Kurt Martin

Kurt Martin (31 January 1899 in Zurich – 27 January 1975 in Bad Wiessee) was a German art historian.

Rubens' Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria, 1935, bought from van Diemen & Co., Berlin
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Martin was a professor of art history. His career began in 1927 as curator of the Baden State Museum Karlsruhe. From 1934 to 1956, he was director of the Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (National Art Gallery Karlsruhe). In 1940 he was appointed Head of the Municipal Museums of Strasbourg as well as Chief Commissioner of the Alsatian Museums. In 1956 he became Director of the Karlsruher Kunstakademie (Academy of Art Karlsruhe), and in 1957 General Director of the Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collection).

Martin was a Protestant. He was married to Dr. med. Hildegard Wangrin since 1928.[1]

Childhood, adolescence, participation in the war and studies

Kurt Martin was born on 31 January 1899 in Zurich, as the third son of Rudolf Martin (1864–1925), professor of anthropology from Baden, and his wife Anna Hein (1865–1940). In Zurich, he attended elementary school before changing to the École Nouvelle in Lausanne and later to a secondary school in Karlsruhe. There he passed his Abitur (final secondary school examinations) in 1917. He served as a soldier in World War I.[2] In 1920 he started his philosophy studies (among others with Martin Heidegger and Edmund Husserl) and majored in art history (with Hans Jantzen) at the University of Freiburg. He completed his art studies in 1924 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München with Heinrich Wölfflin (1864–1945) with his PhD thesis on the subject of "Die Nürnberger Steinplastik im 14. Jahrhundert" (The Nuremberger Effigy in the 14th century).[1]

1927 – 1934: Mannheim and Badisches Landesmuseum (Baden State Museum)

Martin started his career in 1927 as a volunteer at the Kunsthalle Mannheim (Art Gallery Mannheim) with Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub. Soon he was appointed research assistant and subsequently curator at the Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe. In 1931 he addressed himself to the task of organizing the exhibition "German Poets as Painters and Drawers" for the Kunstverein (art society) Heidelberg.

Badisches Armeemuseum (Army Museum of Baden)

In the early 1930s Martin met Robert Wagner, a confidant of Adolf Hitler and NSDAP politician with whom Martin would have to do until 1945.[3]

In the autumn of 1933 Wagner commissioned Martin with the development and organization of an army museum of Baden. Together with the retired Colonel Erich Blankenhorn, who had just been dismissed as chief of the Badische Landespolizei (State Police of Baden) by the new rulers, he built up an independent museum under the aegis of the Baden State Museum Karlsruhe (Badisches Landesmuseum).[4] For this purpose premises were made available in the former stables of the Karlsruhe Palace, the residence of the State museum. On 13 May 1934 Robert Wagner and Kurt Martin inaugurated the museum with 80.000 guests and two days of celebration. Besides departments of the army of the Reich (Reichswehr) and color guards of the military associations, a row of delegations of NS-organizations, including SA, SS and Reich Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst), marched up in the demilitarized zone.[5][6]

In his opening speech from the balcony of the palace, Martin declared that the museum had benefited from over one thousand donations of military antiques. The museum was not only supposed to include the regiments of Baden, but also the regiments of the earlier 15th Alsatian army corps. The museum was supposed to be a "speaking memorial, teaching everyone the military-political achievements of our frontier people. [...] Here the youth shall learn to respect and understand the achievements of their fathers."[7] Wagner said about the purposes of the museum: "What is given to the public today in the shape of the Army Museum is nothing else than an intellectual legacy from a time of struggling and fighting for our Germany for the struggle and fight for our Germany."[8] In reality, the exhibition was nothing more than a "Potemkin village". Erich Blankenhorn commented on the state of the museum on the date of the opening and said that due to the short preparation period "it was only possible to decorate the first royal stables with historically incoherent paintings and objects." For that reason the museum was closed one day after the opening.[9]

On 2 July 1934 Wagner appointed Martin head of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (National Art Gallery Karlsruhe). He succeeded Hans Adolf Bühler, who was loyal to the party line and whose management of the museum was characterized by a radical opposition to the so-called degenerate art.[10] Martin remained head of the Staatliche Kunsthalle until 1956.

