datod Interrogation Report NUmbor 2 THE GOEfliiD COLlECTION bull This r eport is intended to give an a ccount of his notivi t y as an independent dealor and to dotormine too extont of his roaponaibility tar the col lection by fur thor emphasizing thos e tspoct s of its f ormction in nhioh his role was most important bull

II PEMQNAL HOFER was b orn in Berlin on tho lOth of Fubruory 1893 bull He attended

elexoont cry schools (Gymnasium) and u businuss school f or loather buying in Borlin During World war I ho f ought os o priva te in the infantry fran 1914 t o 1918 He began his CCU(JOr illJIOd i otoly after tho war in MUnich and Tho Hague a s an ossistant in tho l irm of hie bro ~bar-in-law KUrt Wal tor BAOHSTITZ the art doflor with whom ho worlmd until 1928 Tboy brolro off relations af tor a quorrol in 1928 cnd HOFEil moved t o Berlin whcro bo stuCied art for two yc=u-a From 1930 t o 1934 bo was empl oyed cs an assistant by the collector-deal e r J F I1EBEil of Lausnnne Switzorland f or wham he acted as o socr v tary and compan i on accompanying him on trips t o Englcnd Fronco Holland and Itoly In 1935 bo beonroan indopondont donlor in Berlin

HOFER spent t ho first fivu yonrs of Vorld Wcr II workiJl8 f or the GOEIUNG Collection Dl January 1944 ho was draftcrl as a privo to in tho sunrd rugimnt of tho ~rmann Gooring Diviaiop Ber l in nnd ca lled to actiVCI duty in October 1944 He woe promoted t o SOr(]9ont in Novelligter 1944middot Ffgt was d ischarged on 4 May 1945 During his en tiro military s ershyvice bo was assigned t o Corinha ll

HOFER says thot be was nevor a mmbor of tho Nozi Party H9 says that this is duo t o tha f eet that i t wos not noco asary f or those who worked for GOEttm He admits thnt ho woul d bavo j oinod it bo had beon eslmd t o ond that oo enquired on s~voral occasions from GRITZBAOH to find out if 1 t would bo a 1eairnblo t hing f or him t o do

III THE OIIlECTOR OF ffiE bullr IClJCr l13CltLL 1 S COUEOllQNS

Abull Re lationship to GOERING

The initial impulse in tho oroation of tha OOEROO Collection1and the Dl)ans by which i t woe created unquostionnblY camo frarr the Heiobsmarsohall himself HowoVr tho mon who is a t least as responsib~e as his elliot f or the mthods empl oyod end for tho choice of the majority of the objoota is HOFER

HOFER was b oth t he chief advisor and t he rtlOst activo agent bull devoted a ll his time and onar gy to t llo col lection Howovo1middot his r ole w~s by no Dl)uns limited t o obeying orders Whatlvor tbo e i tuation be was a lwnys proeant at hie lllllstvr bulls e lbow with a pkn f a ir ar f oul t o obtain the object which tboy desired ))l mat oases tbeir views coincided an1 as GOlmiNG hod many other problema to loep him occupied ImER was able to oarry out his own suggestions H8 knew 11011 bow to ingrotiote himso~ b7 cateriDB t o OOKRDIPa bad taste tor tlOIid nudoa ana elaboraw 8ltor~ pieces by oppoaliDg to his attlrioe and by tlattering hie manatroua YaJlity What tho Reiohamaraoholl said in public was al_aye right Later when they WOJe alODe HOJlm was confident that he oould alwaya makamp him obonge hie m1zl4 bull

OQNllPEmW

I bull IITRODUOTIltJi

Waltor Androas HOFER was intorroeatod a t t bo OSS Spocial Interrogashytion ()Ontor in Alt Auseco Austria f rom l rune t o 15 SOptoDigtor 1945 bull His activitie s na d irector of tho GOERING Collection havo bo~n dosoribed in Consol1datod Interrogation Report NUmbor 2 THE GOEfliiD COLlECTION bull This r eport is intended to give an a ccount of his notivi t y as an independent dealor and to dotormine too extont of his roaponaibility tar the col lection by fur thor emphasizing thos e tspoct s of its f ormction in nhioh his role was most important bull

II PEMQNAL HOFER was b orn in Berlin on tho lOth of Fubruory 1893 bull He attended

elexoont cry schools (Gymnasium) and u businuss school f or loather buying in Borlin During World war I ho f ought os o priva te in the infantry fran 1914 t o 1918 He began his CCU(JOr illJIOd i otoly after tho war in MUnich and Tho Hague a s an ossistant in tho l irm of hie bro ~bar-in-law KUrt Wal tor BAOHSTITZ the art doflor with whom ho worlmd until 1928 Tboy brolro off relations af tor a quorrol in 1928 cnd HOFEil moved t o Berlin whcro bo stuCied art for two yc=u-a From 1930 t o 1934 bo was empl oyed cs an assistant by the collector-deal e r J F I1EBEil of Lausnnne Switzorland f or wham he acted as o socr v tary and compan i on accompanying him on trips t o Englcnd Fronco Holland and Itoly In 1935 bo beonroan indopondont donlor in Berlin

HOFER spent t ho first fivu yonrs of Vorld Wcr II workiJl8 f or the GOEIUNG Collection Dl January 1944 ho was draftcrl as a privo to in tho sunrd rugimnt of tho ~rmann Gooring Diviaiop Ber l in nnd ca lled to actiVCI duty in October 1944 He woe promoted t o SOr(]9ont in Novelligter 1944middot Ffgt was d ischarged on 4 May 1945 During his en tiro military s ershyvice bo was assigned t o Corinha ll

HOFER says thot be was nevor a mmbor of tho Nozi Party H9 says that this is duo t o tha f eet that i t wos not noco asary f or those who worked for GOEttm He admits thnt ho woul d bavo j oinod it bo had beon eslmd t o ond that oo enquired on s~voral occasions from GRITZBAOH to find out if 1 t would bo a 1eairnblo t hing f or him t o do

III THE OIIlECTOR OF ffiE bullr IClJCr l13CltLL 1 S COUEOllQNS

Abull Re lationship to GOERING

The initial impulse in tho oroation of tha OOEROO Collection1and the Dl)ans by which i t woe created unquostionnblY camo frarr the Heiobsmarsohall himself HowoVr tho mon who is a t least as responsib~e as his elliot f or the mthods empl oyod end for tho choice of the majority of the objoota is HOFER

HOFER was b oth t he chief advisor and t he rtlOst activo agent bull devoted a ll his time and onar gy to t llo col lection Howovo1middot his r ole w~s by no Dl)uns limited t o obeying orders Whatlvor tbo e i tuation be was a lwnys proeant at hie lllllstvr bulls e lbow with a pkn f a ir ar f oul t o obtain the object which tboy desired ))l mat oases tbeir views coincided an1 as GOlmiNG hod many other problema to loep him occupied ImER was able to oarry out his own suggestions H8 knew 11011 bow to ingrotiote himso~ b7 cateriDB t o OOKRDIPa bad taste tor tlOIid nudoa ana elaboraw 8ltor~ pieces by oppoaliDg to his attlrioe and by tlattering hie manatroua YaJlity What tho Reiohamaraoholl said in public was al_aye right Later when they WOJe alODe HOJlm was confident that he oould alwaya makamp him obonge hie m1zl4 bull

