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Walter Bornheim (born August 23, 1888 in Cologne; died 1971) was a German art dealer deeply involved in Nazi looted art.
Walter Bornheim attended grammar school in Cologne and worked for the Lempertz auction house in Cologne, and later for Bihn, a graphics dealer in Paris. He worked as an art dealer in London and Brussels. A corporal in the First World War as a corporal, he was taken prisoner in France, and released in 1920. He then worked as an art dealer in Cologne, specializing in prints.
Records of the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historical Monuments in War Areas (The Roberts Commission), 1943–1946 › Detailed Interrogation Reports › D. I. R. # 11 - Walter Bornheim
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1888 births
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Nazi-looted art
Walter Bornheim (born August 23, 1888 in Cologne; died 1971) was a German art dealer deeply involved in Nazi looted art.
Walter Bornheim attended grammar school in Cologne and worked for the Lempertz auction house in Cologne, and later for Bihn, a graphics dealer in Paris. He worked as an art dealer in London and Brussels. A corporal in the First World War as a corporal, he was taken prisoner in France, and released in 1920. He then worked as an art dealer in Cologne, specializing in prints.
Nazi era
In 1936/37, he acquired the art dealership A. S. Drey in Munich in the course of "Aryanization", which he renamed "Galerie für Alte Kunst G.m.b.H.". Together withKajetan Mühlmann
Kajetan "Kai" Mühlmann (26 June 1898 – 2 August 1958) was an Austrian art historian who was an officer in the SS and played a major role in the expropriation of art by the Nazis, particularly in Poland and the Netherlands. He worked with Arth ...
, he was one of the largest German art dealers involved in the looting of art by the National Socialists (Nazis). He acquired art for the Nazi Hermann Göring from 1938 onwards. He did much business with French dealers during the occupation.
The OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit considered Bornheim a major player in the Nazi looted art business, and dedicated a Detailed Interrogation Report to him in 1945 in addition to mentioning him numerous times throughout their list of art looting Red Flag Names.
Postwar
After the war, Bornheim continued to work as an art dealer in Gräfelfing near Munich. From 1932 he was an advisor to Otto Schäfer.Research projects
Art that was looted from Jewish collectors or sold under duress to Bornheim is the object of numerous ongoing research projects.Literature
* Günther Haase: ''Kunstraub und Kunstschutz. Eine Dokumentation.'' 2. Auflage. 2008, S. 249–253. * Kenneth D. Alford: ''Herman Göring and the Nazi art collection. The looting of Europe's art treasures and their dispersal after World War II.'' McFarland, Jefferson, NC/London 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-6815-7, S. 28–30.Weblinks
Records of the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historical Monuments in War Areas (The Roberts Commission), 1943–1946 › Detailed Interrogation Reports › D. I. R. # 11 - Walter Bornheim
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Dictionary of Art Historians
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See also
*List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art
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Australia and New Zealand
Austria
Belgium
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* The Holocaust
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* Monuments Men
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* Nazi Germany
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