OSS ALIU Red Flag Names PUBLIC

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1		ALIU LIST OF RED FLAG NAMES

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3	GERMANY	Abb, Dr Gustav. Director of University Library, Berlin. 1940 appointed Director of Hauptverwaltung der Bibliotheken in Cracow. Reported responsible for looting of valuable treasures from Polish libraries.
4	GERMANY	Abels Brothers, Hermann. Cologne, Komoedienstrasse 26. Dealers. Specialists in 16th to 19th century painting and graphic arts. Active in Paris. In touch with Wuester, who was advised on purchases for Ribbentrop.
5	GERMANY	Abetz Otto. German Ambassador to France. Connected with the early seizures of Jewish art collections, particularly through the Kunsberg organisation.
6	GERMANY	Adriani Gert. Director of Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Contact of Miedl in Holland.
7	GERMANY	von Ahrendt, Bono. Director of Reichskammer fur Bildende Kunst. Active in Paris in 1942. In touch with Dr Epting.
8	GERMANY	Angerer, Josef (Sepp). Berchtesgaden. After Hofer, Goering’s most important buyer. Ardent Nazi, known to have had Gestapo connections. Member of firm of Quantmeyer & Eicke. Active throughout Europe, notably France and Italy. Contact of Reber, Ventura, Contini-Bonacossi, Ginori and Arturo Grassi. Was under temporary house arrest at Berchtesgaden, house of Fritz Goernnert, autumn 1945.
9	GERMANY	Apfelstaedt, Dr Hans Joachim. Dusseldorf. Karltor 1 - Cologne. Official purchasing agent for Dusseldorfand for Dusseldorf-Koln-Aachen-Bonn Gauleitung, for which he was active in France. Head of committee for research on cultural objects ‘looted ‘ from the Rhineland in previous wars. Assisted by Rademacher and Bammann.
10	GERMANY	Aubin, Dr Hermann Breslau 13, Kaiser Wilhelmstr 118. Professor of History at Breslau. Lectured in Poland 1940. One of the creators of Polish Volksdeutsch movement. Reported to have information concerning looted works of art in Cracow.
11	GERMANY	Augsburg, Dr. Berlin. Reported active in looting in Poland.
12	GERMANY	AWAG. Berlin, Leipzigerstr 126-137. Aryanised title of successor to Wertheim (shipping firm). Reported to have conducted purchases in France through Jansen.
13	GERMANY	Bachstitz, Kurt Walter. Basle The Hague, Surinamestr 11 (former). Jewish dealer, active formerly in Berlin, Munich and Amsterdam. Brother-in-law of Hofer, and his former employer. Although on bad terms, Hofer obtained an exit visa from Holland to Switzerland for him, but arranged to have his sister divorce Bachstitz, whereby aryanisation of the Bachstitz firm and/or confiscation of its assets was avoided. Hofer’s sister subsequently took over the firm, and it is possible that Hofer became part owner. Believed not to have engaged in important art looting activity. Conducted extensive business prior to the war with American dealers and collectors.
14	GERMANY	Bachstitz, Kurt Walter. Basle The Hague, Surinamestr 11 (former). Jewish dealer, active formerly in Berlin, Munich and Amsterdam. Brother-in-law of Hofer, and his former employer. Although on bad terms, Hofer obtained an exit visa from Holland to Switzerland for him, but arranged to have his sister divorce Bachstitz, whereby aryanisation of the Bachstitz firm and/or confiscation of its assets was avoided. Hofer’s sister subsequently took over the firm, and it is possible that Hofer became part owner. Believed not to have engaged in important art looting activity. Conducted extensive business prior to the war with American dealers and collectors.
15	GERMANY	Badels. Reported to have worked for ERR, Paris.
16	GERMANY	Baeumler, Prof Dr Alfred. University of Berlin. Member of ERR. Connected with confiscation of material from French libraries and archives.
17	GERMANY	Bammann, Hans. Dusseldorf, Blumenstrasse 11. Dealer, drafted into the army in 1942 and transferred to the ERR in Paris in December 1943 at the request of Lohse and Wuester. Believed to have acted as agent for art purchases in France for museums of Dusseldorf, Cologne, Aachen and Bonn. Contact of Rochlitz and Manteau. Introduced Lohse to important German museum directors and dealers.
18	GERMANY	Bange, Prof Dr E Friedrich. Designated by Hofer as a consultant on sculpture in cataloguing the Goering collection.
19	GERMANY	Baron. Reported to have worked for ERR, Paris.
20	GERMANY	Barthel (or Bartel), Dr Gustav. Took part in scientific and cultural activities of the Germans in Poland. Served in Poland and Silesia. In charge of repository at Cracow under Josef Muehlmann.
