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Vlug Report
Confidential OSS report on the Nazi looting organisation, Dienststelle Mühlmann, completed in December 1945 by Jean Vlug of the Royal Netherlands Army for the Fine Arts (Special Services) section of the Dutch Restitution Committee
- Report on objects removed to Germany from Holland, Belgium and France during the German occupation on the countries”, Sept. 15, 1945
- Vlug report 25 December 1945
- NARA Vlug Report, RG239/roll 0008, 5-6
- Amsterdam Report of Stichting Nederlands Kunstbesit, 1945
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Vlug Report, RG239/roll 0008, 5-6
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A detailed report (marked "Confidential") on the activities of the Dienststelle Múhlmann, the group led by Kajetan Múhlmann, which was responsible for obtaining works of art for Hitler, Göring and other Nazi officials, was completed in December 1945 by Jean Vlug of the Royal Netherlands Army for the Fine Arts (Special Services) section of the Dutch Restitution Committee. The report includes inventories of art objects purchased (with prices), stolen or confiscated in areas under German occupation.It was based on interrogations conducted by special invitation at S.S.U. Special Interrogation Centre, Alt Aussee, Austria; in Berlin, through the courtesy of British Element C.C. (M. F. A. & A.) and in Holland and France. Those interrogated were:Kajetan Mühlmann;Rosa Bauer - secretary to Kajetan Mühlmann;Joseph Mühlmann - half-brother of Kajetan Mühlmann;Madame Jaremtchenko - secretary to Joseph Mühlmann;Hilda Ziegler Mühlmann - second wife of Kajetan Mühlmann;Wildenhofer - transport agent for Kajetan Mühlmann;Eduard Plietsch - art expert, second in command of the Dienststelle Mühlmann;Rompa - chauffeur and confidential man to the Dienststelle Muhlmann; Myrthel Frank - principal middleman and agent for the Dienststelle Mühlmann;Maurice Lagrand - principal buyer and agent for Joseph Mühlmann at Paris.The report is in 11 sections: (English)
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Leumundaussagen und Entlastungsschreiben für MühlmannVerhörprotokoll vom 20. Aug. 1947Bericht Mühlmanns über seine Tätigkeit in Österreich, Polen und den Niederlanden sowie Bericht über seine Tätigkeit in BelgienDarstellungen über Smitt van Geldern, über Alois Miedls Kunstgeschäfte in den Niederlanden, betreffend Dürer-Handzeichnungen der Sammlung Lubomirski (Kupferstichkabinett Lemberg), über die Sammlung Mannheimer, die Sammlungen Alphonse und Louis Rothschild, WienAuskünfte von Mühlmann und Eduard Plietzsch zum Erwerb und Verbleib verschiedener Kunstwerke (u.a. Amberger-Porträts, Barockvertäfelung aus Besitz Thorack)Liste der über die "Dienststelle Dr. Mühlmann" von Heinrich Himmler erworbenen KunstgegenständeVerzeichnis der von deutschen und österreichischen Museen durch die "Dienststelle Dr. Mühlmann" angekauften und noch nicht restituierten GemäldeZusammenstellung vom Nov. 1945 (Liste mit Angabe des Künstlers, der Darstellung und der Herkunft)Liste der von Prof. Thorak bei der "Dienststelle Dr. Mühlmann" erworbenen GegenständeDarstellung über die Organisation der "Dienststelle Dr. Mühlmann" vom 7. Sept. 1945Abrechnungen des Wiener Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf WeinmüllerLagerbestand des Sonderbeauftragten für die besetzten niederländischen Gebiete, Dr. Mühlmann, 5. Mai 1944Enthält auch:Möbelfotografien (German)
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BB/35/1-BB/35/907 - 3
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A detailed report (marked "Confidential") on the activities of the Dienststelle Múhlmann, the group led by Kajetan Múhlmann, which was responsible for obtaining works of art for Hitler, Göring and other Nazi officials, was completed in December 1945 by Jean Vlug of the Royal Netherlands Army for the Fine Arts (Special Services) section of the Dutch Restitution Committee. The report includes inventories of art objects purchased (with prices), stolen or confiscated in areas under German occupation.It was based on interrogations conducted by special invitation at S.S.U. Special Interrogation Centre, Alt Aussee, Austria; in Berlin, through the courtesy of British Element C.C. (M. F. A. & A.) and in Holland and France. Those interrogated were:Kajetan MühlmannRosa Bauer - secretary to Kajetan MühlmannJoseph Mühlmann - half-brother of Kajetan MühlmannMadame Jaremtchenko - secretary to Joseph MühlmannHilda Ziegler Mühlmann - second wife of Kajetan MühlmannWildenhofer - transport agent for Kajetan MühlmannEduard Plietsch - art expert, second in command of the Dienststelle MühlmannRompa - chauffeur and confidential man to the Dienststelle Muhlmann Myrthel Frank - principal middleman and agent for the Dienststelle MühlmannMaurice Lagrand - principal buyer and agent for Joseph Mühlmann at Paris (English)
BB/35/1-BB/35/907 - 3
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Then, on October 15, 1946 Captian Jean Vlug, the Dutch Monuments Man associated with Faison, Plaut, and Rousseau, delivered a report to London Station. It seemed that Vlug didn't trust his report to be filed through normal channels, because he insisted that Faison's copy be hand-delivered to him personally. The report was a stunning piece of work detailing operations of Dienststelle Mühlmann in the Netherlands, Belgium , and France, with nearly 150 pages itemizing stolen property and where to find it. (English) (English)
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He stated that a copy of Faison's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) interrogations were included in the papers and asked if I could obtain a copy for him. An informative phone call, as I had been looking for these papers for many years. These documents, along with all the World War II OSS papers, had been turned over to the CIA in 1948 and subsequently placed in their archives at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland, apparently, never to see the light of day again. ...To my complete surprise his file contained all three OSS "Art Looting Investigations" reports along with one by Captain Jean Vlug of the Royal Netherlands Army. (English)