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8 oktober 2018 - NIOD
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Droog Franz Peter Jahn
/ Peter Jahn (Wenen, 28 maart 1904
- Wenen, 11 maart 1990). Zo'n
grootschalige actie heeft echter nooit plaats
gevonden. Wel vind er een beperkte operatie plaats,
in 1938-1939, waarbij een aantal vermeende
Hitler-aquarellen werd aangekocht of geleend en
geregistreerd.
Zijn relaas begint met de Hitler-collectie van Sir
Henry Frederick Thynne, de zesde markies van Bath,
bestaande uit zestig 'echte' Hitlers, waarvan een
aantal voorzien van een 'echtheidscertificaat van
Jahn. Lord Bath was 'Hitlers' beginnen te verzamelen
nadat deze bij Sotheby's geveild werden, in 1960.²
In dit boek van Billy F. Price, waar
Jahn en Priesack co-auteurs (zo niet: hoofdauteurs)
van waren, staan ruim 700 'echte' Hitler-aquarellen,
-olieverfschilderijen en -tekeningen afgedrukt en
beschreven. Opname van een 'Hitler'-aquarel in dit
werk wordt door louche veilinghuizen gebruikt als
bewijs van echtheid bij het verkopen van vervalsingen.
Echtheidscertificaten Een voorbeeld van een
'echtheidscertificaat' van Peter Jahn Definitief
ontmaskerd in 2014
De vraag blijft waarom het veilinghuis uitgerekend bij deze echtheidsverklaring van Jahn vraagtekens plaatst. Heeft dat te maken met het Weense onderzoek uit 2014? Wie het weet mag het zeggen. Voorbeelden
van inzet echtheidscertificaten van Jahn, lang na
diens overlijden. German daily Die Welt on Monday questioned the authenticity of 13 Adolf Hitler paintings up for auction next month, but Mullock's auction house told The Local they can prove the paintings are from the Nazi dicator. According to the UK auction house, the paintings were found in 1945 by an army sergeant stationed in Essen and later sold to an unknown person. Now, 64 years later, Mullock’s expects to bring in thousands of dollars for the watercolours on April 23. But the authenticity of the
paintings, said to be finished around 1910, is
doubtful, the paper said. In one alleged self-portrait
of the dictator, there is an ‘X’ marking the face of
the subject with the initials “A.H.” But Richard Westwood-Brookes, historical documents expert for Mullock’s auctions, vouched for the authenticity of the watercolours. Westwood-Brookes said the
paintings were confirmed authentic by art historian
Peter Jahn from Vienna. “Due to my thorough
knowledge of Hitler paintings, I consider this one
as an original,” the statement attached to one of
the watercolours reads. Adolf Hitler
paintings to go under the hammer in Germany Three watercolours depicting
cottages, mills and churches nestled in rural
landscapes will be auctioned on Sept 5, Weidler's
auction house in Nuremberg said on Thursday. (...) One
of the paintings, "White church in the Wachau", was
authenticated in 1963 by the late Peter Jahn, a
renowned expert on Hitler's early pieces.
"He ranked it as among Hitler's chief works," Ms
Weidler said. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6063757/Adolf-Hitler-paintings-to-go-under-the-hammer-in-Germany.html Veiling van
echtheidscertificaten ('Gutachten') uit de
nalatenschap Peter Jahn Peter Jahn, Wien - zwei
Aktenordner mit über 200 Gutachten zu Aquarellen und
Zeichnungen Hitlers English
text - Peter Jahn Peter Jahn (Vienna, March 28, 1904 - Vienna, March 11, 1990). Baptized as Franz Peter Jahn. Before 1945 he was known as Franz Jahn, after 1945 as Peter Jahn. He was married to Hedwig (born 1925, last name unknown). They had one son, Peter Richard Jahn, born on August 16, 1942 in Vienna. Peter Jahn belongs with Prof. Dr. August Priesack to the few people who claimed to have been more involved in the Nazi regime than they had been in reality. It is even unknown if Peter Jahn was a NSDAP member or had any official role in the Nazi regime at all. The only thing that is really known
about this Austrian art dealer is that in the 1920's
and 1930's he was seven times convicted to prison
sentences because of theft and swindle. In 1936-1938
he was involved in the trade of alleged Hitler
paintings. In 1938 he was briefly cooperating with Dr.