QONDENTW

Now that Germany baa bee n de f eat e d anq GOERING middotfrom a Reicbsmsr echall has be como a crimina l HOFER may yrell i nsist t hct his relationship t o his f ormer chief wa s a l ways thnt of an independent dealer who givoa first refusal on all his wares t o his most important client bull In the g l orious days of Nazism it was quito a difforonii stor y Then wit h most of Europe coymring in terror of tho Luftvtaffo HOFEn proudly flaunted his titlo of Dire ktor der IOlnatsar~unamp~n dee PoichamRrBC~allsbull It was ongrnvod on his vis itins cards rm~ his s t ntionory ~d it was thus t hat he inaiateil on being lmown wherever he wont He was e xtreJmly j eashyl ous of his position Ho suspoctod thc t othora ~rc cons t antly pl o tting t o disp l a ce him nnd his atti tuco t o a ll who rppr unohod tte ReichamaracPDll was hostile The other witnesses nro unanimous in conf irming t h is middot There is little doub t t ha t he not only wa s but wanton mre thon anything o lae t o be GOERING s a l wr ego ns far as tho Colle ction was c cnce rne d bull

Bmiddot Confis cntions

Throughout his in torrog~tion HOFEI1 hcs tried t o give too imshypressi on t lv-t his part in the bu ilding up of tho Colle ction was l imi tod t o advising GOERIID with r CJBarf t o bulllegal purchnsos Howe ver the evi-shydenco and jn many c1aes his own altmiss i ona have proved that he p l ayed a l ending par t in al mos t e vory a spuct of its f ormation He bega n by sta ting t hat he was ne ver co nsul ted in the choice of works of art from c onfiscated c olle ctions This he enid was cone entire ly by GOERING with t he staff of the EnR middot Howe VCr he lat e r admi tted t hnt us early as 1940 he chose objects from such c olle ctions with tho help of St~atarat ~ of t ho Paris Mili t uor verwaltung and h is col lab or a t inia t agents (see no shyferonoe B pano 24) one~ t hnt l o t or in 1941 he c crr ier on t he arum actishyvity under t ht gui cbnce cf t oo Dc viaonschutzkommanno (soe Re f e r ence B p 1go 26 and Atta cbloont 1 ) Thouch r epca tudly ques tioned on middot the subject he ut f ira t den i e d huvinB ony but the mos t superficial kncWledgo of GOElJNG a transa c Jions with the Eim middot middotrn c ontr adiction t o this LOHSE BqRCHERS aqd KnESS all say that be almost olwoys pre ceded middottho neichsmoracholl s viei~a t o the Jou de Pawoo and goncrally speakinu p l ayed an activ part in ~11 the proceedings The docurxnts amon(~ t hem HOFER a ovm l e tters c onfirm their stmiddot~temnt (see Ref er ence B Attaolllmnts 1 and 55) Dl a lottor of

middot 2 Soptembor 1941 middot he urgently advised GOERnJG to ha ve tlio confiscated cotloctions of tho bullJe ws Paul nosonber g and Braque bull transferred from ~ordeaux t o Paris and the c 9lle ction of the bullre wa Annre ann J eon seliemannbull from the credit LYorinaia bank t o t he Jcu do Pawoo Ho added t hDt be bad made the necessary arrnngenyenlnts VIi th Herr von BEl-IR

He pound1l so claimld almos t compl e t e i gnor EplCO of the GOEIUID amiddotxcbrugea with t he ERR (for full de t a ils see Ref erence a pogo 25) but ~he docushymnts show tha t on 23 November 1942 he h imself signed t he exchange oonttgtactbull which gave a painting by Utr illo confiscated from the Bernheim Oollectio~ t o the bullJew LOEBL in exchange for the entire art l ibrary of the IaEINBETIGER Gallery Vlhan confronted with this evidence HOFEn declared tha t he could not r emember having dono it t qot be must have put his aignut~ to a blank p i ece of paper

There is undeniable proof that ho a l one went t o t he Jeu de Paune and chose the oonfiscnted paintina s from t he Pa ul ROSENBEL1G Collection f or the e xchange with WENDLNP (see Ref erence B atta chmnts 1 and 55)

The confiscated Impressionist paintinga f or tho oxohance with fiSCHER of Lu~rn were officiall y g iven out t o HOFER b y the Enn staff a t the Neushyechwanstein r epository (See Ref e rence B Attoclu)aot 5 1) Indeed be soems to have conducted all the ncgqtia~ions for tb1a transaction singleshy

handed as be later did tor t he e xclulllge middotWith VENIURA (see Ret e r onoe B middot Attachments 53 and 57 t o 62)

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bull CONB IDENTIAL

That he was not only fully infornDd about tho activities middotot ~ue EM but a l so r epeatedly both advised OOETIOO end somati~a a cted CD hts own initiative t o obtain confiscated ob jects for the Co llection is proven by his own letters to his chief On 26 Septetlbcr 1941 ( see neference B Attachment l) be boaateo about his r ecent s~ lootio~ of 19th Century French pictures from the Jou de PaUIIY3 and relatec1 hof7 he had had the J oseph i10TT1En Collection frozen by the Devisenachutzko~no until ba could ascertain wbather or not the owner wa s a Jew He oleo l ouglingly told how be had offered the painter BRAQUE a speedy r e l uase of his mis talronl y confiscated collection if be would be willing t o sel l his Cronoch a picture which HOFEn knew hl=l never intended to part with In the sal$ l ett er he strongly advised GOERING to t ake cortuin specific pictures frQm the rtOTHSCHilD Collections and drev1 his ottention in porticular to the1r voluminous collection of m dern f ampmily- jewelrybull On 22 January 1942 he remindod GOERING that Frau von p~~aTZbull colle ction should bo pl a ced in 11 Saf~shykeep init in the event of a rupture with Jrgentina aa added t hst the col lection wa s then l ocated i n thamp care of the Director of tho Ri j ksmuseum in JIJDSterdam t o whom it had b oen entr usted b y tho owner - - in other wor ds the transfer t o safe keepin3 by GOErtiNG vas Il(lre lil03ly t o be confiscation

C purchasee

With regard to purchases HaFEn certainly played t he l eading role bull He visited almost all tho dealers ana collt ct0rs in preperotion for GO~INGs coming and the Reichsmarsc hall hardly evor saw a picture which had no~ been previously passed by him He was pr e sent at an~ participat ed in all

t he negot iations In the gre a t majority of caso s he conducted them He signed the contract f or the GOUDSTJllthER purchase (ace Ro f er ence B AttaohshyIOOnt 17) and be al one de alt vrith nENDERS van GElDER KOENIGS PROhllll QONTINI and VTENDLANP n ot t o mention numsrous deol ers (For f ull details ~ee Reference B Chaptor VI pages 32 t u 118)

HOFER ha~ always clairmd t hat he was concerned wit h the purchases only a s an art expert He says that ho knew very little abou t the quesshyt ion of payrmnts because it was handlod by GRITZBACH Praulein LIMBERGER GEROH and other toombers of the Stabsamt Here ogain tbe documen tary evishydence and his own later admissions show his statoiOOnt to be untrue ~ was nell aware of tbe financ ial as~)e ots of every dea l in which be t ook a part In barga ining he was second to none not even to hie chief GO~ING

~middotmiddot in his middotlettor of 21 Negtvember 1940 to FISCHBOEK refers t o him as his expert ~ ~pound1 ~nd appraiser bull In many oases he alone hondlod all the questions of p~shyv ~ mnt bull J3 wa have seen oo signed tho GOUDSTIKlmR contract althou~fi he

~ c laims t hat it was GRITZBACH who took care of the business aspe cts of ~he purchase (see Ref erence B Attachment 17) His lett er t o GOiRING of middot 14 July 1943 proves that he knew about the cond i tiona of poynJ3n t for the RENDERS Col lection (s ee Ref er ence B Attaohnlant 44) He himse lf ad~itf havdng set t~ fantaatically inflated prices fcrr the VENltlRA exchan~ (see ~ference B page 137) Tho r a ce ipts were written in his name when pa~~t was IJyenid~ for middottbe a oquisi t iona from Frau von NNWITZ TIETJE ten CATE and van GlIDER (see Reference B Attootltwnta 20a9 20b 21 38 39) bull He personally middotsmuggled the puyman t in Swiss francs to BOITEL thr9ugh DILLENBEHG bulls office (see Refer ence B ~ttachmonts 12 and 13)bull

