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Alfred Pringsheim

German Jewish mathematician, art collector, patron of the arts and refugee from Nazis (1850-1941)

  • Alfred Israel Pringsheim

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Alfred Pringsheim omkring 1900. (Swedish)
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Alfred Pringsheim (German)
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During Kristallnacht, in November 1938, the SS seized Pringsheim’s majolica collection from his home in Munich. It was stored in the annex to the Bayerishches National Museum, Munich. In March 1939, the German Ministry of Trade authorized export of Pringsheim's majolica collection to London for auction at Sotheby's, provided that 80% of the proceeds up to £ 20,000 and 70% of the remainder be paid to the German Gold Discount Bank in foreign currency. Pringsheim was to receive the remaining proceeds. In exchange, Pringsheim and his wife were allowed to emigrate to Switzerland. (English)
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1933 Beschlagnahme des Palais; November 1938 Beschlagnahmung/Sicherstellung der Sammlungen; 1939 Zwangsversteigerung der Majoliken in London bei Sotheby's; u.a. 1938 private Verkäufe Pringsheims über Kunsthandlung Böhler. (German)
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Alfred Pringsheim
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Alfred Pringsheim (2 Sep 1850 - 25 Jun 1941)
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