21	GERMANY	von Baudissin, Graf , Dr Wolf. Essen. Director of Volkswang Museum, Essen. Responsible for aryanisation of Austrian museum staffs.
22	GERMANY	Bauer, Max. Reported to have received forty cases of art works from Himmler which were found in Kelheim.
23	GERMANY	Bauer, Michael. Munich. Good friend and personal assistant of Heinrich Hoffmann.
24	GERMANY	Bauer, Rose. Secretary of Kajetan Muehlmann.
25	GERMANY	Bauer, Walter. Treasurer of Amt Westen, ERR, and later head of Verwaltungsamt, ERR, Berlin.
26	GERMANY	Baumann, Colonel. SS officer. Active in removal of looted art from Italy.
27	GERMANY	Da Baume, Prof Dr Wolfgang. Danzig, Langer Markt 24. Director of Danzig Museum, reported active in Poland during occupation.
28	GERMANY	Baumgarten, Paul.German architect. Member of Reichskulturamt. Reported informed in questions of Polish loot.
29	GERMANY	Baumhoff, Karlsruhe. Reported active in art looting in Paris and Amsterdam.
30	GERMANY	Becker, Captain. German officer member, Hermann Goering Division. Assisted in transfer of Monte Cassino archives to Spoleto.
31	GERMANY	Becker, Joseph. Berlin NW 7, Unter den Linden 38. Director of Prussian State Library, Berlin. Member of Kulturdirektion set up in Paris for dealing with French libraries and art collections.
32	GERMANY	Becker, Josef Robert. Cologne, Amhof 37.
33	GERMANY	Dealer, reported to have received objects from occupied countries.
34	GERMANY	von Behr, Baron Kurt. As head of ERR, Paris, the individual chiefly responsible for organised looting in France. Committed suicide May 1945 at Schloss Banz.
35	GERMANY	Behrens, Dr Ewald. 1941, active in Institut fur Deutsche Ostarbeit in Cracow. Worked with Muehlmann organisation in Poland.
36	GERMANY	Benatsky, Dr. Member of ERR.
37	GERMANY	Berger, Dr Erik B. Wurzburg. Agent for Walter Paech in Germany. In touch with Haberstock, Hildebrandt and Wolfgang Gurlitt. In custody of US Military Government, Wurzburg.
38	GERMANY	Berndt, Dr. Munich. Reported protector of works of art in Czechoslovakia. Reported informed on movement of works of art from the East.
39	GERMANY	Beyer. Business manager of ERR, Paris.
40	GERMANY	Beyer, Helmuth. Muri (Bern), Florastrasese 6. Commercial Attache, German Legation, Bern. Resident representative for Goering in Switzerland. On Allied expulsion list.
41	GERMANY	Bierbach, Lars (alias Ernst). In Sweden. Former film magnate, who acted as intermediary in sales of works of art to Goebbels. Visited Paris in this connection in 1940. In touch with Dr Ott of the Propaganda Ministry and Direktor Bente of the Rhijnsche Handelsbank. Went to Sweden in 1944.
42	GERMANY	Binder, Dr Moritz Julius. Berlin. Consultant to the Goering collection.
43	GERMANY	von Bismarck, Count Eddy. Reinfeld, Post Barnow. German diplomat in Italy, reported to have assisted Prince Philipp von Hessen in purchase for Linz. Brother of Prince Otto von Bismarck.
44	GERMANY	Bleye,Willi. One of the directors of Schenker Co in Paris. Assisted by Scholze, Frl Piper, Frl Zilla Anders.
45	GERMANY	Bobrowski Lt Col. Officer in Herman Goering Division. Connected with the removal of art from Monte Cassino to Spoleto.
46	GERMANY	Bodenschatz, General Karl. Berlin. Chief of Goering’s Ministerial Office. In charge of Kunstfond.
47	GERMANY	von Boeck, Dr. The Hague. Alexanderstraat 22. Chief of the Abteilung Feind Vermoegen (Enemy Property Control), principal German confiscation authority in Holland. Gave first choice of everything which came under his jurisdiction to the Dienststelle Muehlmann.
48	GERMANY	Boedecker, Alfred. Frankfurt am Main. Dealer. Travelled in France and Switzerland. Reported associated with Neupert. In touch with Lohse. Involved in an exchange with the ERR.
49	GERMANY	Boehler, Julius Jr. Munich, Briennerstrasse 12. Grandson of the late Julius Boehler of Munich; son of Julius Boehler Sr of Lucerne. Partner of Sauermann. Close contact of Haberstock. Strong Nazi. Travelled in Holland and Italy. With Haberstock, purchased an important section of the Gutmann collection.