HOFER a OVIllmiddot letters t o GOERING are fnll of middot refere nces to financial

matters and t o his success in bringing down priQes He insisted on a low appraisal for the confiacoted Pnul Rosenber g pictures (see Rampferenoe B~ Attaclment 55) a lthough he wae well aware of their va l ue on tho German market (see ~ference B Atteollmnt 1) rn a letter of 2 Novelltgter l94Q bull he said that he changed the Prioe of the Rubens Por t r ai t of Bishop Triest fromSWJ lSOOOO to SWJ 110 000 OD4 June 1941 he wrote thatmiddot be had brousht OatnINIbulle bill down from Lire 7 Sooooo to 6 000 ooo and BELLINI bulls fran L1J8middot 475 000 to 400 000 bull on 22 Septembor 1941 bo s ove CJQERIOO a

middot i- 3-

OONBInEmIAL

do t Cliled QtlSlyais of t he va l ues of pioturas shor tly to bo auct ioned b y LANGE Indoed there is hDrdly a lu ttor in middotnhioh bo did not mak8 some mont ion of prioe or payments Frauloin LDBERGER and LOJISE bot h recall tbat whon HOFER ANGERER and GRITZBACH mt tboy would often joke about their success in forcing prices dow Both of thoso tt1 tnesses agree that HOFZR inspired ond encouragud GO~ in hie natural tundency to be moan and avaricious

D bull Sales

ben GOERING sold object3 from the cc llocti on HOFER also took care of the pQYOOnts MlEDL bought thll confiacotltd pictures which he tried to conceal in Switzerland from HOFEn (ampuv R~foroncd 8 page 149 end Atta chloont 66) On ~ July 1942 HOFEn m-oto to GOERING 1 Prof bull HOFmLNN bought from 100 the _Sunday HuntEJr by Sigt Hzgtrog for RM middot 22 000 bull Finally 17hon GRITZB4CH sold a group or puintings to OOERINCI s fr iends tho transaction took place in HOFER a shop in the Augsburgerstr asse ( eeo ReuroJ fCJronce l3 page 153)

IV THE DEALER

Amiddot Tho HOFER Deal ing Es tablislroont

HOFim a l ways preferred t o work alono The pamprsonnel of his art dealing business was composed of only himsolf and his wife 81 never oven cmployed a se cretary but t ypod his correspondampnco himself

He was most f ortunute in that the otlLr nspJcts of ll dealing establishshyJOOnt suches tronsportntion stor e e tc 17amprc taken care of by the GOLRnJ organization All those ho kn middot him ~e that he wElS a t ireshyless lTOrker who devoted every minute of tho d1_yen to hie bus iness He appearD to have trusted no one a sentimtmt which was hunrtily recipr oshycated by llos t of those who caiOO into contnct l1itl him

Bmiddot Clients

M has already been stated ha vtas an in ro ~ttl part of the GOERI OO organization which occupie d qll hie tilro As a recrul t of t hi s hi e cliunts with one or t wo r ar e exceptions v~r~ ul l f rom GOERINGs ont our aee The groat bulk of his b ue inose uas tho sale of the GOERING Ohr i atmaa and birthday presents The unuDua l circumstances surrounding t heeo havo boen described i n Heforonce B p1go 32 Thor a seems t o hav~ boon DO f ixed m9thod of paym3nt f or those present s Soroo t imes cbecks woro mode out directly t o tho Klllstf ond but moru frequently t hey uere mn~e out to HOFER who deposi~d the mon~y into his account in t he or esshydonor Bank and t hen peid the Jrunstfond vri th hie orm cback Tho opp orshytunitie s for profts wer e conaider Jble and HOFER took full advantage of them He complains t hat war texes took away 90 por cent of ewrythln8 b9 made and that he just rmnQEJ3d on wbat was left over The latter s tbtem9nt i s diff icult t o believe His profits were c l e ar since hie living was almos t ent irely taken caro of by tbe GOZJUNG organimtion

Attachment l t o this report cont ains a list ot HDFKRs clien~s talm n from hi s oID account boolm incl uding too ob je cts ao ld t o eac h client wi t h t he ir price and indicating uhot her t bGy woro intended as a private purobose or for a pre s6 nt t o GOERINGmiddot

c Pooler Qaltacts

Noto A list of HCIBlPs purobaSea u an Meampadant dealer ill OODtaine4 1Jl AttacbDUl 2 to thill repcrt

In QelIDampIl7 HOJER ba4 no oloee OCDDtoUou with~ 4ealer Bemiddot ton lie besan bie work t~ ~ lp ba4 beea OCIIIpllramp~wb ~m~mown a4

4middot

as eoCn rs bo r oso t~ prominence tho foar of bu1n6 displnoed prevented him from forming any close associa tions in the ort oorld He eeys that HBERshySTOCK shortly after OSSE bull s deet h su~sostampd fortling a pbullrtnership on offer whioh be ~tur~lly refused

In foreign countries HOFER bEd a ollll grOll of busindss friends T1ith whom he norked very closely His gtrolon~d nbseuc~Js mlde it imshyposampible for him to keep a constant 17atoh over the loonl markets and so it T1QS important for him to heve a t lecs t onv r e sident oontaot With tbe exception of poor Dutch and frc~nt~y Englisa HaFEn speaks no f oruisn lnnguage T1hich made it nooes snry f or hin t o find a guiltb and interpreter whom be knew and could trust if only t o a l imited extent He also found l ocal people usoful in obtaining f ore1~ currency and other bueinoss f a cilities which oc needod HQFEq hld u small private account book in 7hioh he noted his financial deelin ~s with such puople unforshytunately the entries are limited t o the year l9h4 middot Thore f ollows a list of t ho ~at tmportant of these contacts with a briof deacri~tion of their relntiOlShip t o HOFER It i s interesting to noto th t 71th the exception of HOOOENDI JK all have a shady reputation in tho art wor ld

(For furtoor details soe Aefc r anca B plgo 56bull)

lENDIAW had a str ong 1nfluonoe on HOFER v1ho bns an unl iLlited admiration f or his connoisseurship and his BPnoral knonledsa ot business He was HOFERs chiof cont ect Jld agent in SWitzerland T1hlaquoru be worked ill unoffioi l pertoorship with FISCGR (see Re shyforonco 3 p1ge 111) and ill Frnnco nhoro lJa oondod a dampaling syndiccte of which HOFE llB a t the 88100 tiro o xoomber enlt proshybably the most imyortant s ourco of incom bull (amp(J ~farenee B page 34 middot )

HOFER had a close busillosa connootj on ~11th WENDLLND This is proVampo by his own admissions ~n by ontries in his private account book rl though t he full ax ton t of 1 t h 8 not yet cone to light Both F ISCIER end BOITEL a lao worlcod closoly with them

