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Title
Acquisitions in Belgium and Switzerland

Collection
The Linz Museum (Part of Bestand B323: Treuhandverwaltung von Kulturgut bei der Oberfinanzdirektion München)

Location
Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Bestand B323: Treuhandverwaltung von Kulturgut bei der Oberfinanzdirektion München: File 146

Description
The Linz project collections at the Koblenz branch of the Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) span more than 80 files which contain documentation on art looted or purchased, mostly through forced sales, in several countries, including Germany, Switzerland and occupied Western Europe. The Linz Museum 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 ERR, the Göring art collection and papers of the US Central Collecting Points and the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives (MFA&A) Restitution Branch.

The Federal Archives at Koblenz have issued an information sheet 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 bythe 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 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" 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:
Treuhandverwaltung von Kulturgut bei der Oberfinanzdirektion München

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