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Ernst Buchner

German art historian, director of the Bavarian State Paintings Collection during the Third Reich (1933-1945), and postwar (1953-1957)

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Ernst Buchner (German)
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20 March 1892Gregorian
3 June 1962
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In 1939 at the time of the wholesale confiscation of Jewish pro­perty carried out by the Nazis in Munich, BUCHNER took his turn, after POSSE, in choosing for his museums from the pictures which had been taken. He says that the confiscations were the result of a HITLER order according to which all Jewish collections were to be put at the disposal of prof. POSSE so that he could choose from them for the Linz Museum. (English)
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the general director of the Bavarian State Painting Collections from 1953 to 1957 was the same man who served in the position before 1945: Ernst Buchner. US historian Petropoulos describes him as "part of Hitler's kleptocracy." (English)
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Buchner, ErnstFull Name: Buchner, Ernst Year Born: 1892 Year Died: 1962 Home Country: GermanyOverview: First Director Wallraf-Rich. Museum. Buchner studied under Heinrich Wölfflin (q.v.). As the director of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections), he assisted the Gestapo in the confiscation of Jewish collections. He played a crucial role in the removal of the Gent altarpiece to Germany. After Germany's surrender, he was dismissed from his position in 1945. Buchner was reinstalled in 1953.Sources: Wölfflin, Heinrich. Heinrich Wölfflin, 1864-1945: Autobiographie, Tagebücher und Briefe. Joseph Ganter, ed. Basel: Schwabe & Co., 1982, p. 490; "Raub und Resitution" Jüdisches Museum Berlin (exhibition webpage) http://www.jmberlin.de/raub-und-restitution/en/home.php (English)
Ernst Buchner (art historian)
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