Entries in the account book on 18 nhd 22 rbrch 1944 show that WENDLANgt Ol~d HOFER 1000000 French iranoa fvr var ious advances whioh tba l a t ter had medo t o BOITEL cunons t l1om the sum of 10000 Swiss francs sent bullby oourior through DiniENJERG bull On 28 JUDe 1944 WENDLND is also noted as owina 700000 Fronch frcnoa f or a pQYlmnt

bull of 35 000 reichsmarka made by HOFER t o Frhu Mnr~arete NZNDIAm in Berlin Tho purpose of these trananotions wee t o provide HOFER with ft-cnoe in Paris in erchange for tho various focili ties which he could otfer through h is position with GOERING AJlotoor en try em

~~~arch 1944 states that HOFER owod lYEllgtLArlD 1 800000 French trance ( 90 000 r eichamerks) the proceode ot tho sale of six paintinas by M)ert Robert These aro tho paintinas sold to MIEDL and originally bought by HOFER from nEQUOY (SOo nemiddotf ercnce 0) HOlllm acted as WENDLAND bulle aeon t in this oeee bull

WENDLIND was instruoental in lllpiJg HOliEa t o obtain SWiss france from GOFRnn without t ho lattur bulls Q)owledlfl woon RllNDLU-1) bad e painting for sele which be bad obteined in Poria BOFim with Ilia egreeDIBllt would Worm OltZRING that tho pointillg bllld oaas from Jrnulein SOHtJLISSS 1n Sw1 t21erlampd and must tbarEtfore be paid tar ~ Striae trance Thus HOVER reae1VQd tbe Sia fruoa aD4 bull Ule4 hi8 debt witb IENDIIRgt in lleaeh floanoa TO bullbabull extent flolle1D SOHDL~ waa a party ~ tbla trlok 1a Dot middotknown 1ba toUawrtDs pSoturea were aol4 1n this JDIDDir 1

CONFIDENTIAL

1 LucllB van ~yden The Betrothal

2 Lucas cranach daratj on of tbJ Uosi the Elder

3 bull Follcmer cpound Roger Tho Madonna painted hy St Luke van der leyden

4 School of Rubens ortrait of Suznnno Fournant

All of these paintings n ro boug ht by CNDL0lD in Pnris Nos 3 and 4 HOFER reOOLlbers os having c om frv11 d AlRI

This confession that he hod combln-~d ttith JENDLND to deceive hj s ~~star ca~ belatedly from HOFEl durin6 the lost days of his i t ror rbullg l ~ion He admi ttod at thr t tilJ thet his orisinal stateshy

w-m I t llt~t the School of Rubens had beon paid f or with French fimiddota1cs r~as untrue

I n gratitude f or tho largo profits which ho derived from his soloa to GOERING VlENDlJND paid HOFER c ocmissions soever hero again this was done indirectly ani t ho llODOY CQOj out of GOERINGs pockot WENDLAND nnd HOFE~ ~ed on a ~ivon increase in the prices which ~ere submittltd t o GOERING nnd c fter paymont was complo tod the difference was paid back by iIZNDIAND to HOF3R The conmisaions also took tho form of pictures among which were the follo7ing a

1 Jacob Ruysdaampl P n ir of Landscape s (lator s o ld by HOFER t~gt STEEGMAN)

2 Salomon Ruysdae l JAndSCIlpE)

(storod with HOFER s possessions in Neuhaus)

3middot Jan von Goyen Landscape ( sold t o ADBLS)

Theodoro FISCHER - Luce rne - (For f urthor details eeo Reference B page 111 )

Most of FISCHER s business with middot HOFER is connoct6d in some woy trith VIENDLAND middot This is most apporent in t he oxchonges when IENDLAND acted a s FISCHER bull s ngont in tll3 choice of Dngtressionists offered bY GOERlNG (sae Heforence B pc go 132 ) In SWitzerland they a l so wor ked toga toor UENDLND of course remained in the background because under Swiss l aw he was not a llowed t o engage in business middot

HorEn says th9t FISCHER paid hiJn ccmlissions Scmetimes this was done by marking up tho price ot pictures so l d to GOER~ eXQctly a s in the case of VIENDLAND HOFER race1wd money on the sale of the following pictures in this mc~nor

1 Montagna lttedonna and Qhild

2 LUcas crnnaoh The Iast s upper tbo Elder

3middot Master ot the Female Half-lengths

QONBIDENIAL

FISCHER gave HOFER 55000 Swiss franca to settle a Oebt whioh HOFER owod Frau SCHMIDLIN for the ~uroboeo of a portrait of a Boy by IJlibl HOFER says t bnt this begnn as a l oon but ended up as o gift Finolly he also presented HOFJn with the following paintings 1

1 Buerk61 Two Itali~ Laadaccpos Sold to H HOFFMANN

2 a zuegel Landscape with Sbuop bull bull bull 3middot Menzel O~eants Going t o 1~ss I I I

4middot S- l anon Ruysdael Landscape (Stored with HOFERs property at Neuhaus)

Achillo~- ~~rJ~-1middot middot Poria (For furthor de toils Jee r(sfer EJnce B page 36 )

ilt lbullronch collabor a tionist toomhor of WENDIJND bulla doaling synshydicoto in Paris He oct~d as WENDLAND s agont after the Swiss outhorities made it impossible f or hiru to lcr~VCJ t 1nt country In this capacity BOITEL negotiated ~ith tho Cantosso do lo BOSHUE f or tho sole of her tapestry (see Rctoronco B pogamp 6o ) nnd indicated to H~ pictures held on commission for 7ENDLNo by Poria dealers such os HEIFER bull

Although HOFSR mnint~ins that ht bQd only a casua l business contact wi tb BOirEL the evidence snows t 10t tlBy frequently hod finonc i o l dealings HOFER oc ted ~s his agont in se 11 ing pictures to GOE1 ING (s~u11 neter ence B I p~o 37) 1 md sent bim SWiss franca clandestinely through D~EERG a office (sac nefer6noe B 4ttachshyImnts 12 and 13)middot With IENgtLAND BOIrEL woe HOFER s chief source of Fronch francs In 1943 bE odvancod HOFER 2800 000 French franca to buy the study for e Portrait of o ucn tiltpring D Broed-Br1nroed Re1 by Rombrandt fran LOEBL and 750 000 French 1ronce for the Flower fieshy~ by Fantin Latour from FJBIINI HOFER s privata aooount boolc shone thtlt BOIIEL owed him 1000 000 Fronch francs f or debts inshyourrcd between November 1943 an~ March 1944middot Tho entrios under IENOLJND olrvady referred to snow th t HOFER also sent him Stiss francs privately through t he courior and DllLENrRGs office It is worthy of note that SWiss currency constantly turns up in cOilleoshytion with BOIIELmiddot It is possible tha t h6 woo also in touch with

FISCHER since it was in tho latters possession thlt HOFER bulldisshycovered bull the pendant to the Cranoch portr~i t of o LndY which BOIIEL had sold to GOERIOO (see Roferonce B1 pass 31 and 129) BOITEL woe killed by tho lesistance but his sooretary Roland MAYEUX should be able to clarify llVIlY unonSIamprocS quastions in hie case

Wa1ter PCH - AmSterdam (For furths r- dotails soe iaforence B page 84 )

He was a business plltn6r of HOFEtt on a sm111 scale and acted oe his personal agent in Holland ano Belgium HfJ 17tltobed tbo ar~ markets in both countries and acted as HOFm bulla zuido They owned pictures in partnership with Dr HEUlENS of Brussela (See Re shyference B pose 91)