50	GERMANY	Boehm Dr Franz. Formerly Marburg Institute. 1942-43, archivist at Poznan, Poland.
51	GERMANY	Boehmer, Bernhard. Guestrow, Mecklenberg, Haus Beidberg. Former assistant to the sculptor Barlach, turned dealer. Active as buyer for Goebbels in Holland and Paris. Client of Petrides and Adrion. Connected with Wendland and Fischer as intermediary in sale of Degas’ Madame Camus at the Piano.
52	GERMANY	Boehringer, Prof Dr. Archaeologist. Cultural Attache at German Embassy, Athens, 1941-44.
53	GERMANY	Boekenkampf, Dr Werner. Formerly connected with the Marburg Institute. 1940-42, worked with Dr Epting at the Institut Allemand (rue St Dominique, Paris). 1944, Director, Institut Allemand, Marseilles.
54	GERMANY	Boepple, Dr Ernst. Munich, Salvatorplatz 2. Formerly head of Bayerische Kulturministerium. After 1939 Staatssekretaer in cabinet of Governor General Frank in Poland.
55	GERMANY	Boettger, Dr. Berlin. Assistant to General Bodemschatz. Administrator of Kunstfond.
56	GERMANY	Boettner, Dr. Member of ERR, Berlin.
57	GERMANY	Bogner, Michael. Munich. Assistant to Bornheim.
58	GERMANY	Borchers, Dr Walter. Schloss Kogl, Attergau. Leading art historian attached to the ERR staff in Paris. Directed Arbeitsgruppe Louvre. Under house arrest at Kogl, Attergau, summer 1945.
59	GERMANY	Bornheim, Walter. Munich, 18 Grosestrasse, Graefelfing. Art dealer. Proprietor of the Galerio fur Alte Kunst, Munich. One of Goering’s most important buyers in France.
60	GERMANY	Brabender. Cologne. Dealer who sold to Bornheim for the Goering collection. His wife was a restorer of sculpture.
61	GERMANY	Bracht, Ernst. Gauleiter of Upper Silesia. Possibly connected with art looting in Silesia.
62	GERMANY	Brandle, Frantz. Berlin, Budapesterstrasse 2. Reported to have bought furniture in Paris during occupation.
63	GERMANY	Brauchitsch, Lt Col. Chief aide to Goering and connected with his art transactions. Assisted Hofer and Gritzbach with loot from Monte Cassino. Purchased two landscapes confiscated by the ERR.
64	GERMANY	Braumueller, Dr Wolff. Together with Busse and Grube, responsible for actual confiscation operations of ERR Paris until 1943.
65	GERMANY	Breker, Prof Arno. Starnberg (Buchhof uber Pocha), Bavaria. Celebrated Nazi sculptor, often in Paris during the war. Took part in arranging tour of French artists through Germany. Active as buyer. Advised Goering through Bunjes. In touch with Wuester, Adrion, Fabre, Jansen and other French dealers.
66	GERMANY	Brethauer, Dr Karl. Member of Berlin staff of ERR, who assumed responsibility for ERR Paris following von Behr’s dismissal. Relieved as head of Paris office early in 1944.
67	GERMANY	Breuer. Editor of Die Weltkunst. Took over Wildenstein’s publication Beaux Arts through arrangements with Haberstock and Dequoy.
68	GERMANY	Bruemmer, Alphonse. Munich. Assistant to Heinrich Hoffmann.
69	GERMANY	Bruhns, Leo. Director of the Herziana Library in Rome. Civilian adviser to the German Ambassador. Worked with Degenhardt and Ringler.
70	GERMANY	Brunner, Dr. Member of Kunstschutz, Brussels.
71	GERMANY	Bruschwiller, Eugen. Munich, Lenbachplatz 1. Early Party member, close personal friend of Hitler and Heinrich Hoffmann. Became an important buyer for Linz in 1943 through the personal influence of Martin Bormann. Brother of Director of Coburg Museum (died 1943).
72	GERMANY	Buchner, Prof Dr Ernst. Pasing/Munich. Director General, Bavarian State Museum, and authority on German art, chiefly active as adviser on official purchases.
73	GERMANY	Buemming, Karl W. Erbach (Odenwald). Bookseller and antique dealer in Darmstadt. Chief representative in Germany for Fischer. An important intermediary in Hofer-Fischer exchanges, as well as many of Wolff-Hardt’s transactions for the Linz Library. Travelled frequently to Switzerland during the war. Key fiure in movement of looted works of art between Germany and Switzerland.
74	GERMANY	Buerckel. Gauleiter of Vienna, who presented the confiscated collections of Alphons and Louis Rothschild of Vienna to Hitler. Reported to have kept the best objects in the collection for himself.