Exhibitions 1934–1940

Between 1934 and 1939 the Staatliche Kunsthalle was limited in its activities. In the years between 1934 and 1937 the orangery building of the botanical garden was remodeled in order to accommodate a special department for the Baden paintings of the late 19th and 20th century as from 1938. Since 1934 the department of the old German Masterpieces had been reorganized. It was reopened to the public in 1937. Finally, the also redesigned department of the Dutch and Flemish painters reopened as well.[11]

Between 1934 and 1937 several exhibitions were organized in the gallery of prints, including an exhibition about Hans Thoma in 1934 and an exhibition of the most recent acquisitions of old German masterpieces by the Staatliche Kunsthalle in 1936.[11]

Furthermore, two travelling exhibitions were organized for the elementary schools in Baden. In 1936 an exhibition about Hans Thoma was shown in 55 locations and totaled about 90.000 visitors, and in 1937 an exhibition about Albrecht Dürer was shown in 25 locations and registered about 45.000 visitors.[11]

Between 1934 and 1937 the Staatliche Kunsthalle organized annually, among others, about forty tours for the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reichs Labor Service), the organization "Kraft durch Freude" (KdF) (Strength Through Joy), the NS-Frauenschaft (Nazi women’s organization), the sisterhood of the Red Cross and schools.[11]

Just before the beginning of the war, on 2 July 1939, the museum was reopened and back in full operation.[12] At the same time the Kunsthalle celebrated its 100th anniversary. On this occasion Robert Wagner opened a memorial exhibition for Hans Thoma showing 180 works. Besides private collectors and galleries, the Nationalgalerie (National Gallery) in Berlin, the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Art Gallery Hamburg) and the Städtische Galerie Frankfurt (Municipal Gallery Frankfurt) contributed to this exhibition with loans. Martin meant to present Thoma as "a master of the German landscape and as a great portraitist".[13] At the same time the newly renovated "Feuerbachsaal" was reopened to the public. It contained the German paintings of the 19th century that had been "rearranged". The state government of Baden donated a work of Trübner, and the city of Karlsruhe a work of Thoma.

From 1940 on, the Kunsthalle remained closed.[14]

Art acquisitions in general

Between 1934 and 1937 the Kunsthalle acquired 115 paintings under the direction of Martin, including works of Hans Thoma, Emil Lugo and Hermann Daur.[15]

From 1938 to 1939 the Kunsthalle acquired 53 paintings. Martin emphasized paintings of Wilhelm Trübner, Anselm Feuerbach and Hans Thoma in his account report. Among the works that were marked as "transfers" were paintings by Karl Buchholz, Hermann Burte, Joseph Fratrel and Adolph von Menzel. At the same time the Kunsthalle acquired 175 drawings, 636 graphic print works and four sketchbooks. Regarding the drawings, Martin emphasized eight sheets by Ferdinand Kobell, three by Franz Kobell and nine by Wilhelm Trübner, as well as – a gift of the NSDAP-Gauleitung of Baden – the "valuable early drawing of Hans Thoma, Schönau im Wiesental (Schönau in the valley of Wiesen)".[16]

In 1940, the collection of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe "was enriched by a few works mainly by artists from Baden". For example, the museum acquired paintings from Albert Lang, Fritz Boehle, Ferdinand Keller, Ernst Württemberger, and Eduard Hunziker, and several drawings by Hans Thoma and Ferdinand Keller.[17]

In his activities report for the year 1940, Martin wrote: "The General Administration managed to accomplish a few essential acquisitions for the public museums which will be reported about later in context."[17]