HOOOENDtm - AlllSterdam (For turtber details eeo noterence B page 30middot)

HOFER says that be received oamniesions f r om HOOOINDLTK in reWln tor tho ver1 considerable profi ta bo aust bAw mnde fran llis ealea to GOERINGmiddot Again this was dono 1D41reotlyenbull u in tba oue of QNI)UR) and JISOlER by ~king ug tbe )r~oea to hi Reiob811Draoball aD4

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QQ1PJPENTIA1 bull

paying t he difference t o HOFER middot The 1atter bullo account book shows that on 8 Augus t 1943 be owed HOOGENDIJK 9 000 flol-ins bull

HUbert wNmN - Berlin presently reported in Switzorland (For fur shyther de tails see Reference B pogo 124 )

Their correspondence shows that HOPER and M3NmN bad been in close contact since January 1941 7hon thoy negotiated tbe sale of the paintings by Sano di Pie tro and Ioonbrand t HOFER also did per soDDl errands for him in Paris In 1944 they discussed the sale of two more paintings a Landscape by Jon von Goyen and a Madonna ond Child by AJnbrosiua senson ROFZR says that these woro never bought by ao-RING because t hey were l ocawd in SWitzar shyl and and HOFER s entr ance visa t o that country having been re shyfused ho was no lon3r ablo to go and got them

At tho beginning af HOFER s inttirrogation be spontaneously inquirod about MENTEN s whereabouts Aftor this tlil never man shyt ionod him again and proved aomowhot ro ticont when quastionod I t i s possible that MENlEN whoso lottors l(V bulltl him S on ardent pro-Nazi may be hol ding funds for HOFER and othCJr Gormons in SWitzorl and

V bull PERSONAL POSSESSIONS

HOFER s account is located in the Dresdoner Dank Berlin Tie emphatically states thet he has no assets outside of Cormany HOWEiver a further investigation into this mattcr is rucanmndod 1 particularly

I1n Switzerland WOON the interrogation of ~iENDLND FISCfBR and MENIEN may reveal a different stor y HOFER lllpound1Y also bcvo aea ts 1n The ague Jot tho tiroo of BACHSTITZ flight from Holland it was HelFER nho finenced his sistor bulls divorce en the ground of twr IDDITicgc to a bullnon-ArYanbull This be said was done to save the BACRSTITZ businoss for his sister be shyoauao it coorw1se would hlvo been oonfisca tod as Jo1isb propor ty In viow of his previous hatred of his brotht3r - in- la7 too fact tbct be now is vor y solioitous about his welfare is suspicious and may indicate that be Dow owne a share of t he busines s

HOFEn s bel ongings are distr ibuted in t hCI f ollowing places (A do t ailed lis t of tba contents of each lej)OSitory is to bo found in attac~shyment Smiddot )

1 NOubaua a small house wit hin tba precincts of i70ldenstein Castl e given to HOFER by GOERINGbull

2 ~ubaua bull in the bouse of Herr MERZ

3 bull Ringonwalde Castle bull

4bull CoU in

5 Oarinbal1 the Bare i t ssbattbaus

6 ~gorneee BORNBEnt bulla repositor y in the l)rOsdenor Bank

lJOIER a relati onehip with WENDLAND ODd F ISCHER and t be repeated IIBilshytion ot SWiae currency which appears in cODDBction w1h all his abadiea ceallnga 1n41co11e that be JI8Y bow tUDdbull and perbeps worka of art conshyoeale4 1n Sriwr lanc IUrtber lnwati gaUOII 1n bat ooW1V7 aQ4 a oonshyti-OzltaUon ot dBR wUb both ANGIRIR aD4 ltDSrms Coamp reooJ11118nde4 in ~ oonoeotlon

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VI SMMRY

HOFER s own testiJrony the stateJOOnta of other witnesses and docwoontory evidence have all concurred in showing th-t he was always COERING 1s chief accomplice and that he was the instigator of soJOO of the most reprehensible IDl thods used in tba formation of the GOEJING Collection Too examination of his aotivi ty as an independent dealer hns revea led him t o be consistently dishonust and underhanded cnd t o havo dec~ived even his own master

The opinion of HOFER bull a character gained frQIIl the e vidence has bEten tbor oughly confirmed by his be~vior under interrogation He re shypeatedly lied and changed his story bon cornered be always tried to get out of difficulties by putting t he blomo on others An example of this occurred with LOHSE r1hom he accused of lying about his (HOFER s) activity in the Jeu de Pawns HovTevor when tha mo wore confronted ha again chElllged his story am admi ttod that LOHSE was right

Ho turned on GOETITNG from the very start nnd was a lways vociferous in expressing his indignation over any form of looting Finally he oven wont so f or as t o any tho t ho had always in tondod to lee~ve GOETIING ilmpshydiately after the war because hpoundJ hed bampen trea t ed so bad ly by him Ellld bo cause he disappro-ved of his methods 1 In short his ins incority and dishonest y have been so ccmiddotnsistently sbrunalesa that in o man of different character they would have been insulting t o t ho intelligence of his inteiTogotars Hanover in his caee they simply prove once more than H~ was a small- time crook and hanger- on of anothor soroowhat but not much bigger gangster too neichsmarschall

VII nECOtMNDJTIOr-5 FOR ACTION

As r egards looting HOFEl is in every wey as guilty as GOIRING It is the recommendation of this unit th~t ho be hold as a material witness in GOEiUNG s trial ann tha t he be incictdd himself as a war criminal

To Rmiddot Jr bull

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QONfIlINTitli

VI SMMRY

HOFER s own testiJrony the stateJOOnta of other witnesses and docwoontory evidence have all concurred in showing th-t he was always COERING 1s chief accomplice and that he was the instigator of soJOO of the most reprehensible IDl thods used in tba formation of the GOEJING Collection Too examination of his aotivi ty as an independent dealer hns revea led him t o be consistently dishonust and underhanded cnd t o havo dec~ived even his own master

The opinion of HOFER bull a character gained frQIIl the e vidence has bEten tbor oughly confirmed by his be~vior under interrogation He re shypeatedly lied and changed his story bon cornered be always tried to get out of difficulties by putting t he blomo on others An example of this occurred with LOHSE r1hom he accused of lying about his (HOFER s) activity in the Jeu de Pawns HovTevor when tha mo wore confronted ha again chElllged his story am admi ttod that LOHSE was right