75	GERMANY	Bunjes, Dr Hermann. Fell, near Trier. Served during the occupation of France as Referent fur Kunstschutz und Kultur under the German military command in Paris, and was Director of the Deutsche Kunsthistorische Forschungsstaette (German Fine Arts Institute), Paris. Goering’s first personal art agent in France during the occupation. Closely connected with the activities of the ERR and author of the official German Government paper of 18 August 1942 replying to the official French protests against the ‘safeguarding ‘ of ownerless Jewish art properties in occupied France. Extradition requested by French Government.
76	GERMANY	Busley, Dr Josef. Member of Kunstschutz, responsible for Angers and Bordeaux areas. Worked with Zimmermann and Metternich.
77	GERMANY	Busse, Fritz. Member of ERR Paris, charged with responsibility for actual confiscations (with Braumueller).
78	GERMANY	Busso, Dr. Former Director of Lodz Museum, Poland. Reported responsible for looting and destruction of libraries in Poznan and Lodz.
79	GERMANY	Choepelle. Assistant to Goernnert, head of Goering’s official staff. Concerned with transportation of art objects.
80	GERMANY	Clasen, Dr Karl Heinz. Professor at Koenigsberg and Rostock Universities.
81	GERMANY	Reported responsible for looting of collections in Poznan, Cracow and Sandemiertz. In touch with Kajetan Muehlmann.
82	GERMANY	Cloos. Reported in charge of ERR, Bordeaux.
83	GERMANY	Coblitz, Dr Wilhelm. Director of Institut fur Deutsche Ostarbeit in Cracow.
84	GERMANY	Crous, Dr Jan W. Librarian of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome (79 via Sardegna). In August 1942 confiscated goods of the Czechoslovakian Institute in Rome. In March 1944 went to Alt Aussee to arrange for storage in the salt mine of objects from Rome.
85	GERMANY	Curtius, Prof Ludwig. Director of German Archaeological Institute in Rome (79 via Sardegna). Reported to have assisted Prince Philipp von Hessen in his acquisitions for Germany.
86	GERMANY	Dauncel, Dr. Member of OKH photographic team in France, 1941. Worked with Stange and Hamann.
87	GERMANY	Degenhart, Dr Bernard. Member of ERR Central Department and in April 1945 of the Kunstschutz in Italy, where he worked with Dr Ringler and Professor Bruhns. Also worked in Holland with Dienststelle Muehlmann.
88	GERMANY	Deichmann, Prof Dr Friedrich Wilhelm. Head of Christian Archaeology Section of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome.
89	GERMANY	Demmel, Dr. Vienna. Member of Muehlman’s special commission for art confiscations in Cracow.
90	GERMANY	Demmler, Dr Theodor. Berlin C3. Director, Department of Sculpture, Kaiser Friedrich Museum. Consultant to the Goering Collection.
91	GERMANY	Deusch, Dr Werner R. Dealer, in contact with art market in Paris, Switzerland and Sweden. An editor of the art magazine Die Weltkunst.
92	GERMANY	Diesch, Dr Carl-Hermann. Koenigsberg, Kronprinzenstrasse 6. Head of State and University Library in Koenigsberg. Reported active in looting of Polish libraries.
93	GERMANY	Dietrich, SS General. Commander of Sixth Panzer Division, reported to have stored looted objects from France and other occupied countries at his residence in Saarow-Piskow (Fuerstenwald), using military trucks for transport.
94	GERMANY	Dietrich, Frau Maria Almas. Munich, Gustav Freytagstr 5. Art dealer; personal friend of Hitler, and for a time his principal buyer of works of art. One of the most important purchasing agents for Linz. Was under house arrest at Grafing, Bavaria, autumn 1945.
95	GERMANY	Dillenberg, Lt. Member of General Hanesse’s staff and paymaster in charge of Goering’s art funds in Paris.
96	GERMANY	Doelger, Prof Dr F. Munich. Professor of Byzantine and Greek history. Active in library of Mount Athos in 1941.
97	GERMANY	Dorotheum. Vienna, Dorotheergasse 17. Most important Austrian auction house. Directed by Dr Herbst, who was an active buyer in all occupied countries.
98	GERMANY	Drees, Major. Assistant to Luftwaffe General Hanesse in Paris.
99	GERMANY	Drost, Prof Dr Wilhelm. Danzig. Director of Danzig Museum. Active as buyer in Holland.
100	GERMANY	Dworschak, Dr Fritz. Vienna (?). Former Curator of Coins at Kunsthistorisches Institut, Vienna. Made Director of Institute by Baldur von Schirach. Strong Party member, who worked closely with Seyss-Inquart and Muehlmann. From 1943, in charge of Coin Collection being assembled for Linz. Assisted by Frau Dworschak.