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24 April 2014
Hans Posse (German)
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6 February 1879Gregorian
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24 April 2014
7 December 1942
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He was reinstated by Hitler personally in 1939 and placed in charge of creating a museum in Linz, Austria, for the Führer. The project was referred to as the "Sonderauftrag" (special commission). The same year, Posse confiscated the collection of the Rothschild brothers, Alphonse Mayer Rothschild (1878-1942) and Louis Rothschild (1882-1955). Assisted by the Kunsthistorisches director, Ludwig von Baldass, plunderers took thousands of objects from the long-time Jewish Vienese residents. The treasures were taken to the Hofburg palace, the Nazis' Zentraldepot for confiscated art. Lesser pieces went to Viennese museums, including the Kunsthistorisches, while much of the decorative arts, mainly porcelains, were auctioned at the state-owned Dorotheum. Posse was aided in his art thefts by the unscrupulous Berlin dealer Karl Haberstock (1878-1956). After the invasion of Holland, Posse moved to the The Hague as Referent für Sonderfragen (Adviser on "Special Questions"). With the aid of the Seyss-Inquart government, Posse's office forced the purchase of major portions of the collection of Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939) in 1944, including "The Jewish Doctor" by Rembrandt. The Fürherbefehl directive authorized Posse to "make decisions on the Führer's behalf" for works of art discovered throughout the Reich. By 1941, Posse's mission was aligned with the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) confiscations. (English)
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Director of the Dresden Gemäldegalerie (1913-1942) and Nazi administrator in charge of the depository of looted art during the Reich years (English)
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Posse, Prof Dr Hans (deceased). Formerly Director of the State Picture Gallery, Dresden. Was appointed by Hitler as Director of the Special Commission for Linz in 1939, and became the most important official purchaser of works of art for Germany from 1939 through 1942. Died Dresden, 7 December 1942. Succeeded by Voss. (English)
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29 June 2018
Posse, Dr. Hans1879–1942; Kunsthistoriker, Leiter der Dresdner Gemäldegalerie, seit 1933 Interimskarte NSDAP, Schlüsselfigur desSonderauftrag Linz: nach vorübergehender Zwangspensionierung (1938; wg. Bestände 'entarter Kunst' in der Modernen Galerie) wurde Posse im Sommer 1939 von Hitler als Schlüsselfigur mit dem Aufbau des "Führermuseums" in Linz Sonderauftrag Linz betraut, (German)
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Posse, Prof Dr Hans (deceased). Formerly Director of the State Picture Gallery, Dresden. Was appointed by Hitler as Director of the Special Commission for Linz in 1939, and became the most important official purchaser of works of art for Germany from 1939 through 1942. Died Dresden, 7 December 1942. Succeeded by Voss. (English)
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Posse, Prof Dr Hans (deceased). Formerly Director of the State Picture Gallery, Dresden. Was appointed by Hitler as Director of the Special Commission for Linz in 1939, and became the most important official purchaser of works of art for Germany from 1939 through 1942. Died Dresden, 7 December 1942. Succeeded by Voss. (English)
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Either through an early presentiment of guilt or as a tactical measure, Hitler ordered the Linz project, with all its ramifications, to be treated as a government secret. The idea that loot, as in the plans for Göring's Carinhall, was fundamental in the formation of the Linz Collection because clear to the project's personnel as early as October, 1939, when Dr. Hans Posse, Director of the Sonderauftrag (Special Commission), presented to Martin Bormann, for Hitler's approval, a list of 182 pictures which he had selected for Linz from the confiscated collections of the Viennese branch of the Rothschild family. In July, 1940, Posse was able to list 324 paintings already acquired for Linz, and every one of the 182 confiscated works previously recommended figured in the list. (English)
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