Ho turned on GOETITNG from the very start nnd was a lways vociferous in expressing his indignation over any form of looting Finally he oven wont so f or as t o any tho t ho had always in tondod to lee~ve GOETIING ilmpshydiately after the war because hpoundJ hed bampen trea t ed so bad ly by him Ellld bo cause he disappro-ved of his methods 1 In short his ins incority and dishonest y have been so ccmiddotnsistently sbrunalesa that in o man of different character they would have been insulting t o t ho intelligence of his inteiTogotars Hanover in his caee they simply prove once more than H~ was a small- time crook and hanger- on of anothor soroowhat but not much bigger gangster too neichsmarschall

VII nECOtMNDJTIOr-5 FOR ACTION

As r egards looting HOFEl is in every wey as guilty as GOIRING It is the recommendation of this unit th~t ho be hold as a material witness in GOEiUNG s trial ann tha t he be incictdd himself as a war criminal

To Rmiddot Jr bull

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QONfIlINTitli

QQN1JDINlIAL

List of 1f Amiddot HCDB ampQlionts

Amiddot pUrchasers ot Preaonts f or oOERINtJ

~Robert Pllinting by Jan woonix oenorald irektor Still Life with Game in Landscape WOSOlIIIlende -(

Florence 16th o Large Qhuroh CMdolclgtro

~middot Reichsl eiter South German ca 1450 Borlin St bull Geor ge (wood)

Berlin Stadt Painting by Adrinon van Os tode Oborbuergerme ister Blind Man with o DOS Stoog Berlin c2

Boedor or Painting by Bonodotto Mont agna Rhonon in- Ossllg Madonna with Child in Londscapo Hamburg (From the Collection of Qoh Rat

Dr von Dirksen Borlin) Exhi shybition Kaisor Friedrich Museums Verein Berlin 1914 Oat No bull 105

School of nubens S~snnna Fourment

Brenninkmoyer 0 Corn middotEDge lbroohtsen Koenigs tr bull 33 st Georg Triptych Berlin c 2

Painting by LUcas Crnneoh d Ae The Last Supper Signed and dated 1539

Brochhaus Hans 2 Sculptures by bulllonso Cano oirektor ~USici-n n~Cls IJil tuponborn 6 Borlin-Qhorlotten shyburg

Flick Friedrich Painting by SOl van Ru)Ddaol or River Sceno Bellavuostr 12a Berlin w9 Painting by David Toniora

Feasantmiddot Fair

tpnsohaTOSIGi_ middotmiddot Narc biaz middot Henschel Flugzeug Bathing womon WOrkraquo Signed and dntEd 1862 Berlin w 62

Herrmann Dr KUrt French ca 1480 Rittergut Speck St Cather1no (stonu)

u ~ JGampamp MtieampOttfg B9 middot middot middot -~ bullbull middot ~ NOustrol1tz

Koerner Paul ~tb Qcrnm about 15~ (t)alnabe Staatesekreteer school) Tbo Good Saa-ritan

bullPreuss Staat~isshy

terium aer11n w6

Koerner Paul LUcas crannoh the ~lder bull

1940

1943 6500 HY

1943 44000 m4

1945 35 opo lid

1942 38000 RM

middot

1943 45000 RM

1940 16000 RM

16000 ~

1941 6 500 II(

1944 aomiddotooo 114 I

194~ 85 0QO RM

9 500 RM

1945

1941

1~1 Staotaeekretoer cbriet aD t~ W~ ot s8mor1a preuaa etaterat Berlin 26

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Erauoh Prof dro Saar lan~str 12a Berlin Wmiddot 9 middot

1 nudolf Praoeidont d 1irt shysobaftsgruppo Luftshyfahrt-Idustrio Berlin 1 35

LOy Dr Robort Roiohsorgan izashytionalei tor Berlin rt JS

Meyer Dr Wirtschaftsminia shytorium

planck Staatasokrotaor n D i ~a Otto Vloltf Kooln a Rh

Ploiger nul Generald1 r o ktor Hermann Goering rrarko Borlin a

RO ichsvorbonk der ooffortlichshyrochtliohon Vtlrsio11Drungen Ev Saarlcndetr 62 aprlin sw 11

Roehnort Helmuth1 OOnornldiroktor Friadrio~tr 56-57 Berlin wa

Schwedo-coburg Gauleiter Stottin

Stohl Rudolf Gonerc ldirektor Dr Dusseldorteratr 38 Berlin W 15

TOrbown Josef Gnuleitar Ro ichakcmmiaaar MQttbooikirohpllO Berlin rimiddot3S

OONIOE7lIAL

Sano di ictro di Dcmnioo Modonnr oncl Child with IUl gols

Roger vrn der icydon Madonna ond Child

Lucas cranrch t ho Eldor Iucrczio

Engo lbrochtson ])Oscont from tho Crooa

Jncopo do i Bnrburi Tho Drid0groom

dam iiilllorts Rivor Soono

Tapestry Froncb ca 1520 scone rith HorsG~D

$ncrik de ClDrcl Ve nus arrl donis

ointing School of Jnn BrUampgho 1 the Eldor 1614 Judgxpnt of aris

Dutch Master ca 1520 Eve

Joan Marc Nattier tho Younfsectlr Portrnit of tho Duoho s e of Ollollns

Jan Corn Vormoyon Tho Holy Family

Isaac von Oa tQdo easanta beforo nn Inn

reon Francois do Troy ortr~it of a Lady

Judith lLystor The Mandolin Ployor

~twerp about 1480 Doa th of st )fQry (R-liof I marble)

School ot Fon~ineb~ISU abou~ 1590 Portrn1t ot Gobr1ello 4 1Babullrebullbull 1942 Bnd ber eiator ~- Duohoaa ot Villftra

1942

1941

l93a

1941

1943

1944

1940

1941

1940

1941

1941

1942

1944

1945

72000 RM

5a ooo RM

15 000 IlM

29 000 RM

6o ooo RM

45 000 RM

4 000 Iamp

2 8oo HM

a6oo RM

a 750 RM

7 000 RM

22000 RM

6 80o ~

12000 RM

65000 HI

6oooo 111

CONFIDENTIL

Waltor Paul IJJca e Crennch tho Youngor JloichskohlonkOJICisear ortrait cf a rincoss 1941 12800 RM Atgtinuokoetr 18 Borlin 15

t71nklor Dr bull Mox Mastor of t bo Storzing Utar BruookDnclloo 3 - Ormtn about 1460 Berlin N tT fr7 FoiICle Sain t 1939 7 000 RM

Loronzi di Credi Tho Hol y Fronily 1941 l5 000 R1

Bmiddot riv~to ~~ohasos

Noto a The numbors in por onthuaas r uf or to Attoohmnt 2

SOpp ANGEnEn School of David TOniors easmts in nn I un (23)

Y BORNHEJM MUnich GeiIIleD 17th ~ntury ~ ngo l Hoads (wood) (65)

BrochMus Hans iotor ~ou~orrnan DiNkt or HUnting i crty (67) 1940 2 200 RM M1 Ruponhorn 6 Bor11n-c~~x1ottonburg

Flick Friedrich Dr French biU t 1480 MitiQldeu tscbe St Ucry i-Taying (nood) (62) 1941 28 000 Rd Stahlwcrke A G Bollovuostr 12 a Lucos cranach Tho Eldor BOr11n 79 Madonna ond Chimiddotld 71th St John 1939 24 000 lid

Qoornnort Dr Fritz Schoo l of Antonollo dn Moosinn Ministorial dirigon t llnuncintion (54) 1944 6 800 Ra aollin wa Prot bull H bull HOFFMANN Nei~ew

MUnich Womrn with n Parrot (43) 1942

JUNlltERStiETUltE Courbe t 7intor Landscnpo ~11 th a Fox ( 2) (resent to QcJnor al MIWH)

Koch Erich HUbert Robort Oouloitor ant hoon in R~ TbcJ TltXlb of 1~0 fi ooc RM Koonigeborg Septimus ~vorus

leZbull Dr Robert Jrenz von notroggor ~iohsloitor Tbo Conversa tion 1898 1939 )2 000 ~ Tiorsortonstr26- 29 Berlin w35

Aloys WIEDL Gorritt euyp AJnatordam Horseman on n eaob (17) 1941

Vml Goyon TWo Smo11 Landaoa pes (round) (2l) 1942

MIIMA Ill l

COOIDENTIJ

Aloys MlEDL (con t inuod)

~ CrDSS

River Ln-ndsoapo

rgtio tor Nclpe River Loncls c npe

Simon de Vliogr SUa sca po 44)

(7)

(8 )

FOXS tmo ister SCHIOE French 18th COntury Cuinhall Snnll Flooorp i occ (14)

Dr George SCHTIJ JNG N Dia z Col ogne TWo Flou~r i oturos (42)

Isaac van OstdO rntcrior cf a bullonsant Houso (39 )

NDtman SCHULTZE Flemi sh 17th Ce ntury Stabsamt Viou of a City (15 )