Ernst Schulte-Strathaus. However, such a grand scale action never took place - it was a limited operation in which a number of aquarels attributed to Hitler were bought or lent and registered, taking place in 1938-1939. Jahn also lied that he had spoken to Samuel Morgenstern and Adolf Hitler on several occasions. There's no proof he ever did so. to begin English text | to begon page Charles de Jaeger and Peter Jahn
His story begins with the Hitler collection of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, the sixth Marquis of Bath, consisting of sixty 'real' Hitlers, some of which are provided with a Jahn authenticity certificate. Lord Bath had started collecting 'Hitlers' after they were auctioned at Sotheby's in 1960.² to begin English text | to begon page 'Hitlers'; several hunderds or more than two thousand? In 1961 the German magazine Der
Spiegel reported that Hitler had painted
serveral hunderd 'little paintings'.³
That number is consistent with what reliable sources
report on Hitler's productivity in the years he was
active as a professional painter in Vienna and Munich
(1909-1914).3a
In this book by Billy F. Price, of which Jahn and Priesack were co-authors (if not: lead authors), more than seven hundred 'real' Hitler watercolors oilpaintings and drawings were printed and described. The inclusion of a 'Hitler' watercolor in this work is used by shady auction houses as proof of authenticity by clear forgeries. As a source, however, it is completely worthless book - except for researchers of forgeries. The American historian Frederic Spotts stated in 2002 that at least two-thirds are forgeries. Among these forgeries, at least 170 made by Konrad Kujau and an unknown number by Reinhold Hanisch.5 to begin English text | to begon page
Morgenstern was a buyer indeed, but there's no proof he was the most 'loyal'.
There's no evidence that Jahn ever met Samuel Morgenstern.
This is all made up by Jahn.
Truth is: we don't know who the customers of Samuel Morgenstern were. His customer database is a fabulation by Jahn. Hitlers Vienna by Brigitte
Hamann remains an important book on the young Hitler,
but above mentioned passages are not te be relied on.
to begin English text | to begon page Little is known about Peter Jahn. Probably everything he claimed about his activities before 1960 consists of lies. It is only after 1960 that we get a sharper picture of him: he presented himself as an expert in the field of Nazi art, and Hitler's works of art in particular. From at least 1963 to 1987, he issued
certificates of authenticity by clearly forged
'Hitlers'. He provided these papers with many
official-looking stamps and seals, so that buyers were
convinced of the authenticity more quickly. [2] Certificate of Authenticity bij '"Schloss u. Kirche Perchtoldsdorf" ( Castle and Church of Perchtoldsdorf), offered on www.snyderstreasures.com - een nazi artefacts trade site, active from 1998-2016.6
The work which belongs to this CoA
has a stamp of a Viennese art trader at the back. As
the telephone number is R32197, this means that this
stamp was in use in or after 1928. In that year the
telephone system in Vienna was reorganized. Before
1928 no numbers beginnning with a letter were in use.6a to begin English text | to begon page The final debunking of Peter Jahn, 2014 He also acted in 'real' art. Because
as an art dealer he had supplied works to Austrian
lawyer and art collector Walther Kastner (1902-1994)
who was suspected of having possessed looted art, Jahn
came into the visor of an investigation team from the
Viennese Landes Museum. In their words: "Die Expertise und
Echtheitszertifikate zu Hitler-Originals, which Peter
Jahn im Laufe seines Lebens hat, sind jedenfalls in
mehreren Fällen in Zweifel zu seehen. to begin English text | to begon page The worst falsified 'Hitler' ever?
As if afraid
that anyone might wonder who could be the man on the
bridge, the painter had painted a X next to the
figure, with the letters 'A.H.' "But Richard Westwood-Brookes, historical documents expert for Mullock’s Auctions, vouched for the authenticity of the watercolours. Westwood-Brookes said the paintings were confirmed authentic by art historian Peter Jahn from Vienna. “Due to my thorough knowledge of Hitler paintings, I consider this one as an original,” the statement attached to one of the watercolours reads."8 to begin English text | to begon page Noten /
Notes to begin English text | to begon page
DROOG- tijdschrift voor diepgravende
onderzoeks-journalistiek. Droog, onafhankelijk en ter
zake. Over zaken uit heden en verleden die er toe doen
of deden. Zaken die meer aandacht vragen dan in een
artikel van een of twee papieren pagina’s gegeven kan
worden.
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