Art acquisition from Jewish collections

The Kunsthalle Karlsruhe continuously took over art works from originally Jewish property. In a statement from 1947, Martin listed about 100 works, including works from the collections of Richard Lenel, Mannheim (one work), Benno Weil, Mannheim (one work), Siegfried Reiss, Mannheim (44 works), Arthur Levis, Karlsruhe (one work), E. Reiss, Heidelberg (three works), Paul Homburger, Karlsruhe (three works), Ettlinger, Karlsruhe (one work),[18] Klara Goldschmit, Karlsruhe, Salomon, Karlsruhe (one work), Ernst Gallinek, Baden Baden (16 works and a porcelain collection including more than 400 objects)[19] and Violetta von Waldberg, Heidelberg (wife of Max von Waldberg)[20] (four works). The Kunsthalle took over these works from other State authorities that had expropriated the previous owners. Most of the works mentioned by Martin were transferred to the Kunsthalle from authorities, partly against payment. The Kunsthalle acquired 20 works on its own initiative from an "Auction Sale of Jewish Property 6th–9th August 1941 in Karlsruhe".[21]

In 1935, Kurt Martin acquired the work Portrait of the Marchesa Veronica Spinola Doria by Peter Paul Rubens for 63.000 Reichsmark at the liquidation auction of the Gallery van Diemen & Co. GmbH.[22] In the 1950s the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe paid compensation to the heirs of the Jewish gallery directors. In 2000 a new compensation was claimed without success.[23] This acquisition was not mentioned in the report for the years 1934 until 1937.[17]

1940 – 1944: "Oberrheinische" museums ("Upper Rhine" museums)

With the occupation of Alsatia, Robert Wagner became chief of the Alsatian Civilian Administration and had complete political freedom. It was his main objective to ensure that Alsatia become "German" again, in particular that Strasbourg become the "preeminent first cultural center of the German Reich".[24] He pursued this goal in the performing arts by founding several theatres and establishing German libraries.[25] Moreover, he prohibited the use of the French language in public and Germanized all toponyms.[26]

Kurt Martin was responsible for the museums and helped Wagner prepare his "vision of a cultural model-district Alsatia-Baden".[27]

State representative for the museums in Alsatia
NK 2556: Master of Frankfurt – St. Christopherus, 1942, bought from Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam

On 17 November 1940, as "State Representative for the Museums in Alsatia", Martin describes the initial situation in Strasbourg in the light of the new political realities in an article about the future of the museums in "our land at the Upper Rhine": In the city, the Palais Rohan[28] and the Frauenhausmuseum unite the architecture of the Middle Ages and the 18th century in a "unique way in Germany". This unity is also reflected in the museums' inventories. Martin aimed especially at the development of museums as places of national education with a regional and local focus.

With this scope in mind, Martin aimed at the expansion of the Strasbourg collection "on European grounds". He wanted to develop the collection as a collection of European significance.[29]

Director of the Municipal Museums of Strasbourg and Chief Commissioner of the Upper Rhine Museums

At the instigation of Wagner, Martin became director of the Municipal Museums of Strasbourg.[30] He also kept his position in Karlsruhe. As of 1 April 1941 he became the Director of the General Administration of the Upper Rhine Museums, thus of all museums in Baden and Alsatia.

Purchase of art in the Netherlands

From 1941 to 1944, Martin purchased about 40 paintings and a series of other objet d'arts in the Netherlands.[31] Some works with Dutch provenance, which Martin purchased, are part of the Dutch art collection (NK Collection) today.[32]

In the database of the NK Collection, the following purchases of Martin are listed:

ArtistTitleNK-numberArt dealerPOSYOSFN
Replica by Francesco GuardiCapriccioNK1613D. A. Hoogendijk & Co.Amsterdam1943[33]
Anonymous (previously attributed to J. van der Venne)Baptism of ChristNK1617D. A. Hoogendijk & Co.Amsterdam1942[34]
Gillis van ConinxlooStill life of flowersNK1801H. RudolphBerlin1942[35]
Jan van GoyenWinter landscapeNK1820P. de BoerAmsterdam1943[36]
Frans van SchootenStill life with pewter jug, prawns and cheesesNK1875H. AbelsKöln1940[37]
Daniel VosmaerLandscape with manorNK1986P. de BoerAmsterdam1942[38]
Oskar KokoschkaStill life with fish on the beachNK2372Paul CassirerAmsterdam1943[39]
Bernhard StrigelThe descent from the CrossNK2500D. A. Hoogendijk & Co.Amsterdam1942[40]
Jan Anthoniszoon van RavesteynPortrait of a womanNK2527N. BeetsAmsterdamsince 1940[41]
Gerard ter BorchA couple making musicNK2740Dienststelle MühlmannDen Haag1942[42]
Abraham van CalraetLandscape with ridersNK2436Kurt Walter BachstitzDen Haag1943[43]
Meester van FrankfurtSt. ChristopherNK2556Paul Cassirer–1942[44][45][46]
B. AverkampWinter landscape with skatersNK2482M.J. SchiltmanDen Haag ?[47]
Peter BinoitStill life with grapesNK1619P. de BoerAmsterdam1941[48]
Jan van GoyenFortifications and church along a riverNK2614D. KatzDieren ?[49]
Adrian Thomas KeyPortrait of a manNK2627D. A. Hoogendijk & Co.Amsterdam1942[50]
Anonymous (previously attributed to Meester van Kappenburg) The circumcisionNK1614J. DikAmsterdam1942[51]
Roelant SaveryLandscape with ruins and animalsNK2478Paul CassirerAmsterdam1942[52]
Gerard ter BorchCornelis de GraeffNK2925E. PlietzschDen Haag/Berlin1944[53]
Anonymus (possibly Elias Vonck)A country girl from West FrisiaNK1616Paul CassirerAmsterdam1942[54]
P. de VosA boar attacked by houndsNK2418P. de BoerAmsterdam1942[55]
Peter BinoitFlowers still life with nuts, fruit and a mouseNK1615Galerie MatthiessenBerlin1943[56]
Jan SiberechtsTwo shepherds's boys, cows and sheep at a drinking placeNK1618C. Th. F. Thurkow–1942[57]
Willem KalffStill life with Chinese bowl and high gilt cupNK2491M. J. SchiltmanAmsterdamsince 1940[58]
Jan van der HeydenView of a Dutch townNK2441P. de BoerAmsterdam1942[59]

OSS Art Looting Intelligence Unit Red Flag list

In 1946, Martin was investigated for his role in acquiring art from Nazi-occupied areas for German museums and placed on the "Red Flag" list. The entries concerning him were mixed, featuring both a reputation for integrity and suspicions that he was playing a "double game" concerning Nazi-looted art.[60][61]

Post-War period
NK 2740: ter Borch (previously attributed to) – Music lesson, 1942, purchased of the Dienststelle Mühlmann

Kurt Martin was able to reintegrate his position as director of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe immediately in the summer of 1945, especially because Walter W. Horn, officers from the French Art Protection and his former French colleagues from Strasbourg confirmed his great integrity and qualification. Martin supported the French and American authorities in locating and rescuing the artworks that had been stored for purposes of protection during wartime.[62]

In 1946 he co-founded the International Council of Museums and remained director of the German National Committee for 15 years. From 1948 until shortly before his death in 1975, he was a member of the administrative board of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg.[63] In 1947 he was already able to exhibit masterpieces of the museum in St. Gall. In 1951 he reopened the museum in Karlsruhe. He added a pedagogical department to the museum, which was a novel idea at the time. In 1948 he curated an exhibition of German art for the Federal Foreign Office, which was shown in several cities in the United States.[64] In 1950 he organized the exhibition Des maîtres de Cologne à Albrecht Dürer showing works of old German masters in Paris. He initiated the exhibition German watercolors, drawings and prints: A midcentury review, which was shown by the German government in the US in 1956. Martin was one of the co-founders of the documenta in Kassel, an exhibition for contemporary art that took place for the first in time 1956. He was a member of the documenta-council for many years.[63]

In 1956 he became director of the Academy of Art Karlsruhe. In 1957 he transferred to Munich, succeeding Ernst Buchner in the General Direction of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections). He retired in 1964. In Munich, Martin was responsible for the establishment of several museum branches in different cities in Bavaria. He also promoted the extension of the Munich Museum collections to contemporary art works.