Stahl Dr Rudo lf Giovonc ~middotelmo oonor c 1diroktor The Juci msomt of rbullarie 1940 34000 RM Duosseld orferstr38 Berlin II JS

Terboven J osef Jacob Seiso nogspr 1940 33 000 ru Gaule iter ortrc it of Arch-nuc boss Anno Essen of ~uatria l537

OONFIDENTUL

Ust of peelers from whan HQPER made purchases

llWfOE

0amp10IN

1 French 18th century (Louis XV)

DEQUOY

2 Courbet

FAUN

3middot Boudin

4 bull Fantin Iatour

GOOVERT

5 French 18th century

HOLZAPFEL

6 Thanas Wyck

7middot Amiddot Cross

8 Pi eter rmiddot olpe

9 middot Darboy

10 Enee l brechtsen

11 Jan Bruegbe1

~

12 Drolling

13 Willem Kocgtls

14 bull French 18th century

15 bull Jlemish 17th century

16 Rampmbrand t

17 Gerrit Cuyp

18 Jrenoh Empire style

19 ~tau (attributed to)

TWo Pair Candelabra

Winter Landscape

View of a eeaoh

Flowe rs

Bust of a Young Woman (marble)

The Savant 1941

River Iandscapo 1~1

River Landscape 1941

one l ot of silks and other materials Burned sarchtesshygaden one day baforA entry of US Troops bull

peeoent from the Qross

Flowers

Tha Drawing lpsson 1943

Winter lAndscapo 1943

Smnll Flowerpiece

View of a City

Study for the Portrait of a Men with a Brood Brimll80 11 (small sketch)

Horseman on a Beach 1941

Silver Qup with Pl9ttor

Tb Qmjl Playere

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CKPmMltr

250 000 Frs bull

400000 bull

300000 bull

750000 bull

JO OOO bull

100 000 bull

35 000 bull

J5 ooo bull

18000 bull

900 000 II

700 000 bull

15 000 bull

125 000 I

2 000 I

10000 I

28ooooo 1

120000 I

28000 I

QON[IDNTULJbull Ibull

LQltWENIQR I bull bull bull bull

20 Kookook small IAndsoB~ 8Qoo Fre

21 von Goyao A Pair of small Landscapes 420 000 bull (round) 1942

22 zeeman seascapo 1942 1~ooo bull 23 David Teniers School) peasants 1n an Inn 1942 50000 bull

24bull J B Monnoyer Flowers Pioco 35 000 bull

SQUFFBICE

~ bull French ca 1400 Scene from tha Lifo of 250 000 1

St UrsulCl

26 French oa l48o Figure of a Fomale Saint 8 000 bull small wood)

Z7 Italian 16th century venus small bronze) 8 000 bull

TRCTII

28 Pillement Two Landscapes 16o ooo bull

29 Lacroixmiddot A Pa ir of Vieeof a Harbor 16oooo bull

30middot Salomon von Ruysdael View ot a River 200 ooq bull II31middot bull bull LAndscape with Qattl~ middot 240 000 bull

32middot Flemish oa 1530 Madonna and Qhild (81I10ll) middot18o OOQ bull

33middot HUbert Robert saries of eix Land soapoe 800000 bull

~middot Leibl portrait of a aoy 900e000 I

Payut)nt by FISCHER eee Page 7 HOFER Roport)

35 middot Master of the IPemala St Maadalen 120000 bull Halt IPngthe middot

HOWNP -um

36middot Willem Xl1 Still Lite 1942 34SOO rle bull

- 2

middotmiddot 2800 I

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20 Kookook small IAndsoB~ 8Qoo Fre

21 von Goyao A Pair of small Landscapes 420 000 bull (round) 1942

22 zeeman seascapo 1942 1~ooo bull 23 David Teniers School) peasants 1n an Inn 1942 50000 bull

24bull J B Monnoyer Flowers Pioco 35 000 bull

SQUFFBICE

~ bull French ca 1400 Scene from tha Lifo of 250 000 1

St UrsulCl

26 French oa l48o Figure of a Fomale Saint 8 000 bull small wood)

Z7 Italian 16th century venus small bronze) 8 000 bull

TRCTII

28 Pillement Two Landscapes 16o ooo bull

29 Lacroixmiddot A Pa ir of Vieeof a Harbor 16oooo bull

30middot Salomon von Ruysdael View ot a River 200 ooq bull II31middot bull bull LAndscape with Qattl~ middot 240 000 bull

32middot Flemish oa 1530 Madonna and Qhild (81I10ll) middot18o OOQ bull

33middot HUbert Robert saries of eix Land soapoe 800000 bull

~middot Leibl portrait of a aoy 900e000 I

Payut)nt by FISCHER eee Page 7 HOFER Roport)

35 middot Master of the IPemala St Maadalen 120000 bull Halt IPngthe middot

HOWNP -um

36middot Willem Xl1 Still Lite 1942 34SOO rle bull

- 2

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36 Soloman von Reysdael View of a RiVt-~ r (oval) 1942

DOUWES

39 bull Isaac van ostade Interior of a pensantbulle ijouoe

40 bull oudenroggn 1942

HQOGENDIJX

41 van Goyeo View of a Ri ver (round)

42 Diaz ~o Flower Picturoe (FOndants)

43 Naiviavt Woman with a parrot 1942

44 Simon de Vlieger seascape 1942

45 bull Jan Steen self Portrait (smell) 1941

46 Jan van Goya n Landsca122 1941

47 Philip Wouwernnn y1ew of o Bench 1941

48 Jan van Goyeo TWo small Landsca~s 1941 (Fendonts)

ITALY

BELLINI

49middot Florence 16th ()ntury iable 1~2

so bull bull bull conmode 1942

GRASSI

51 Florence l~th Century Commode 1942

52 Italian 16th Century one pair brnss Condel~bro

53middot Italian 17th Century Qne pa ir brass candelabr a

MORANgtOllI

54 Joos de Mamper Foroe t L9Ddscape 1942

55 School of Antonello 4Pnunointim da Ueesina

56 Venice 18th century Sofc

sectNpiORGIO

57 Italian 16th century Snell Majolica Stand 1942

- 3 shy

9 000 Fla

3500 bull

5 500 I

9(gt0 000 bull

5 000 1

2 200 bull

4 500

I5 000

I20 000

1 800 I

5 000 bull

15 000 lire

10 000 bull

10 000 I

8 000 bull

I I5 000

40 000 I

15 000 I

8 000 I

QQN[IDENTJAL

AIltLmOS - Berlin

58 B bull SpraDger

59 Alboni middot shy

6o David ~Diers

AIEXAMgtER - Berlin

61 Flemish 16th Century

BOEHLER - Berlfil

62 Dania 1 Mauch

63 French ca 148o

FRAUNDORFEft Hamburg

64 Diaz

65 bull Albert Ouyp

~ - Berlin

66 German 17th Century

PlFFRAm - Dusseldorf

67 Lenbaoh

ROSNBjR - Be rlin

68 Wouwermon p

STRMUSS-NEGBAUB - Berlin

49middot FlBmish 17th Century

yenus and Bocohus

venus and cupid

Lpndscape nith Figures

SOascapa

sceho from t ho Life of Christ (reliof wood)

Fisurc of St MnrY Prwins (wood)

Forest Londsoope with Bathing 7cmen

portrait ot o Man

10 Mselboods (wood)

Portrait of Bismarck

The Hunting Party

Six Chairs

1941

middot ~

1941

1941

1940

1939

4 500 lll

5 500 I

A 000 I J

7 500 I

3500 bull

14 000 bull

6 0QO I

ll QOQ I

9000 I

18000 I

2400 bull

-middot

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bull

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List of Works of 4rt Stored 1n HOFERs Depositories

Note a The numbers in parentheses refer to Attachment No 2

Abull Neuhaus (in HOFfqs rosidenoe)

Boudin (3) View of a Beach Monnoyer (24) Floer Piece Willem Kools 13) Winter Landscape Drollins (12) The Drawing Leason ~eman (22) 9mall S3 ascape Koehoek (20) small Landscape Italian 16 c bull God tha Fathor omong Mgels van oos (37) Small Landscape vti th Children playing French ca bull 1400 (25) Scene from th~ Life of St Ursula cook van Aelat 2 Wings of an Altarpiocamp Saints with

