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Object Type(s): Painting
Object Material(s): canvas, fabric/cloth, oil, paint
Provenience Nation: Germany
Provenience Location: Unknown
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2010
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Returned to Germany
Nation: Germany
Location:
Start Year:
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: The grand-niece of the U.S. serviceman turned over the paintings to
Nation: United States
Location:
Start Year:
End Year: 2010
Circumstance of Acquisition: Displayed at the Goethe Institute
Nation: United States
Location: Manhattan, New York
Start Year: 1945
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Allegedly taken from the Pirmasen Municipal Museum by a U.S. serviceman during World War II
Nation: United States
Location:

11 German Oil Paintings


Description:
These 11 paintings were among 40 missing works from the Pirmasen Municipal Museum's collection. Eighteen of which were done by Heinrich Buerkel.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2006
Year Claim Resolved: 2006
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Pirmasen Municipal Museum
Complainant Nation: Germany
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name:
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
This feels like a Nazi looting case, almost no information (Note by Arianne Ohara)