Appreciation

Kurt Martin was one of the leading museum directors of his time.[65]

He had a wide range of research interests. He published several articles about the art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the French painters of the 19th century and modern art.

In 1963 he received the Bavarian order of merit and in 1964 he was appointed to Dr.-Ing. e.h. by the TH Karlsruhe.

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  1. Elfriede Schulze-Battmann (1990), "Martin, Kurt", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 16, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 281–282; (full text online) ("Martin, Kurt", New German Biography)
  2. Tessa Friederike Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin und das Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Museums- und Ausstellungspolitik im 'Dritten Reich‘ und in der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit", (Kurt Martin and the Fine Arts Museum in Strasbourg. Exhibition and Museum Policies in the Third Reich and right after the war) Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2012, p. 48
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  4. Vereinigung der Freunde des Wehrgeschichtlichen Museums Schloss Rastatt e. V. [ed.]: Gang durch die Geschichte. 75 Jahre Wehrgeschichtliches Museum und 50 Jahre Vereinigung der Freunde des WGM. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung 18. Juli bis 31. Oktober 2009 im Wehrgeschichtlichen Museum in Rastatt (Society of the Friends of the Wehrgeschichtliche Museum Schloss Rastatt (ed.): A walk through history. 75 years of WGM Museum and 50 years of reunited Friends of the WGM. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition 18 July until 31 October 2009 at the WGM in Rastatt) Catalogue No. 7 of the series: collection of studies and special exhibitions at the Wehrgeschichtliches Museum Rastatt, Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 3-9810460-3-X., p. 10, s. a. Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin", pp. 49–53
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  7. Badische Werkkunst, (Art creation in Baden) Year 1934/35, August, pp. 1–4 and Durlacher Tagblatt, edition: 14 May 1934
  8. Der Führer, edition: 13 May 1934, p. 1: "Das Badische Armeemuseum eröffnet: Ein Stützpunkt deutscher Zukunftshoffnung. Riesenkundgebung auf dem Karlsruher Schloßplatz – Reichsstatthalter Robert Wagner über die Bedeutung des Museums" ("The Badische Armeemuseum opens: A base for german hope for the future: Great manifestation on the Schlossplatz in Karlsruhe – The Reichstatthalter Robert Wagner on the importance of the museum")
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  11. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, in Oberrheinische Kunst. Jahrbuch der oberrheinischen Museen. Jg. 8 (1939) (Yearbook of the Museums of the Upper Rhine, 8th year), pp. 199–203; Rosebrock loc. cit., p. 61 and 75
  12. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (Tätigkeitsbericht 1938/39 – activity report 1938/1939), in Oberrheinische Kunst. Jahrbuch der oberrheinischen Museen (Yearbook of the Upper Rhine Museums) Year 9, 1940, P. 226–227, s. a. Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin", p. 62
  13. e. g. "Hans-Thoma-Schau in Karlsruhe (…) Unterredung mit Direktor Dr. Martin von der Staatlichen Kunsthalle" ("Hans Thoma show in Karlsruhe (...) Discussion with director Dr. Martin from the Staatliche Kunsthalle")and from 2 July 1939, p.4: "Hans-Thoma-Gedächtnis-Ausstellung in Karlsruhe. 180 auserlesene Meisterwerke – Die erste Ausstellung in Deutschland zum 100jährigen Geburtstag des Meisters" ("Hans Thoma memorial exhibition in Karlsruhe. 180 chosen masterpieces – The first exhibition in Germany for the 100th birthday of the Master")
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  16. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (Tätigkeitsbericht 1938/39 – activity report 1938/1939), in Oberrheinische Kunst. Jahrbuch der oberrheinischen Museen. (Yearbook of the Upper Rhine) Year 9, 1940, P. 226–227, Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin", P. 61–64
  17. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, in Oberrheinische Kunst. Jahrbuch der oberrheinischen Museen. (Yearbook of the Upper Rhine Museum) Year 8 (1939), S. 199–203.