a ~ mor

French ca 1480 (26) Small Figure of a Female Saint (wood) Italian 16 o (27) Small Figure of vonus (bronze) French Empire (18) Largo cup (gilded silvor)

Style

B 1~uheus (stored in the houso of Herr MtERZ)

Willem Kalf (36) still Life Jan Broughel (11) Flower Pioce Jan van Goyen (41) Lnndscape with a River (round) J do Momper (54) Foruat Landscape Rembrandt (16) Study f or tho portrait of a Man with

a Broad-Brimmed Hat Jun steen (45) Smlll self -Portrait Salomon van (30) Vie w of a River

RUYsdael bull (31) Londsc~pe with Cattle

South ~rman (58 St Andrew oa 1520 59)

w Ieibl 34) Portrei t of a Boy S ~ vnn Ruysdae 1 (38) Viaw of a niver (oval) Fihemish ca 1530 (32) Small Madonna and Child Fantin Latour (4) Flowampr Piece Flemish ca 1480 l~donna and Child (wood) OUardi Drawing ~he Piazza Son ~1aroo 1 venice

(propamprty of Dr WENDLAND)

c Tesernseo (stored in BORNHEIMs repository in the nresdner Bank)

Pillement 28) 2 IAmscapes Lacroix (29) 2 Vi ews of a Harbor French Louis l) 2 Pairs candelabra (gilded bronze)

XV etylo Qerroan 17 C o (66) 2 Angel li3ads (wood) Flemish 17 c 6 CbotU venice 18 o 56) l Sofa Italian 16 o (49) 1 Table

I I 2 Small Siaampboards I I (52) l Pair ot Brass Candelabra 1 17 Oo 53) l Pair ot Braes Onmolabre I 16 Oe l MaJolica Plinth

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QQN[IDENTJAL

AIltLmOS - Berlin

58 B bull SpraDger

59 Alboni middot shy

6o David ~Diers

AIEXAMgtER - Berlin

61 Flemish 16th Century

BOEHLER - Berlfil

62 Dania 1 Mauch

63 French ca 148o

FRAUNDORFEft Hamburg

64 Diaz

65 bull Albert Ouyp

~ - Berlin

66 German 17th Century

PlFFRAm - Dusseldorf

67 Lenbaoh

ROSNBjR - Be rlin

68 Wouwermon p

STRMUSS-NEGBAUB - Berlin

49middot FlBmish 17th Century

yenus and Bocohus

venus and cupid

Lpndscape nith Figures

SOascapa

sceho from t ho Life of Christ (reliof wood)

Fisurc of St MnrY Prwins (wood)

Forest Londsoope with Bathing 7cmen

portrait ot o Man

10 Mselboods (wood)

Portrait of Bismarck

The Hunting Party

Six Chairs

1941

middot ~

1941

1941

1940

1939

4 500 lll

5 500 I

A 000 I J

7 500 I

3500 bull

14 000 bull

6 0QO I

ll QOQ I

9000 I

18000 I

2400 bull

-middot

- 4shy

bull

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List of Works of 4rt Stored 1n HOFERs Depositories

Note a The numbers in parentheses refer to Attachment No 2

Abull Neuhaus (in HOFfqs rosidenoe)

Boudin (3) View of a Beach Monnoyer (24) Floer Piece Willem Kools 13) Winter Landscape Drollins (12) The Drawing Leason ~eman (22) 9mall S3 ascape Koehoek (20) small Landscape Italian 16 c bull God tha Fathor omong Mgels van oos (37) Small Landscape vti th Children playing French ca bull 1400 (25) Scene from th~ Life of St Ursula cook van Aelat 2 Wings of an Altarpiocamp Saints with

a ~ mor

French ca 1480 (26) Small Figure of a Female Saint (wood) Italian 16 o (27) Small Figure of vonus (bronze) French Empire (18) Largo cup (gilded silvor)

Style

B 1~uheus (stored in the houso of Herr MtERZ)

Willem Kalf (36) still Life Jan Broughel (11) Flower Pioce Jan van Goyen (41) Lnndscape with a River (round) J do Momper (54) Foruat Landscape Rembrandt (16) Study f or tho portrait of a Man with

a Broad-Brimmed Hat Jun steen (45) Smlll self -Portrait Salomon van (30) Vie w of a River

RUYsdael bull (31) Londsc~pe with Cattle

South ~rman (58 St Andrew oa 1520 59)

w Ieibl 34) Portrei t of a Boy S ~ vnn Ruysdae 1 (38) Viaw of a niver (oval) Fihemish ca 1530 (32) Small Madonna and Child Fantin Latour (4) Flowampr Piece Flemish ca 1480 l~donna and Child (wood) OUardi Drawing ~he Piazza Son ~1aroo 1 venice

(propamprty of Dr WENDLAND)

c Tesernseo (stored in BORNHEIMs repository in the nresdner Bank)

Pillement 28) 2 IAmscapes Lacroix (29) 2 Vi ews of a Harbor French Louis l) 2 Pairs candelabra (gilded bronze)

XV etylo Qerroan 17 C o (66) 2 Angel li3ads (wood) Flemish 17 c 6 CbotU venice 18 o 56) l Sofa Italian 16 o (49) 1 Table

I I 2 Small Siaampboards I I (52) l Pair ot Brass Candelabra 1 17 Oo 53) l Pair ot Braes Onmolabre I 16 Oe l MaJolica Plinth

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List of Works of 4rt Stored 1n HOFERs Depositories

Note a The numbers in parentheses refer to Attachment No 2

Abull Neuhaus (in HOFfqs rosidenoe)

Boudin (3) View of a Beach Monnoyer (24) Floer Piece Willem Kools 13) Winter Landscape Drollins (12) The Drawing Leason ~eman (22) 9mall S3 ascape Koehoek (20) small Landscape Italian 16 c bull God tha Fathor omong Mgels van oos (37) Small Landscape vti th Children playing French ca bull 1400 (25) Scene from th~ Life of St Ursula cook van Aelat 2 Wings of an Altarpiocamp Saints with

a ~ mor

French ca 1480 (26) Small Figure of a Female Saint (wood) Italian 16 o (27) Small Figure of vonus (bronze) French Empire (18) Largo cup (gilded silvor)

Style

B 1~uheus (stored in the houso of Herr MtERZ)

Willem Kalf (36) still Life Jan Broughel (11) Flower Pioce Jan van Goyen (41) Lnndscape with a River (round) J do Momper (54) Foruat Landscape Rembrandt (16) Study f or tho portrait of a Man with

a Broad-Brimmed Hat Jun steen (45) Smlll self -Portrait Salomon van (30) Vie w of a River

RUYsdael bull (31) Londsc~pe with Cattle

South ~rman (58 St Andrew oa 1520 59)

w Ieibl 34) Portrei t of a Boy S ~ vnn Ruysdae 1 (38) Viaw of a niver (oval) Fihemish ca 1530 (32) Small Madonna and Child Fantin Latour (4) Flowampr Piece Flemish ca 1480 l~donna and Child (wood) OUardi Drawing ~he Piazza Son ~1aroo 1 venice

(propamprty of Dr WENDLAND)

c Tesernseo (stored in BORNHEIMs repository in the nresdner Bank)

Pillement 28) 2 IAmscapes Lacroix (29) 2 Vi ews of a Harbor French Louis l) 2 Pairs candelabra (gilded bronze)

XV etylo Qerroan 17 C o (66) 2 Angel li3ads (wood) Flemish 17 c 6 CbotU venice 18 o 56) l Sofa Italian 16 o (49) 1 Table

I I 2 Small Siaampboards I I (52) l Pair ot Brass Candelabra 1 17 Oo 53) l Pair ot Braes Onmolabre I 16 Oe l MaJolica Plinth

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D Corinhall (the Brei tscbat tsbaus) middot

Personal belongings library catalogue picture frames and French 18 c Bus t of o Young rrcmon (5)

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Personal be longings

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personal belongings part of library picture franamps auction catalogues

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