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In September 2000, Thekla Norwich was given back over 100 objects that belonged to her aunt and uncle. Thekla’s uncle was a prestigious Jewish publisher and collector in Leipzig, whose business was confiscated by the Nazis. He died in 1934, and his widow committed suicide in 1939. Before Thekla’s aunt died, she made arrangements to send all her property to Thekla’s father in the USA, but nothing arrived. The family tried for several years after the war to retrieve theirlost property, but were unsuccessful. (English)
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Kirstein was a co-owner of the well-known art publishing house E. A. Seamann and chairman of the Leipzig Museum Association. A friend and patron to many leading contemporary artists of the day, including Liebermann, Lovis Corinth and Max Klinger, he was especially supportive of Klinger with whom he had worked on a publication of his graphic works. In 1933 he was forced to relinquish his business and charitable positions due to his Jewish origins. At his death in 1934 his sizable art collection was inherited by his widow Clara Kirstein. Tragically, after a failed attempt to leave Germany in 1939, which was foiled by the Gestapo, she was informed of her impending deportation to Theresienstadt, and so she took her own life. Sommerabend an der Alster was confiscated by the Nazis in August 1941 and sold through C. G. Boerner to Hermann Voss for the Sonderauftrag Linz (Special Commission Linz) in June 1943. It was subsequently consigned to the Galerie Fischer under a false provenance, and eventually made its way through several collections before being restituted to the heirs of Dr Gustav and Clara Kirstein in 2013. (English)
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- arzwiki جوستاف كيرستين
- dewiki Gustav Kirstein
- enwiki Gustav Kirstein