Title
Catalogue of paintings and other object categories (including decorative arts, manuscripts) in the Göring Collection
Collection
The Hermann Göring Collection (part of Bestand B323: Treuhandverwaltung von Kulturgut bei der Oberfinanzdirektion München)
Location
Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Bestand B323: Treuhandverwaltung von Kulturgut bei der Oberfinanzdirektion München: Files 316-319 (alphabetical order)
Description
The Koblenz branch of the Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) holds extensive documentation on the Göring Collection. A catalogue of paintings (and other object categories) is supplemented by a highly valuable photo record of objects in the collection. The Göring files are part of Stock (Bestand) B323: Treuhandverwaltung von Kulturgut bei der Oberfinanzdirektion München, a collection of approximately 700 files which also includes documentation relating to the Linz Museum, the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (EER) and papers of the US Central Collecting Points and the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives Restitution Branch (MFA&A). The Federal Archives at Koblenz have issued an information sheet on Stock B323 for researchers. It is reproduced in full (in German) on pp. 58-9 of the Guidelines (February 2001) concerning the implementation of the "Joint Declaration by the Federal Government, the Länder (Federal States) and the National Associations of Local Authorities on the tracing and return of Nazi-confiscated art, especially Jewish property" which can be downloaded from <http://www.lostart.de/>, accessed 22 October 2002.
Contact Information
Requests regarding the archives and their content should be made by post or e-mail.
Bundesarchiv Koblenz
56064 Koblenz
Tel: +49 (0) 26 5050
Fax: +49 (0) 261 505 226
Email: koblenz@barch.bund.de
<http://www.bundesarchiv.de/>, accessed 22 October 2002
Source
Bundesarchiv Koblenz
Guidelines (February 2001) concerning the implementation of the "Joint Declaration of the Federal Government, the Länder (Federal States) and the National Associations of local authorities on the tracing and return of Nazi-confiscated art, especially from Jewish property" from December 1999, pp. 58-9. Handreichung vom Februar 2001 zur Umsetzung der "Erklärung der Bundesregierung, der Länder und der kommunalen Spitzenverbände zur Auffindung und zur Rückgabe NS-verfolgungsbedingt entzogenen Kulturgutes, insbesondere aus jüdischem Besitz" vom Dezember 1999, pp. 58-9
N. H. Yeide, K. Akinsha, A. L.Walsh (eds), AAM Guide to Provenance Research, Washington 2001, p.123
See also:
Karl Haberstock documents