  18. Article from Georg Patzer, "Monument Man in Karlsruhe", from the Jüdische Allegmeine, 18 February 2014 (15 February 2014). "Ehre: "Monument Man" in Karlsruhe | Jüdische Allgmeine". www.juedische-allgemeine.de. Retrieved 10 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. See. "Lost Art Database".
  20. "German Website of the Historical Society of Heidelberg (Heidelberger Geschichtsverein e.V.) on the life of Max von Waldberg". www.s197410804.online.de. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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  25. Lothar Kettenacker: "Nationalsozialistische Volkstumspolitik im Elsaß", Stuttgart 1973, P. 180–183 (Nazi Nation Politics in Alsatia)
  26. Kettenacker: a. a. O., P. 74
  27. Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin", P. 83f
  28. The Archeological Museum (Musée Archéologique), the Decorative Arts Museum (Musée des Arts décoratifs), the Graphic and Print Museum (Cabinet des estampes et dessins) and the Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des Beaux-arts) were located in the Palais Rohan.
  29. Der Führer, Sonderausgabe (Special Edition) 17 November 1940, "Museen am Oberrhein" (Museums of the Upper Rhine)
  30. Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin", P. 90
  31. Distilled overview by Rosebrock: "Kurt Martin", P. 125 Remark number 171, above all P. 147–160 and P. 170
  32. NK-Collection Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  33. "NK 1613, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  34. NK 1617 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 September 2015)
  35. "NK 1801, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  36. "NK 1820, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  37. "NK 1875, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  38. "NK 1986, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  39. "NK 2372, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  40. "NK 2500, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  41. "NK 2527, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  42. "NK 2740, last visit: 19 May 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  43. www.herkomstgezocht.nl NK 2740, last visit: 19 May 2014 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine There is the mention of a purchase through the Kunsthalle Hamburg. Even in the recommendation of the dutch Restitutiecommissie RC 1.78 of the Year 2009, Rn. 15, it is said, the piece was purchased by Martin during the war. (s. a. Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe signature No. 441 admission 1981/70). During war Martin purchased a series of other artefacts, medals and coins from the same jewisch art dealer. (s. Niederländisches Nationalarchiv, HA-Na-SNK Inv. No. 2.08.42 No. 285 Verkoopen Dr. K. Martin (…) and Bundesarchiv Koblenz 323, No. 574, Page 44). Ten of these works were recorded in the Lost Art Database.
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  46. "Restitutiecommissie RC 1.111 Recommendation regarding Mayer".
  47. "NK2482, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  48. "NK1619, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  49. "NK2614, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  50. "NK2627, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  51. "NK1614, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  52. "NK 2478, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  53. "NK2925, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  54. "NK1616, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  55. "NK2418, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  56. "NK1615, last visit: 20 November 2014". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
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  60. "Art Looting Intelligence Unit (ALIU) Reports 1945–1946 and ALIU Red Flag Names List and Index". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021. Martin, Dr Kurt. Karlsruhe, Stephanienstr 13. Former Director of the Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe and Director of all the museums in Alsace during the German occupation. Personal expert for Abetz. Active in Paris in acquiring works of art for German institutions by purchase. Widespread reputation as a man of integrity and strong anti-Nazi leanings. According to one authoritative source, however, he played a double game. Present whereabouts possibly Pfullendorf, on Lake Constance.
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