Dr. Erhard Göpel, representative of the Linz Museum project, accessory to acts of cultural plunder both in German-occupied Holland and France, had a “special” relationship with the Expressionist artist, Max Beckmann, while he was living in Holland during the period of German occupation.
Gopel by Max Beckmann Source: Google |
Karl Epting, anti-Semitic head of the German Historical Institute, and participant in the earliest acts of plunder conducted in Paris against leading art collectors by the German Embassy in the summer of 1940
Epting, right, with Celine Source: Google |
Otto Abetz Source: Google |
Martin Fabiani, one of the most important collaborationist art dealers in wartime Paris and friend of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
Fabiani, by Henri Matisse Source: Google |
Walther Andreas Hofer Source: Google |
Von Ribbentrop Source: Google |